A delightful, eminently watchable comedy, masterly paced, you may find it endearing, with its expert timing, and despite the gracelessness of its male cast, anyway the movie spells its genre so as not to disappoint the gullible; a playwright rented the mansion once owned by an insane physician, whose legacy of fright still carries on, and the playwright gathers there several people to stage his play, with one of the main results being that they all are really guests and none knows indeed the house. I believe that the device of 'the audience on stage', or 'the audience in the movie', as represented by the old-timer and his degenerate secretary intended to have fun no matter what, worked wonderfully; that's how exciting they felt to be the cinema, and they were right. Miljan plays the controversial playwright, June Collyer plays the starlet, while Kolker and Kirke are the usual creeps from such movies; save for the two girls (June and Eve), it's an ugly cast, one player uglier than the other, at least four mugs (the playwright, the supposed Amphytrio the psychiatrist, the heady Terry, the butler).
Eve Southern was intriguing, she's the one playing the insane widow.
The guards' uniform looked eerie. The patient's discourse was an early impersonation of the German Leader.
Nice pace, sharp one-liners, two likable actresses, ugly male cast; as said, it's a farce, kindred to music hall, revue, etc., but the plot was neat anyway, and the experience is refreshing.
Strayer directed 'The Ghost ' in '34, and 'The Monster ' in '32.
Eve Southern was intriguing, she's the one playing the insane widow.
The guards' uniform looked eerie. The patient's discourse was an early impersonation of the German Leader.
Nice pace, sharp one-liners, two likable actresses, ugly male cast; as said, it's a farce, kindred to music hall, revue, etc., but the plot was neat anyway, and the experience is refreshing.
Strayer directed 'The Ghost ' in '34, and 'The Monster ' in '32.