This early talkie mystery opens with a scene that seems to involve a murder but does not (similar to the opening of the following year’s The Death Kiss). Then, however, a real murder occurs as a stage star lothario has met his doom: But how was it done, as he was found strangled to death …
Read the full post →“<em>Grief Street</em> (Chesterfield, 1931)”
Newspaper editor (Grant Withers) gives suicidal young woman (Lois Wilson) a job on his paper, and she and another reporter both investigate the smuggling of illegal aliens into San Francisco, an investigation that brings danger and that may hit rather close to home for the editor. Decent performances from both leads and supporting characters add …
Read the full post →“<em>The Secrets of Wu Sin</em> (Chesterfield, 1932)”
All the members of a jury that convicted a man set to be executed are summoned, by various means, to a gloomy old mansion, in fact the home of the person the condemned man was said to have murdered, and the tension grows as the various people realize that there must be some plan at …
Read the full post →“<em>Strange People</em> (Chesterfield, 1933)”
