Almost forgotten today, actress Jean Muir once had the potential of being one of the great leading ladies of the silver screen. In the mid-1930s, she was a promising young actress at Warner Brothers, and as a talented young heroin almost achieved a stardom on the level of Stanwyck, Davis, Crawford and Hepburn. Reminding me of Ann Harding with her severe blonde hairstyle, she played both noble heroines and ladies with sordid pasts. However, a lengthy career eluded her, and after several years in relative obscurity, she returned in this second feature, the third of the Warren Williams series of Lone Wolf comedy mysteries where once again she is the heroine, although this time there was an element of mystery surrounding her.
Muir is involved in a murder committed around the theft of jewelry belonging to her imperious aunt, and with criminals and the Lone Wolf, Warren William, on her trail, it up to the assistance of William and his aide-de-camp, Eric Blore, to help prove her innocence.
This is a fast moving and fun-filled adventure, featuring tons of hysterically acerbic dialogue and some wonderful character performances. Once again, William is on the right side of the law even though the law itself, led by Thurston Hall and the always incompetent cop Fred Kelsey, believe otherwise. They do more to hinder the case that he is on the verge of solving rather than help him, and as usual, he leave them with eggs on their face as he solves the crime and rescues the pretty Muir from the bad men who are after more than just her aunts jewelry.
While B detective comedies were a common movie staple in the thirties and forties, the Lone Wolf is an above average entry in the the movies because of the presence of Warren William who as a dependable ladies man leading actor in the early to mid thirties gracefully moved into the B features and retain his dignity. It is ironic that at Warner Brothers he had work with Muir before, so there seems to be a friendly chemistry between them that makes their jobs seem a lot more fun. Eric Blore gets some of the best lines, and also some of the best wise cracks thrown at him at his expense. The witty screenplay and fast moving action makes this movie just fly by and it is indeed an entertaining reminder of what Hollywood used to produce on a weekly basis.
Muir is involved in a murder committed around the theft of jewelry belonging to her imperious aunt, and with criminals and the Lone Wolf, Warren William, on her trail, it up to the assistance of William and his aide-de-camp, Eric Blore, to help prove her innocence.
This is a fast moving and fun-filled adventure, featuring tons of hysterically acerbic dialogue and some wonderful character performances. Once again, William is on the right side of the law even though the law itself, led by Thurston Hall and the always incompetent cop Fred Kelsey, believe otherwise. They do more to hinder the case that he is on the verge of solving rather than help him, and as usual, he leave them with eggs on their face as he solves the crime and rescues the pretty Muir from the bad men who are after more than just her aunts jewelry.
While B detective comedies were a common movie staple in the thirties and forties, the Lone Wolf is an above average entry in the the movies because of the presence of Warren William who as a dependable ladies man leading actor in the early to mid thirties gracefully moved into the B features and retain his dignity. It is ironic that at Warner Brothers he had work with Muir before, so there seems to be a friendly chemistry between them that makes their jobs seem a lot more fun. Eric Blore gets some of the best lines, and also some of the best wise cracks thrown at him at his expense. The witty screenplay and fast moving action makes this movie just fly by and it is indeed an entertaining reminder of what Hollywood used to produce on a weekly basis.