Chamber Of Horrors 1940 Based on the Edgar Wallace novel The Door With The Seven Locks, screenplay by John Argyle, Gilbert Gunn and Norman Lee, directed by Norman Lee.
Before a rich guy died he'd stowed the family jewels in his crypt, it's got 7 locks on the door, the keys go to the person who inherits. After his death the lawyer's find the keys in their trust have been stolen. The baddies have 6 keys, someone has the 7th key, the baddies won't stop at murder to get it. People get murdered and detectives from Scotland Yard are on the case.
It's about average, fairly good cast, bit of humor, some murderin', a bit of gun play, all kept me interested.
A Shriek In The Night 1935 Story by Kurt Kempler, screenplay by M H Hoffman JR, directed by Albert Ray.
Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot are rival reporters who have a bit of a relationship. Lyle keeps asking her to marry him and she turns him down. They're both on the scene of a suicide, Larry tagged along with the police detectives and Ginger is working under cover as the dead man's secretary. The rich guy jumped out of his apartment window and smacked into the pavement 4 stories below. Ginger thinks the dead guy was somehow connected to racketeer Joe Martini. The crook has an apartment in the building. The suicide starts to look fishy when another body turns up.
It's more of a comedy than the first film, there's a few good laughs and some yelling and running about. Entertaining cast for the most part. About average.
All Over Town 1937 Story by Richard English, screenplay by Jerome Chodorov and Jack Townley, directed by James W Horne.
An Olsen and Johnson comedy with the guys playing vaudevillians who get involved with a doomed production and murder. They are trying to help a young woman who's inherited the theater, she's got a backer but someone behind the scenes is sabotaging the show.
There's plenty of noise and after a while I got tired of Chic Johnson's giggling. The rest of the film is about average. I did get a big laugh at the shoot out at the end. You never see anyone reload their pistols but the baddie and the cops hurl lead like confetti. Luckily they are such terrible shots and no one gets killed.