When you see the names Zasu Pitts and Dlim Summerville at the top of the credits, you automatically assume that it's going to be a comedy. Certainly with her ability to say lines in a funny manner as she acts frazzled or flattered in an amusing way and his hound dog face, the laughs are automatically there. But the basic plot deals with a murder and apparent fake mediums, with Pitts tossed into the mix to replace the nasty Tamara Geva when the later wants Pitts fired from William Gaxton's psychic show. It's very clear who has the last laugh now, especially when Pitts becomes involved in a murder investigation and utilizes Kay Johnson to contact her dead husband through a seance.
Julie Haydon, Bruce Cabot and Ralph Morgam co-star In this film version of a London theatrical hit, and while streamlined from the obvious original play, it is still intriguing and compact andtite, filled with a great art deco set, Intense supernatural moments and occasional bits of humor from the two stars, certainly not a laugh riot like other teamings that they made over their decade working together. Overall an intriguing little B film that works in spite of the various moods that it impacts the viewer with, and a great opportunity to see musical stage comic William Gaxton at his peak, just a few years after he scored as a musical comedy president in "Of Tgee I Sing" and the same year that he romanced Ethel Merman in "Anything Goes". The ensemble works together to create a film where everybody gets good material and no one is sidelined.
Julie Haydon, Bruce Cabot and Ralph Morgam co-star In this film version of a London theatrical hit, and while streamlined from the obvious original play, it is still intriguing and compact andtite, filled with a great art deco set, Intense supernatural moments and occasional bits of humor from the two stars, certainly not a laugh riot like other teamings that they made over their decade working together. Overall an intriguing little B film that works in spite of the various moods that it impacts the viewer with, and a great opportunity to see musical stage comic William Gaxton at his peak, just a few years after he scored as a musical comedy president in "Of Tgee I Sing" and the same year that he romanced Ethel Merman in "Anything Goes". The ensemble works together to create a film where everybody gets good material and no one is sidelined.