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hownos
01-10-25, 08:11 PM
Tonight at 7:30 pm Eastern

hownos
01-10-25, 08:29 PM
Fred Zinnemann had some good movies.

Allaby
01-10-25, 08:29 PM
Fred Zinnemann had some good movies.

Yes, he won 4 Oscars. I've seen 8 of his films.

Allaby
01-10-25, 08:30 PM
Starting now...

hownos
01-10-25, 08:30 PM
Yes, he won 4 Oscars. I've seen 8 of his films.

i don't think this is one of them :)

Allaby
01-10-25, 08:32 PM
The dog Friday plays himself.

Allaby
01-10-25, 08:32 PM
The first film in what was meant to be to be a mystery franchise focused on blind detective Duncan Maclain who solved murders with the help of his seeing eye dog, Friday. When the second entry, The Hidden Eye (1945), failed to elicit sufficient interest, MGM ended the series.

Allaby
01-10-25, 08:36 PM
This film has become public domain, as no one renewed the film's copyright.

Allaby
01-10-25, 08:38 PM
This was based on the novel The Odor of Violets by Baynard Kendrick.

Takoma11
01-10-25, 08:40 PM
I just decided to watch this for the 2025 film challenge! I'll be interested to hear your thoughts!

hownos
01-10-25, 08:43 PM
does the father know about the older guy?

Corax
01-10-25, 08:45 PM
This film has become public domain, as no one renewed the film's copyright.

Seeing as how it is from 1942 I would nullify as a juror on this case.

Allaby
01-10-25, 08:45 PM
does the father know about the older guy?

I don't think so.

hownos
01-10-25, 08:50 PM
paul didn't stick around.

hownos
01-10-25, 08:51 PM
the actor who played paul was only 16 year older than donna reed but looked 40 years older.

hownos
01-10-25, 08:52 PM
did donna reed play a lot of vixen type roles?

Allaby
01-10-25, 08:53 PM
the actor who played paul was only 16 year older than donna reed but looked 40 years older.

He looked older than he was. John Emery only lived to be 59.

Allaby
01-10-25, 08:54 PM
did donna reed play a lot of vixen type roles?

Not that I recall.

hownos
01-10-25, 08:57 PM
Don't know much about Edward Arnold.

Allaby
01-10-25, 09:00 PM
Don't know much about Edward Arnold.

I've seen 12 films he was in. He was in 100 feature films in total, even though he died at age 66.

Allaby
01-10-25, 09:07 PM
There are two actors in this film with the last name Emery (John Emery and Katherine Emery), but they don't appear to be related, in any way.

hownos
01-10-25, 09:08 PM
the butler did it

Allaby
01-10-25, 09:11 PM
the butler did it

Yes, butlers are frequently up to no good That is why I don't have a butler. If you have a butler, you should fire him at once.

hownos
01-10-25, 09:29 PM
i wonder if this was from a play

Allaby
01-10-25, 09:32 PM
i wonder if this was from a play

I don't think it was ever a play, just based on a series of books.

hownos
01-10-25, 09:54 PM
who tied up the black butler and marty?

Allaby
01-10-25, 09:55 PM
who tied up the black butler and marty?

One of the bad guys, I didn't catch which one.

Allaby
01-10-25, 09:55 PM
Friday is a real ladies man (dog).

Allaby
01-10-25, 09:56 PM
A decent little mystery with a good performance by Edward Arnold as the blind detective. Friday the dog was the best character though. 6/10 is my rating.

hownos
01-10-25, 10:03 PM
One of those fun movies made by Hollywood about the Germans before Americans got into the war. The word Nazi is never mentioned. Arnold was good at playing blind and hammy it up. A young Donna Reed didn't have much to do. 5.5/10