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The Story Is As Murky As The Print
Here's a quota quicky where the story is as murky as the print I saw -- the sound was in bad shape too. As near as I can figure, a bunch of crooks are planning an insurance fraud, by having one of their number 'borrow' an expensive diamond necklace form a lover, then returning paste. After ringleader Diana Napier is finished negotiating with fence Willoughby Goddard, young lover John Bentley enters. He wants to get married to Patricia Owen, but first he must settle with Goddard over the mismanagement of his estate. Goddard brains him with a poker, and then is shot from the curtains. The crooks then confer, making things more confused, then exeunt while the police are bashing down the door, to arrest an unconscious Bentley, who hid the diamonds. Eventually it turns into a Dark House thriller.
It's from a stage show by the director, Frank Richardson. Perhaps it held together better on the stage; apparently the critics slagged the movie so severely that a reel and a half were cut, reducing this to second feature length. As it exists, it's a mess, and ended the film careers of several of the personnel, including the director and Miss Napier.
It's from a stage show by the director, Frank Richardson. Perhaps it held together better on the stage; apparently the critics slagged the movie so severely that a reel and a half were cut, reducing this to second feature length. As it exists, it's a mess, and ended the film careers of several of the personnel, including the director and Miss Napier.
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- boblipton
- Jun 10, 2019
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