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Gidget *** (1959, Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O’Connell, Mary LaRoche) – Classic Movie Review 3384

Sandra Dee stars in director Paul Wendkos’s wholesome-as-apple-pie 1959 teen comedy as  young Francie Lawrence aka the Gidget, who is initiated into the California surf culture during one formative summer. As a result, she falls […]

Feb, 19

A Summer Place **** (1959, Troy Donahue, Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 3382

Fifties teen heartthrob Troy Donahue (aka Merle Johnson Jr) made his film début in Man Afraid (1957) and became a Warner Bros contract player with the stardom conferred on him here in A Summer Place, […]

Feb, 19

Imitation of Life **** (1959, Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Dan O’Herlihy, Robert Alda, Mahalia Jackson, Troy Donahue, Jack Weston) – Classic Movie Review 3249

Lana Turner stars in one of her most famous roles as struggling young white actress Lora Meredith and Juanita Moore plays her black maid Annie Johnson. Director Douglas Sirk’s classic 1959 tearjerker melodrama is a […]

Jan, 08

Beyond the Sea **** (2004, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Greta Scacchi) Classic Movie Review 1329

Writer-director Kevin Spacey’s 2004 movie is his second as director, following 1996’s Albino Alligator. They couldn’t be more different films. That one was a set-bound, ensemble thriller with no appearance by the star. This one is […]

Jun, 15

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