Search
No film holdings matched "Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Thriller" in title — but it appears in catalogs below.
Found in catalogs (44)
-
Educational Screen 1935 — page 191
…Taylor, Jean Parker) (MGM) Hilarious farce-comedy and murder- mystery, laid on a battleship, with sailor wise- cracking, low comedy, slapstick, cheap ro- mance…
-
Educational Screen 1940 — page 230
…Davenport) (Warner) Light, amusing semi-mystery comedy. Sprightly, soft-hearted old Western pioneer woman gets involved in murder case and sets 3Ut to get…
-
Educational Screen 1936 — page 213
…8-18-J6 (A) Mediocre (Y) Harmless thriller (C) Excit. Crime of Dr. Forbes (Gloria Stuart, Robert Kent) (20th Cent.) Starts as serious drama…
-
Educational Screen 1940 — page 142
…O'- Brien) (Warner) Another prison drama with no new angles. Arrogant, tough, rebellious little gangster imprisoned for crime. Later per- mitted leave by warden…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 176
…5-9-39 (A) Perhaps (Y) (C) Fairly good Mystery of the White Room (Bruce Cabot) (Univ) Complex and absurd "Crime Club" thriller laid…
-
Educational Screen 1938 — page 196
…Patricia ElhsXUnlv) Crime Club detective mystery well written, directed and acted. Tense story of concealed identity, crisply told, with ample comedy, agreeably intricate, fast…
-
Educational Screen 1938 — page 232
…Paul Kelly) (Univ) Fairly engrossing crime melodrama free from mystery but with suspense and action well maintained, and likable stars. Wounded hero, a romantic…
-
Educational Screen 1936 — page 280
…mystery with a girl detective feebly played by Mary Brian. Whole narrative and direction incredi- bly naive. Wax dummies furnish the comedy. Harmless thriller…
-
Educational Screen 1940 — page 94
…Bogart) (War- ner) Murder mystery drama. Doctor's experi- ments with blood composition resurrects a man dependent upon blood of others ! Oft-used role…
-
Educational Screen 1937 — page 190
…5-25-37 (A) Fair (Y-C) Good of kind Girl from Scotland Yard (Karen Morley) (Para) Complex mystery thriller built round sinister "death…
-
Educational Screen 1938 — page 336
…1 1-22-38 (A) Notable (Y) Very good (C)Exciting Mysterious Mr. Moto (Lorre, Wilcoxon, Mary McGuire) (Fox) Grim, crime thriller with the…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 265
…Warren Wil- liam > (Para) As blunderinir amateur detective in hilarious murder-mystery comedy written CMpiM-ially for her by Van Dine. Gracie further confuse…
-
Educational Screen 1937 — page 173
…Walter Pid- geon)(Univ.) Well-knit little murder mystery. Crime committed as ship sails, fire at sea de- stroys evidence, but clever district attorney…
-
Educational Screen 1935 — page 127
…4-16-35 (A) Hardly (Y) Fair thriller (C) Hardly Rendez-Tous at Midnight (Ralph Bellamy, Valerie Hobson) (Univ.) Murder-mystery melo- drama on…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 308
…Lynn Overmann, Donald O'Conner) (Para) Good c!ass-B murder mystery comedy. Three murders follow poisoning of dog show prize-winner, and side…
-
Educational Screen 1934 — page 135
…A Hither amusing Y Perhaps C Hnrdlv Crime Doctor. The (Otto Kruger, Karen Horley, Nils Asther) (RKO) Above ;r crime-mystery with excellent cast…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 72
…sical character study, and rather thin comedy. Over-prolonged "recognition" motif weakens dramatic power. Splendidly acted. Technique masterful. But will disappoint many. 2-7…
-
Educational Screen 1933 — page 260
…Clairvoyant power of heroine proves effective in solving mystery. Drama as a whole is slow-moving and unreal. A—Mediocre Y—Mediocre C—By…
-
Educational Screen 1932 — page 22
…Deceiver, The (Ian Keith) (Co- lumbia) Backstage murder-mystery- detective-thriller above average of its kind. Great dramatic star is also cruel Lothario and…
-
Educational Screen 1937 — page 24
…Sidney Black- mer) (Capitol) Stupid mystery thriller, naively told, that involves high minister, honored lawyer, and Chief of Scotland Yard with seem- ingly criminal…
-
Educational Screen 1936 — page 20
…Heavy-drinking-lawyer-detective-hero made so flippant and smart-aleck that farce comedy be- comes burlesque and mystery is lost in fast tem…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 36
…A.) Unique, clever detective-murder-mystery with philandering hero-detective chasing love, liquor and supposed murderess-heroine around the world. High comedy by Ann…
-
Educational Screen 1934 — page 217
…Joel McCrta, (RKO) Light, lively ro- mantic comedy drama of "poor little rich girl" who wants to be loved for herself alone, but has…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 376
…Little dramatic continuity, anti-climactic conclusion, but thor- oughly artistic production. Magnificent, epic battle panoramas, fine comedy, splendid acting, notably by Samoilov. Usual propaganda…
-
Educational Screen 1933 — page 111
…and Farrell's whirl- wind wise-cracking comedy make above-aver- age-mystery film. A—Good of kind Y—Doubtful C—By no means…
-
Educational Screen 1940 — page 184
…4-9-40 (A) Fine of kind (Y) Mature (C) No Danger Ahead (Phillip Renfrew) (Monogram) Class B crime and adventure thriller. Royal Mounted…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 106
…Too much improbability, low comedy and melo- drama to make convincing plea for hiring convicts. 3-14-39 (A) Crude (Y) (C) Doubtful value…
-
Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 278
…Big Money (Eddie Quillan) (Pathe) Lively farce-comedy of in- credibly "lucky" boy who quit bank job and becomes rich ae partner of professional…
-
Educational Screen 1933 — page 139
…intelligent, wholesome drama. A mas- terpiece. A— Notable Y—Excellent C—Mature Midnight Warning. The (WillUm Boyd i (Mayfair) Mediocre mystery stuff, well enough…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 266
…Barry Barnes) (G-B) Unusual, very English, murder-mystery character drama, smoothly done, about gay, phil- andering, spendthrift aristocrat, his long-suffer- ing wife…
-
Educational Screen 1938 — page 136
…Hectic thriller of London- Paris chase, by auto, ship and plane, after stolen suitcase of new super-explosive, including mur- ders, labored comedy and…
-
Educational Screen 1938 — page 218
…Boyer, Hedy Lamarr) (U.A.) Colorful, exotic thriller beautifully photograph td, centering around glamorous criininnl. Draggy action weakens suspense, but fascinat- ing settings, interesting…
-
Educational Screen 1937 — page 286
…11-9-37 (A) Waste of time (Y) Poor (C)No She Asked for It (William Gargan) (Para) Thin comedy mystery told in the…
-
Educational Screen 1935 — page 160
…Absurd plot made hilarious by hero's solemn stupidity and Merkel's breezy comedy as his wife. 6-4-35 (A) Amusing (Y) Prob…
-
Educational Screen 1940 — page 280
…Rob«rt Paige) ( Para I Morbid prison drama of innocent young couple, imprisuned for first husband's crime, exploited by political racketeer, and saved…
-
Educational Screen 1935 — page 78
Page 78 The Educational Screen The Film Estimates After Office Hours (Clark Gable, Constance Bennett) (MGM) Lively, sophisticated, social crime-comedy, more breezy than…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 344
…10-31-39 (A) Depends on taste (Y) Doubtful value (C) No Double Crime on the Maginot Line (French. English titles) Substantial drama of…
-
Educational Screen 1938 — page 256
…Weaves mystery melo- drama around construction of floating airplane- landing platform in mid-ocean. Mixture of healthy romance, lively action, and long strug- gle…
-
Educational Screen 1934 — page 22
…Dialog banal, comedy naive, acting ordinary. A—Mediocre Y—Hardly C—No Police Car 17 (Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp) ( Columbia ) Exciting thriller on radio…
-
Educational Screen 1939 — page 142
…Russell) (MGM ) Another direct descendant of "The Thin Man." Murder-mystery-comedy concerned with rare-book collectors, ably written, breezily played by fine cast…
-
Educational Screen 1937 — page 272
…Clive's comedy is amusing feature. 10-5-37 (A) Good of kind (Y) Good thriller (C)No Califomian, The (Ricardo Cortez) (Fox) Lively…
-
Educational Screen 1935 — page 190
…comedy and romantic melodrama. Snappy hero-reporter and his crowd, talking only wisecrack English, get the news despite hostile Police-chief, solve crime and…
-
Educational Screen 1940 — page 327
…The ( Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard) (Para) Hilarious mystery comedy with most of brisk, spine-chilling action taking place in haunted castle on island near…
-
Educational Screen 1938 — page 289
…11-1-3S () Depends on taste (Y) (C) Mostly amusing Strange Boarders (Tom Walls, Renee Saint-Cyri (G-B> Mystery comedy of much novelty…