Gail Patrick later married a literary agent named Cornwell Jackson, who was the agent for Erle Stanley Gardner. She convinced Gardner to adapt Perry Mason to TV, which of course was successful.
Even if you live to be 100, you're still going to find film that was made before you were born that you've never seen before. BTW--Black and white is not really a classification for film. I've heard, people still produce movies in black and white. A better classification for film would be the chronology, or even genre.
Thanks! A fun movie, inventively photographed with a nice twist to the mystery. Ian Keith, who played Smith, is one of the highlights of the original Nightmare Alley of 1947. I liked Gail Patrick but it was Frances Drake, who played Denny's secretary, who reeled me in. I love her! Her two most famous pictures were Mad Love with Peter Lorre and The Invisible Ray with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. i knew Karloff's scientist character in the latter was truly "mad" when he wanted to spend time with his telescope instead of lovely wife Frances!
Karl Struss was Florey's frequent collaborator on camera. These two had fun experimenting with " Dutch Angles", chiarascuro lighting, etc in " B" Programmers which still had a decent budget because they were for Paramount. They operated largely off the radar screen and turned out some gems. Check out Hollywood Boulevard, 1936, with the terrific John Halliday and a fine supporting cast that includes a bunch of old silent actors in cameos including Creighton Hale, Miss Crabtree ' s brother ! (Little Rascals/ Our Gang)
Ian Keith is terrific in this. This is the same year when Florey and Struss did the immortal " under the radar" " Hollywood Boulevard", a great vehicle for the great John Halliday . Another fine "movie about movies".
Movies about movie making are always a thrilling theme to watch. This film is extremely idiosyncratic, and how often do I get to use that word? An amazing film with twists and turns aplenty, and much of the film is quite unorthodox mixed in with standard elements. It hooked me immediately. I was totally captured and fell into it completely. Gail Patrick is very beautiful in this. Ian Keith, wonderful. This film is not Film Noir, it is too early for that classification, but it does appear to have been a precursor that heavily influenced Film Noir. All in all, I enjoyed this film immensely. There is a great deal of interesting photography using light in all forms and extremes, after all it is the prime consideration in cinematography. Enjoy.
It was directed by the great Robert Florey, erudite Swiss movie critic/historian who also made movies. He made some big pictures and many not so big. Supposedly preferred off-the- radar pix because he could " experiment". And he did, with all the " Dutch angles" etc by camera whiz Carl Struss.
Check out his 1936 Hollywood Boulevard, the inimitable John Halliday as a washed up actor, for more of those angles and a great score by Russian Gregory Stone.
For me the real star is Ian Keith, who always played 'the cool dude' who could hold his own among other men and sometimes end up with the female star as well. I remember him from 'Dangerous Corner' (1934) and 'The Payoff' (1942), among others
Well done & well played by all. Frances Drake’s eyes are enough to melt the heart of the Snow Giants . Interesting variation on The Phantom of the Opera Thanks for Upload🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
@@almeggs3247 So, if something disproves your claim, you find some excuse why it doesn't count. I guess all those Hollywood Bible epics in the '50s like The Robe, Ben-Hur, and The Ten Commandments don't count either, huh?
@@leelarson107 I was thinking in terms of the general/most population. Actors, actresses, sports' stars, lawyers, doctors, etc., have a better chance of those extremely high incomes.
Gail Patrick wasn't cast in this film in that particular role because she was beautiful or had a particular look on her face. She had to take those roles because she was taller than the average leading man, when she wore heels. At 5'7 she was considered too tall for lead roles in "A" movies. This is a time period when the average man was between 5/8 and 5/10. BTW--She could have just as easily ended up a bit player or chorus girl with that face. They only used beautiful women for non-character parts then.
@@doraholden848 yes,male actors back then and now are notoriously short. There were tall leading ladies back then though, Greta Garbo 5’7”, Ingrid Bergman 5’9” to name a couple.
What? Cops acting like cops, instead of incompetent bullies who accuse people of murder without a shred of evidence? What kind of '30s mystery movie is this? A damn good one, as it turns out! Reginald Denny is great in this. I'm used to seeing him as Algie, the sidekick of Bulldog Drummond, but he carries this movie on his own. The only other actor I recognize is Rod LaRocque, and he's a good sport here, playing a scared actor who gets bumped off in the first act. It's always fun to see Hollywood poke fun at itself, and this movie does that hilariously! We have a wimpy not-Bela Lugosi, and a pair of comics who I think are supposed to be either the Marx Brothers or Laurel and Hardy. We even have an example of an early Southern California flake with the astrology-obsessed secretary. The script is both funny and clever, the story engrossing, and the cinematography is excellent, clearly showing the influence of German Expressionist cinema with all the dark shadows and mist. I'm actually impressed!
@@robertwalker5521 Yes, in "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror," where he plays a character analogous to the infamous Nazi propagandist Lord Haw-Haw. Denny was also a pioneer in the development of drone aircraft.
Denny did have some moronic roles - "Algy" of the Drummond series comes to mind - but he was excellent in many other films, such as Eyes in the Night (1942) and Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931). Born in 1891, he was already middle-aged when this movie was made in 1936, but he made over 60 silent films. Silents aren't usually my preference, but I laughed out loud watching him in Fast and Furious (1927) in leading roles, as a very dapper, appealing man.
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Identical to the opening of the bigger budget " [Earl Carroll 's]. Murder at the Vanities". But here you have the great director-camera operator combination of Robert Florey and Karl Struss.
“You’ll wake up with a kink in your medulla oblongata” was funny enough. “How do you know I wear them?” 😂😂😂 That’s going on my fridge next to “Justice is not a notion, Duncan. It’s a department of state.” Hugh Laurie S1E2 Road Kill
A good cast including Gail Patrick & Reginald Denny trapped by a lame & obvious script, plus awful directing & editing. There is one good scene when a night watchman walks into a room & asks for a match.
