Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on December 4, 2013

Director: William Keighley & Marc Connelly Writer: Roark Bradford (novel: Ol’ Man Adam and His Chillun’); Mark Connelly (play and screenplay) Genre: Drama Music: Hall Johnson; Erich Wolfgang Korngold Main Cast: Rex Ingram (De Lawd/Adam/Hezdrel) Oscar Polk (Gabriel) Eddie ‘Roch   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on August 1, 2013

Director: Ida Lupino Writers: Jane Trahey (novel); Blanche Hanalis (screenplay) Genre: Comedy Main Cast: Hayley Mills (Mary Clancy) June Harding (Rachel Devery) Rosalind Russell (Mother Superior) Marge Redmond (Sister Liguori) Mary Wickes (Sister Clarissa) Margalo Gillmore (Sister Rose Marie) Judit   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on June 23, 2013

Directors: Percy Stow & Cecil Hepworth Writers: Lewis Carroll (book); Cecil Hepworth Music/Theme Piece: “Jill in the Box” composed & performed by Wendy Hiscocks Main Cast: May Clark (Alice) Cecil M. Hepworth (Frog Footman) Mrs. Cecil Hepworth (White Rabbit/Queen of Hearts) Norma   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on May 29, 2013

Director: David Swift Writers: Eleanor H. Porter (novel), David Swift (screenplay) Genre: Drama, Comedy Main Cast: Hayley Mills (Pollyanna) Jane Wyman (Polly Harrington/Aunt Polly) Richard Egan (Dr. Edmond Chilton) Nancy Olson (Aunt Polly’s maid, Nancy) Kevin Corcoran (Jimmy Bean) Karl Malden   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on May 1, 2013

Director: Lewis Milestone Writers: John Steinbeck (story), Eugene Solow (screenplay) Genre: Drama Main Cast: Burgess Meredith (George Milton) Lon Chaney, Jr. (Lennie Small) Betty Field (Mae) Bob Steele (Curley) Roman Bohnen (Candy) Leigh Whipper (Crooks) Crooks: “You got no right to come in   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on April 18, 2013

Director: J. Lee Thompson Writers: John Hawkesworth (also Producer), Shelley Smith  Genre: Crime Drama, Thriller Main Cast: John Mills (Superintendent Graham) Horst Buchholz (Bronislav Korchinsky) Hayley Mills (Gillie Evans) “Bronislav, I want to give you a word of advice, and believe me, it   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on March 22, 2013

Director: John Mills Writers: Mary Hayley Bell, John Prebble Genre: Drama, Romance Main Cast: Hayley Mills (Brydie White) Ian McShane (Roibin Krisenki) Annette Crosbie (Mrs. White) Laurence Naismith (Edwin Dacres) Geoffrey Bayldon (Reverend Phillip Moss) You’re safe in them graves, you are.   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on March 2, 2013

Director: Richard C. Kahn Writer: Spencer Williams Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror; Black/Race Film Main Cast: Zack Williams (N’Gina) Laura Bowman (Dr. Jackson) Alfred Grant (Robert Lindsay) Daisy Bufford (Eleanor Lindsay) Arthur Ray (Zeno Jackson) Spencer Williams (Nelson) Earl J. Morris (Bradshaw) Je   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on March 2, 2013

Great news for Classic Film Review!  It has been accepted into Classic Movie Hub’s BlogHub! An official CMH badge link will soon grace the blog in the “About” section. On another note, regretfully I can’t follow anyone back from this blog since it is one of my second-blogs.     read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on February 12, 2013

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Writers: Joseph Delteil, Carl Theodor Dreyer Genre: Biography, Historical Drama, Silent Film, Foreign Main Cast: Renée Jeanne Falconetti (Jeanne d’Arc) Eugène Silvain (Bishop Pierre Cauchon, Supreme Judge) André Berley (Jean d’Estivet, Counsel for the Prose   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on February 12, 2013

Writer & Director: Oscar Micheaux Genre: Black/Race Film, Drama, Silent Film Main Cast: Paul Robeson (Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester) Julia Theresa Russell (Isabelle - the Girl) Mercedes Gilbert (Martha Jane - Her Mother) Lawrence Chenault (Yello-Curley’ Hinds - the P   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on February 5, 2013

Director: Roy Mack Writers: A. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood Genre: Musical Comedy Short Main Cast: Ethel Waters - Mother of Rufus Sammy Davis, Jr. - Rufus Jones “Stay on your side of the fence and no harm will come to you.” I have never heard the pork chop joke.  I have   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on February 5, 2013

Director & Writer: Spencer Williams Theme Song: “Good News!” Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Black/Race Film Main Cast: Cathryn Caviness - Sister Martha Ann Jackson Spencer Williams - Ras Jackson Juanita Riley - Sister Jenkins Reather Hardeman - Sister Ellerby Rogenia Goldthwaite - The Angel   read more

Classic Film Review Posted by Crystal J. Anderson on October 5, 2012

Director: Ralph Nelson Writers: William Edmund Garrett (novel) and James Poe (screenplay) Music: Jerry Goldsmith Theme Song: “Amen” composed by Jester Harrison Genre: Drama/Comedy Main Cast: Sidney Poitier - Homer Smith (“Schmidt”) Lilia Skala - Mother Maria Lisa Mann – Sist   read more