Movies starring Gene Lockhart

Star of Midnight (1935)

90 mins     Comedy, Mystery, Romance      

I like Ginger Rogers, she had this mix of sexy, fun and warmth and it is because it stars Ginger Rogers that I watched "Star of Midnight", well that and because lead actor William Powell rarely disappoints. Neither Rodgers or...

Algiers (1938)

96 mins     Drama, Mystery      

A few years ago I was having a chat with someone who bemoaned the recent trend for Hollywood remaking European movies just a few years after they came out yet it is something which has gone on for a long time and certainly no...

His Girl Friday (1940)

92 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

It would be a fair judgement to say that great movies never grow tiresome, you can watch them time after time and still get as much out of them as you did the very first time. Howard Hawk's "His Girl Friday" is one such movie...

Spirit of the People (1940)

110 mins     Biography, Drama      

Anyone who has read some of my reviews on other historical movies will be aware of my admitted lack of historical knowledge and blame the British education system for making history lessons so dull as a child for my ignorance...

The House on 92nd Street (1945)

88 mins     Crime, Drama      

To my surprise I found that there was a lot of love for "The House on 92nd Street" one of the first docu-dramas which took the true story of the FBI's investigation into Nazi Fifth Columnists in New York and made it into a mo...

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

96 mins     Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy      

Miracle on 34th Street: Maureen O'Hara and Edmund Gwenn star in this 1947 version of the popular Christmas movie about Kris Kringle working in Macy's...

Honeymoon (1947)

74 mins     Comedy      

Movie Review - Honeymoon (1947) Shirley Temple stars as Barbara, a teen bride who leads an official (Franchot Tone) a merry dance down in Mexico where she has gone to marry her soldier boyfriend (Guy Madison)...

The Inspector General (1949)

102 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

"The Inspector General" sounds right up my street; it's a comedy musical about mistaken identity and stars Danny Kaye. Sadly the experience certainly does not live up to expectations because it is a dull story, which is padde...

Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)

120 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

For the first 20 minutes of "Down to the Sea in Ships" I wondered whether I was watching the right movie as whilst there was Lionel Barrymore as an old sea dog and young Dean Stockwell as the grandson he dotes on we were asho...

The Lady Wants Mink (1953)

92 mins     Comedy      

There is one thing for certain "The Lady Wants Mink" is a movie which would never be made now, with its storyline revolving around Mink coats and breeding the furry little critters it would most definitely cause an uproar. Bu...

Carousel (1956)

128 mins     Drama, Musical      

To be honest I am a big musical fan and as such have watched the good, the bad and the ugly of the movie musical world but "Carousel" is one of the most interesting I have watched. And the simple reason is that whilst on one ...