With the new "Dallas" series up and running on TNT to high ratings (No surprise it was the No. 1 cable show last night), I'm devoting the summer to reviewing many movies and TV appearances of these regular and recurring players of the original series here on IMDb in chronological order. So it is that I'm starting in 1942 when young adult Donna Reed-who became Miss Ellie No. 2 during the 1984-85 season when originator Barbara Bel Geddes had to temporarily leave for health reasons-was starting out as a contract player at M-G-M where the original "Dallas" was partially shot for interiors. In contrast to her usually wholesome roles like that of It's a Wonderful Life-though her Mary Hatch wasn't above making her mother think George Bailey was, well you know-here she plays a teen girl who's dating a much older man that was once a lover of her stepmother (Ann Harding). Since both her character and that of Harding's play actresses, it's a particular pleasure when Ms. Reed acts condescending to Ms. Harding as they both seem to talk as if they're rehearsing for some play. Anyway, the real star is Edward Arnold as the blind detective Duncan Maclain who's not above creating some scenes himself as he tries to both solve a murder and uncover a Nazi scheme with the able assist of his dog Friday. Directed by eventual master filmmaker Fred Zinnemann, he provides enough atmosphere that makes this movie rise a little above its B-movie roots. There's also some amusements from sidekicks Allen Jenkins and Mantan Moreland with the latter just two years away from being Charlie Chan's regular manservant Birmingham Brown. Really, all I'll say now is Eyes in the Night is worth a look.