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Sailor Beware! [Panic in the Parlor] **** (1956, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Ronald Lewis, Esma Cannon, Cyril Smith, Gordon Jackson, Thora Hird) – Classic Movie Review 8333

Director Gordon Parry’s 1956 British black and white romantic comedy Sailor Beware! [Panic in the Parlor] is the film that turned the redoubtable Peggy Mount into a popular screen star at 40 as Mrs Emma […]

Apr, 04

Windbag the Sailor *** (1936, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Norma Varden) – Classic Movie Review 8199

Director William Beaudine’s 1936 British comedy Windbag the Sailor stars Will Hay in his first teaming with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. The beloved trio of comics try hard with a moderate script and character […]

Mar, 05

The Revolt of Mamie Stover *** (1956, Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 7927

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1956 CinemaScope and Deluxe Color drama The Revolt of Mamie Stover is based on the novel by William Bradford Huie and stars Jane Russell as the titular Mamie Stover, a busty young […]

Dec, 20

Two Tars **** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 7420

Director James Parrott’s elaborate and inventive 1928 Two Tars is a tip-top Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 21-minute silent short film of madcap mayhem. Laurel and Hardy play the two tars, sailors on shore leave […]

Aug, 09

Two Years Before the Mast **** (1946, Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Da Silva, Esther Fernández) – Classic Movie Review 6991

Director John Farrow’s notable 1946 adventure film drama Two Years Before the Mast stars Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald and Howard Da Silva, and based on Richard Henry Dana Jr’s travel book of the same […]

May, 03

Raggedy Man *** (1981, Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard) – Classic Movie Review 6629

Sissy Spacek, fresh from her Oscar for Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), gets her husband Jack Fisk to direct her as Nita Longley, a spunky wartime divorcée, whose two sons are jealous when handsome sailor Eric Roberts arrives […]

Jan, 31

Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst [Battle Hell] *** (1957, Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston, Keye Luke) – Classic Movie Review 6543

Director Michael Anderson’s meticulously crafted 1957 true-story account of the crippled British warship HMS Amethyst’s escape through heavy fire from being trapped on Yangtse River by the Red Chinese in 1949 is based on the […]

Jan, 10

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