Tag: Charles Laughton

Devil and the Deep Blu-ray review

Devil and the Deep is a pre-code film from 1932 starring four screen legends Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Tallulah Bankhead, and Cary Grant, who at the time was just rising to stardom. The movie is about a jealous husband who goes through great lengths to remove potential lovers. Naval commander Charles Sturm (Charles Laughton, The…


The Suspect Blu-ray review

The Suspect is a 1944 drama thriller that stars screen icon Charles Laughton, along with veteran actors Henry Daniel, Rosalind Ivan and Mary Gray. The story is about an unhappily married man that wants leave his wife for something happier, but she refuses to divorce him, so he kills her! The film takes place in…


The Sign of the Cross Blu-ray review

The Sign of the Cross is a pre-code biblical film from iconic director Cecil B. DeMille, the man behind some of the greatest classic films in cinema including Reap the Wild Wind, Samson and Delilah and The Ten Commandments. This picture stars three of the best performers in cinema, Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr….


Deanna Durbin Collection I

Deanna Durbin Collection 1 Deanna Durbin was a child actress who had a somewhat of a short-lived Hollywood career as a singer and actress. She was mainly known for starring in romantic musical comedy films with her heyday being in the late 1930s. A few years later Durbin, as she was getting older, wanted to…