A Night To Remember (1942) :
Brief Review -
Richard Wallace makes a fantastic mystery comedy that can be compared to two different films in those individual genres. Alfred Hitchcock can give you a suspense thriller, and Wilder, Capra, Cukot or some other director could give you a hilarious comedy, but did you ever think that one director could give you one movie with the features of those two different movies? Sounds impossible, right? Believe it or not, Richard Wallace did it! Based on the novel "The Frightened Stiff" by Audrey Roos and William Roos, A Night to Remember tells the story of a murder mystery writer and his wife who enter a new house in the basement. Both of them suspect something is fishy about the place, but they overlook everything until they find the body of a man who was supposed to enter their house in their absence. The cops are clueless, and their investigation goes astray. As expected, the writer investigates things himself with his writer's mind to find a new story for his next novel that will be real and successful. His wife doesn't let him alone, even for a moment, and as we go ahead, we see her as more intelligent than her husband. As he calls her, "Yes, Mrs. Sherlock." One can totally agree. There is a tremendous amount of mystery and so many twists to keep you totally hooked on the screen. By the time you reach the end, you realise that there was so much in the film not to be missed. After running round and round, you come to the centre and find your answers. While the mystery stuff keeps spinning your head, the comedy doesn't stop. It puts your cheeks at work. Brian Aherne has surprised me with his top-notch performance. The beautiful Loretta Young is superb in the role of his wife. In some manner, she is the hero of the film. William Wright, Jeff Donnell, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, and others have done well in the supporting roles. Lastly, kudos to Richard Wallace for defining a whole new genre with his masterclass.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
Richard Wallace makes a fantastic mystery comedy that can be compared to two different films in those individual genres. Alfred Hitchcock can give you a suspense thriller, and Wilder, Capra, Cukot or some other director could give you a hilarious comedy, but did you ever think that one director could give you one movie with the features of those two different movies? Sounds impossible, right? Believe it or not, Richard Wallace did it! Based on the novel "The Frightened Stiff" by Audrey Roos and William Roos, A Night to Remember tells the story of a murder mystery writer and his wife who enter a new house in the basement. Both of them suspect something is fishy about the place, but they overlook everything until they find the body of a man who was supposed to enter their house in their absence. The cops are clueless, and their investigation goes astray. As expected, the writer investigates things himself with his writer's mind to find a new story for his next novel that will be real and successful. His wife doesn't let him alone, even for a moment, and as we go ahead, we see her as more intelligent than her husband. As he calls her, "Yes, Mrs. Sherlock." One can totally agree. There is a tremendous amount of mystery and so many twists to keep you totally hooked on the screen. By the time you reach the end, you realise that there was so much in the film not to be missed. After running round and round, you come to the centre and find your answers. While the mystery stuff keeps spinning your head, the comedy doesn't stop. It puts your cheeks at work. Brian Aherne has surprised me with his top-notch performance. The beautiful Loretta Young is superb in the role of his wife. In some manner, she is the hero of the film. William Wright, Jeff Donnell, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, and others have done well in the supporting roles. Lastly, kudos to Richard Wallace for defining a whole new genre with his masterclass.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.