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My Gal Sal *** (1942, Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature, John Sutton, Carole Landis) – Classic Movie Review 11,255

For all those who love the old tunes, here’s an extremely engaging, bright and breezy musical biopic of Gay Nineties-era songwriter Indiana music-man Paul Dresser, adapted from the story My Brother Paul by Theodore Dreiser […]

May, 31

Montana Moon ** (1930, Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, Ricardo Cortez) – Classic Movie Review 11,159

The 26-year-old Joan Crawford, expensively gowned by Adrian, stars as wayward and sophisticated rancher’s daughter Joan ‘Montana’ Prescott, who is tamed by Texas course cowboy Larry Kerrigan (Johnny Mack Brown), in director Malcolm St Clair’s […]

May, 02

Scandal Sheet **** (1952, Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Donna Reed) – Classic Movie Review 10,822

‘Love Nesters! Shock Slayers! Sensation Seekers!’… Director Phil Karlson’s excellent 1952 black and white film noir crime thriller Scandal Sheet [The Dark Page] stars John Derek and Donna Reed as New York hot-shot reporters who […]

Jan, 23

Desert Sands ** (1955, Ralph Meeker, Marla English, J Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Ron Randell, John Smith, Keith Larsen) – Classic Movie Review 10,637

Director Lesley Selander’s 1955 programmer French Foreign Legion adventure film Desert Sands is produced by Bel-Air Productions and released by United Artists. It is foolish but nevertheless some fun as it is quite quirky and […]

Dec, 06

The Big Circus *** (1959, Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Gilbert Roland, David Nelson, Adele Mara, Steve Allen) – Classic Movie Review 10,573

The 1959 American drama film The Big Circus stars Victor Mature as a circus owner battling financial trouble and a murderous saboteur. The colourful cast includes Vincent Price as the ringmaster, Peter Lorre as the clown, […]

Nov, 21

Bullwhip ** (1958, Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming, James Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 10,570

Director Harmon Jones’s 1958 Western film Bullwhip is a traditional Fifties-style comedic look at life on the range, with tepid handling, fumbling the admittedly tricky juggling act between action, humour and romance. To escape a […]

Nov, 20

Lady Killer *** (1933, James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay) – Classic Movie Review 9621

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1933 Warner Bros black and white crime comedy Lady Killer stars James Cagney as gangster Dan Quigley, who is on the run from the law but he washes up in the […]

Apr, 09

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