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Despite all the comments complaining about the over the top/camp/ham-acting, & corny plot line, I enjoyed this movie as part of film history. 1931 was just 4 years into sound coming to moving pictures. As with anything new, one must learn to walk, & along the way, stumble & fall. Don't judge this film short-sightedly by today's standards, but within its historic context. At the very least, on a rainy Sunday, it's enjoyable; & for film buffs, it's a treat looking at the film sets, costumes, & reading biographies of everyone involved in the production. Besides all that, it's free on YT, from the comfort of your own home. If you don't like it, you can always change the channel. Thanks for your time & efforts to upload a part of film history.
Well summarised. Even recording sound and maintaining sync was difficult to do back then. There were few actors making the transition to sound and I suspect the slow movement was a result of having to keep microphones near to speakers and having to control many different changes in sound and picture working properly. No mobile phones or video back then. Thanks to the poster for a piece of film history.
@@geoffreycodnett6570 Yes indeed. Synchronization of dialogue, voiceovers, sound effects, & the music score with film footage was a huge transition for everyone. I can't begin to imagine what people had to contend with. Movie studio executives, directors, cinematographers, sound technicians, actors & actresses were learning & adapting, often with unintended poor or comical results. And 90+ years later, unappreciative You Tube viewers still comment about the poor sound & bad/stiff/wooden/silly/ham actors. Perhaps the faultfinders should watch the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain--a delightful parody of this time period in movie history.
Exactly. Before sound, they had to act in a way that was overly demonstrative because they had to accentuate everything in a stronger manner. However, I have no issues with campness.
This was fun. Thank you so much. I find these old horror mysteries really more entertaining than all the current superhero-spy-action adventure. They are a bit over-acted, but they did a lot with a small cast, and a short run time.
These movies are great for many reasons. 1. Great writing 2. Interesting story telling 3. Inside jokes, you really have to pay attention because you will miss so many 4. Acting- not academy awards level. But good enough for my thumbs up 5. Story sets 6. Don't need music to enhance story 7. Wardrobe 8. Story pace 9. Lighting 10. And so much more Thanks for having this movie available for all to see.
16:06 A woman who marries for money will complain about love. A woman who marries for love will complain about money. A woman who has both will find something else to complain about.
Great film seen it several times before I'm going to watch it again I saw a few modern movies just recently I had to turn them off I couldn't watch them all the way through they don't make them good like they used to all of what's going down big time in flames
A bit of spooky fun from the biggest year in horror cinema. Wonderful atmosphere, with Karl Struss' photography and that eerie cemetery set (the idea of a secret passage leading from the mansion to the graveyard is just beyond creepy). But Lilyan Tashman steals the show: she makes Lady Macbeth look positively mousy in comparison.
This may just possibly be the best portrayal of a femme fatale in cinema history. Lilyan Tashman was absolutely amazing in this film: Sexy, blazingly intelligent, manipulative to the n'th degree, and impossibly gorgeous from every angle. It is truly tragic that she died of cancer only a couple of years later at the age of 37. And BTW, the film is well-made too. The 1931 pacing and camera work serve the creepy story well. To sum up, this is something of a minor masterpiece of American cinema that leaves many much more famous films in the dust. Highest recommendation.
Agreed. From the creepy beginning to the end, a classic curio. Lilyan Tashman creeped me out so bad that it made me forget Irving Pichel's performance as the maniac Phillip Endicott.
I love old films and on your testimony above, watched this - that`s an hour and twelve minutes of my life I`ll never get back! Masterpiece of American cinema???!
These old films are great. Don't watch much of anything current. Sex, violent and drugs. Haven't seen a female character that evil and manipulative in a movie that old before. Of course they're all over the place now but evil was more subtle then but still evil.
Maid: Are you Married? Officer Cassidy: Not that I know of. Maid: Do you have any bad habits? Do you drink or smoke? Officer Cassidy: I thought you said bad habits. Police Sgt: Cassidy, did you ever have a hunch? Officer Cassidy: I was going to get married once and something told me not to. It was the girls husband.
"I should never had a telephone. What are they good for? You only hear from a lot of people you don't like." How true! What a woman! She just can't stop shelling them out!
God that's the truth and yet you have millions if not billions worldwide glued to their idiot phones from first awakening until finally going to sleep at the end of a long day of texting and browsing for what?🐒
Mrs. Endicott, so relieved, rather than bereaved when told that her husband is dead; an evil seductress, yet so alluring ! Good movie, with a more than adequate cast!
Mr. Valcour has her number and he knows exactly what she is about, and is planning to do, before she does it. She wants to break down his defenses, and he is wise to her and knows it!
This was very enjoyable,well acted and Lilyan Tashman steals every scene she is in. How she got into that silvery dress well it stuck to every curve it's a good job this was pre-code.Thanks for posting.
Lilyan Tashman is absolutely marvelous here, and her costuming throughout demonstrates why she was considered one of the best-dressed women of the era. Karl Struss' photography is also impressive - he would also serve as the cinematographer for SUNRISE and THE GREAT DICTATOR in addition to working on BEN-HUR (1925) and GONE WITH THE WIND.
I Absolutely LOVE the character Laura (let's kill everybody) Endicott's performance, wardrobe & jewelry...the 30's & 40's had the best fashion, furniture & film noir hands down, though this is so comical. Thank you so much for posting this classic old black & white movie, providing unexpected chuckles along the way. Laura's femme fatale act is over the top! This is definitely going to be added to my favorite "go to" oldies.
The women's clothes were spectacular, wish we could dress like that now, except for the dead animals slung around our shoulders...I do draw the line at that, but otherwise it is elegance personified.
"You love me because I am a woman and we will go away together"....(Officer). "Yes we will go together....but....to the police station". Her face😳.😂😂😂😂I have always love these old movies.
a deranged wannabe strangler, a bitter old harpy with a neurotic fear of premature burial, a ne'er do well, a chump sculptor, and a femme fatal with the conscience of a uboat wolf pack commander... the characters alone make this a unique script. well played, well supported, good period technical work, and direction that makes it work, busy as it is. VERY worthy of watching! grab a bowl of popcorn and some milk duds, sit back and enjoy this convoluted tale of greed, madness, lust, and murderous ambition! you certainly can pick them srm818... as always, thanks for the load of this vintage gem
2:31 when Robbie says “ cant you see he is frightened?” ... the subtitles say “ can’t you see he is pregnant” . What a different film that would have been, lol.
Oh, Lilyan Tashman was sooooo beautiful. I googled to find that she died of abdominal cancer at the age of 37. This is extremely sad because it's a very painful way to go. Especially back then, when they didn't have the treatments/meds we have now. God Bless you Lilyan. I hope to meet you in Heaven someday. Much love to you, blessed angel.
This the the William Boyd who was arrested for drinking and drugs with whom movie-goers confused Bill Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy) for a while. Lilyan Tashman was a dish, by the way. Thanks for putting this on the Web.
Sorry but I don't think Tashman was that good of an actor. And the movie was almost camp, I couldn't take it seriously. But I also couldn't stop watching it. I was still totally entertained.
This was a pretty good older movie, and the plot was thicken as the moved went on, was surprised how much l actually liked the move. thanks for posting the movie.
Oh I love this movie and especially the ending, it's fabulous, because there has never been another movie with this type of ending! Love, love, loved it! Thanks
42:25 Officer Cassidy: "I'll bet it was one of them ice murders" Lieutenant Valcour: "Ice murders- what's that?" Officer: "Well I read it in one of those mystery magazines. The victim bent over to tie his shoelace, and the murderer sprayed him with liquid ice and he froze to death. And there he was all rolled up like a hoop, and they had to bury him in a bass drum". 🥁😂😂😂
" Inspired geniuses,and killers" was One very cogent statement by the police officer,a statement that Is,in reality,quite succinct and direct in its connotation.
Tic tok tic tok , I love the sound of a train and a clock,,, a train in the distance, a clock up close,,, tell me , which character you suspect most ? Is it the guy ? Is it the girl ? Is it the maid ,,, the question in her curl ? The graveyard is misty , the ol house is so cold , the ignorant and dumb are so brave and so bold ! Fortune comes and fortune goes but the wicked and dead grow old and grow cold , choose Jesus this day , free your ‘ ol soul so you don’t end up like the wicked and bold !
Everson is THE expert on vintage genre cinema.However,he has his contemporaries disdain for the (then new) Hammer films,which are now classed as Classics.I think it's a generational thing- I grew up watching the Hammers,but have little patience for these new-fangled horrors of today!
