Movies starring Cher

The Little Princess (1939)

93 mins     Comedy, Drama, Family      

Watching Shirley Temple in "The Little Princess" some 70+ years since it was released it feels wrong to criticise it but by today's standard "The Little Princess" feels all a bit cheesy and sugar coated. But even if it does f...

Irene (1940)

101 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

"Irene" is the sort of musical comedy which Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers could have made except they didn't instead we have Anna Neagle and Ray Milland doing a solid job in what is really a light weight movie. It is what it...

Curtain Call (1940)

63 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Before watching "Curtain Call" I read a few reviews to get some idea of what this forgotten movie is all about and the majority of them mentioned the similarities to "The Producers". In fairness mentioning "The Producers" and...

Dumbo (1941)

64 mins     Animation, Family, Musical      

"Dumbo" is one of those iconic Disney movies which even if you have never watched you will know so much about that you feel you must have watched it. That is the rather ironic situation I found myself in when I had an hour to...

Keeper of the Flame (1942)

100 mins     Drama      

For me the best Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn movies were those where they played warring partners, where the chemistry and wicked banter would fly between them and off of the screen. As such I just didn't enjoy "Keeper...

Immortal Sergeant (1943)

91 mins     Drama, War      

Immortal Sergeant: Henry Fonda is the young soldier called up to lead despite being timid and having reservations whilst thinking about his girl (Maureen O'Hara)...

Johnny Angel (1945)

79 mins     Crime, Drama      

"Johnny Angel" starts of surprisingly good, we have the image of the abandoned boat in the fog and a few scenes later when Johnny searches the ship in dock there is great use of light and shadow to make for some great film-no...

The Lost Moment (1947)

89 mins     Drama, Romance      

By the time "The Lost Moment" is over, and at only 89 minutes it isn't a long movie, you will feel utterly shattered because you will have just spent 89 minutes watching a movie heavy in atmosphere. It is quite surprising how...

Destination Moon (1950)

92 mins     Adventure , Drama, Sci-Fi      

It's not often that I wish I was older but watching "Destination Moon" made me wish I had been a young boy when it was released. Released over a decade before cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made the first manned space flight and almo...

They Were Not Divided (1950)

102 mins     War      

To call a war movie a little gem almost seems wrong but "They Were Not Divided" by future Bond director Terence Young is exactly that. This 1950 war movie which sees 3 strangers becoming friends in training and then go throug...

Best of the Badmen (1951)

84 mins     Western      

"Best of the Badmen" is the sort of cliche western which as a western fan you watch for what it is but it leaves no lasting impression. Now what that means is that we have another western which whilst serving up characters wi...

Santa Fe (1951)

87 mins     Western      

"Santa Fe" starts so well with an opening look at how America was left destroyed by the Civil war; from children who didn't recognize their fathers to people struggling to make a living whilst the resentment between the North...

The Big Trees (1952)

89 mins     Action , Drama      

Whilst generally I feel older movies are superior to modern movies when it comes to focus on story telling, there were still movies which had the feeling that they were made as almost stop gaps. Movies which had nothing major...

Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)

99 mins     Adventure      

If you were to write a list of everything which you associate with pirates I bet everything you write will appear in "Blackbeard, the Pirate" a movie which is so cliche and over the top that it is entertaining but really for ...

The Desert Rats (1953)

88 mins     War      

I am no war expert, regular readers of my movie reviews will have heard me bemoan the history lessons n British schools during the 1980s for my lack of knowledge, but having watched many a war movie about WWII I know when one...

The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)

99 mins     Adventure , Romance      

The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) Tony Curtis stars as Myles, a British peasant seeking to find out who his father was and then reclaiming his birthright...

Knock on Wood (1954)

103 mins     Comedy      

Movie Review - Knock on Wood (1954) Danny Kaye stars as Jerry, a ventriloquist who becomes the focus of not just spies, due to secret plans being hidden in one of his puppets, but also the police who suspect he maybe a murder...

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

102 mins     Drama, Romance      

In "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" American newsman Mark Elliott (William Holden) whilst staying in Hong Kong meets and falls for Eurasian Dr. Han Suyin (Jennifer Jones). Wanting a divorce Mark embarks on a relationship wit...

Rock Around the Clock (1956)

77 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

As I write this it is almost 60 years since "Rock Around the Clock" was released and watching it for the first time now it would be fair to say it is an experience and not always a good one. Of course what I am on about is th...

Anything Goes (1956)

106 mins     Musical      

Watching "Anything Goes" I wondered how this musical would have turned out if it had featured Danny Kaye instead of Donald O'Connor as O'Connor delivers the same sort of humorous side-kick performance which Kaye had delivered...