Here Comes Trouble is a 1948 William Tracy movie. He's playing the same character as the two other William Tracy movies in this set but now he's out of the army. He gets a job as a newspaper reporter and his pal gets an job as a cop. There's lots of running around and some comedic bits as they thwart the blackmailer. There's a bit of romance and lots of yelling. It's ok but nothing special.
Hollywood and Vine is one of those stories of a young gal who comes to Hollywood to get into pictures. It's 1945 and her plans don't go so well at first but she finds romance in the form of a screen writer. There's an entertaining dog storyline that made me laugh once or twice. Good average B picture comedy I'd probably watch more than once.
The Lost Honeymoon is a 1947 Franchot Tone film. He's an architect that had been in the war. He's returned to start his life again. People think he's a bit of a hero but really what happened is he got knocked on the head, lost his memory for 6 months, and missed all the fighting. A woman shows up with two kids in tow claiming to be his wife. That's a surprise to him but he had no memory so who knows? It's a long needlessly complicated story that sort of works out at the end. Not a bad thing but not great either. I'm just not that big a Franchot Tone fan and this is really not much of a comedy. This could have been a lot better with just a few script changes.
The Animal Kingdom is a 1932 Leslie Howard film and it's hardly a comedy eithr. Jokes wouldn't help it. I'm not a big LH fan that's for sure. Here's he's ok as a whimpy publisher with a small book company. He's just about to marry Myrna Loy when a woman from his past shows up. They've been naughty but parted with no strings attached. She arrives thinking to start the romance again. She's still in love with Leslie. Myrna is a cold calculated type with her position in society foremost on her mind. She's always manipulating Leslie but she isn't in love with him. The story is pretty heavy handed. There's not much comedy here, I mean look at that poster, ick, huh. More interesting to me for the actors and the period it was made than the melodrama.
Behave Yourself was a fun crime romp with Shelley Winters and Farley Granger. Because of a dog Farley and Shelley get involved with criminals and police. A lot of great character actors get dispatched in this 1951 film. Lon Cheney Jr, Elisha Cook, Sheldon Leonard and Hans Conried are part of the criminal gang and they get bumped off one by one. William Demarest plays the cop that suspects Farley is mixed up with the crooks. He's not he's just a hapless hubby living with his wife in his mother-in-laws house. That can't be good, huh? Everything works out for the most part. It's pretty goofy and not to be taken serious. Just the kind of thing I like. too bad it's only one of two that I'd watch more than once. Maybe the next disc will have a better ratio.
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