Derek Winnert

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The Road Back *** (1937, John ‘Dusty’ King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Noah Beery Jr) – Classic Movie Review 3427

This ambitious and interesting but disappointing, Universal studio-butchered 1937 follow-up to All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) was planned by director James Whale and writer R C Sherriff as the definitive anti-war movie to cap […]

Feb, 28

Western Union **** (1941, Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore, Slim Summerville, John Carradine, Chill Wills) – Movie Review 2808

The ideally cast Randolph Scott stars in a cheering performance as cowboy hero Vance Shaw in director Fritz Lang’s top-notch 1941 Western film Western Union, loosely based on the Zane Grey novel, with a grade-A 20th […]

Aug, 12

The Bad Sister *** (1931, Sidney Fox, Conrad Nagel, Humphrey Bogart, Zasu Pitts, Bette Davis, Charles Winninger. Slim Summerville) – Classic Movie Review 2693

Director Hobart Henley’s 1931 drama is fondly recalled as the moment Bette Davis makes her movie début, aged 23, as the good, shy younger sister Laura Madison in this second remake of Booth Tarkington’s 1913 […]

Jul, 13

The Front Page ***** (1931, Adolphe Menjou, Pat O’Brien, Mary Brian) – Classic Movie Review 1988

Producer Howard Hughes’s and director Lewis Milestone’s 1931 original first movie version of the enduring Charles MacArthur-Ben Hecht classic newspaper satire stage hit is a richly enjoyable and hugely rewarding sophisticated comedy entertainment. Its biting, sarcastic wit […]

Dec, 21

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