6/10
kind of a gangster who-dunnit.... but not really
9 May 2014
Warning: Spoilers
It's the battle of the sexes in this story of girl reporter against guy reporter. Prohibition has JUST ended, and the newspaper reporters are looking into shady murders. They both try to get a possible eye-witness to talk, but that doesn't work. Matt Casey (Stuart Erwin) is pitted against Ruth Nolan (Florence Rice) in this MGM shortie short - only 58 minutes. Erwin was a low key actor, and was nominated for Pigskin Parade in 1937. Later in the film, our stars both go to a costume party, and they fiddle diddle around for about ten minutes, without really accomplishing anything. Lot of ex-wife jokes. Excellent restoration, even if there are a film film quality issues here and there. Directed by Errol Taggart. Looks like he started in the silents, and continued directing into the 1930's talkies. Not a lot about him in wikipedia.org . Not a graceful ending to this thing, but it'll do for now. Only ten votes on IMDb as of today, so this one must have been kept in the closet. Not bad... but not great.
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