Wealthy banker Hubert Kingery winds up shot dead after telling his subordinates that he suspects one of them of being an embezzler. The coroner's jury calls it a suicide but Kingery's daughter Gwen believes it is murder. She asks her aunt's live in nurse, Sarah Keate, to recommend a private detective. Sarah brings in her boyfriend, crackerjack private eye Lance O'Leary. Lance arrives at the isolated mansion and the fun begins. There's no shortage of suspects, and more murders are coming. Who did it?
Ann Sheridan was still on her up when she played Sarah in the female lead. WB had already dubbed her "The Oomph Girl," though. William Hopper, later Paul Drake on the Perry Mason TV series, has a good role as Gwen's fiancé and also one of the suspects. The best acting in Mystery House may have been done by Duke, the magnificent German Shepard who has some good scenes. The "King of WB B-Movies," Dick Purcell, is Lance O'Leary. He had played hockey at Dordham University and was a natural for his role as the title character in the 1936 film, "The King of Hockey." Purcell should have had a very long movie career but he died unexpectedly in 1944 at the age of 38 from a massive heart attack right after playing a round of golf.
I am watching "Mystery House" right now on TCM. I have seen it before but I still enjoy it.
Ann Sheridan was still on her up when she played Sarah in the female lead. WB had already dubbed her "The Oomph Girl," though. William Hopper, later Paul Drake on the Perry Mason TV series, has a good role as Gwen's fiancé and also one of the suspects. The best acting in Mystery House may have been done by Duke, the magnificent German Shepard who has some good scenes. The "King of WB B-Movies," Dick Purcell, is Lance O'Leary. He had played hockey at Dordham University and was a natural for his role as the title character in the 1936 film, "The King of Hockey." Purcell should have had a very long movie career but he died unexpectedly in 1944 at the age of 38 from a massive heart attack right after playing a round of golf.
I am watching "Mystery House" right now on TCM. I have seen it before but I still enjoy it.