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Mr Skeffington ***** (1944, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, Richard Waring) – Classic Movie Review 2700

The 1944 American drama film Mr Skeffington stars Bette Davis as a selfish, vain and bitchy woman who marries Jewish financier Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) only to save her brother from going to prison. Director […]

Jul, 14

13 Rue Madeleine **** (1947, James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Frank Latimore) – Classic Movie Review 2602

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1947 wartime spy thriller stars James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte and Frank Latimore. Like the previous year’s Cloak and Dagger, it is a tribute to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operations in […]

Jun, 14

The Three Musketeers ** (1935, Walter Abel, Paul Lukas, Moroni Olson, Onslow Stevens, Nigel de Brulier) – Classic Movie Review 2306

Co-writer/director Rowland V Lee’s flat, unexciting 1935 American movie version of the Alexandre Dumas adventure classic tale is the first sound remake of the 1921 Douglas Fairbanks Sr silent movie masterpiece. The direction is unimaginative, […]

Mar, 23

Holiday Inn **** (1942, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel) – Classic Movie Review 2208

The pairing of Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby and a great batch of Irving Berlin songs, including the debut of the Oscar-winning best song ‘White Christmas’, are the filling in the cake of the 1942 […]

Feb, 23

Fury ***** (1936, Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellism Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 2190

Co-writer/director Fritz Lang’s outstanding 1936 American drama film Fury finds Spencer Tracy on his most blistering form in this forceful, continuingly relevant attack on small-town mob violence. Lang’s American début provided an instant movie classic. He had […]

Feb, 18

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