Mountie Rod Webb (Kirby Grant) investigates a murder with the help of his dog Chinook; he is also aided by the victim’s niece (Martha Hyer). This is another enjoyable entry in our dog’s favorite movie series. Mildly recommended. Otto judiciously thinks this movie is OK.
Funny Friday: Sleep Sheep
Monogram Monday: Fighting Fools (1949)
After a friend is killed in the boxing ring, the Bowery Boys (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and the rest) go after crooked fight promoters. Frankie Darro has a decent role as a comeback kid with a tie to the victim, and Lyle Talbot makes an effective heavy. The thirteenth entry in the series is a …
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Funny Friday: Extreme Birding
Funny Friday: Ominous
Monogram Monday: Invisible Ghost (1941)
Bela Lugosi plays wealthy and respected Charles Kessler, who was deserted by his wife (Betty Compson) years before. From time to time, Kessler is gripped by a homicidal mania that is set off when he sees his wife wandering around his mansion’s grounds. (Unbeknownst to Kessler, his wife is being hidden and cared for by …
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Monogram Monday: Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
The final film in Monogram’s James Lee Wong series of mysteries breaks with the previous pictures in what amounts to a “reboot.” Keye Luke takes over the role of the detective from Boris Karloff, and though Grant Withers does reappear as Captain Street, Bobbie Logan (Marjorie Reynolds), his foil and romantic interest in the previous …
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Monogram Monday: Partners of the Sunset (1948)
Singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely, aided by his comic sidekick, Dub “Cannonball” Taylor, unravels a crafty plot that could have come straight out of a film noir from the same year. In this outing in Wakely’s Monogram series, a wealthy older ranch owner brings home a lovely young bride as well as her “brother.” When his …
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Funny Friday: Good Reading
Monogram Monday: News Hounds (1947)
The Bowery Boys are back in the seventh film in the series. This time around, Slip (Leo Gorcey) is working as a copy boy at a local newspaper, and the guys help him get the goods on gangsters who are trying to fix sporting events and ensure the paper can avoid a libel suit. There’s …
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