MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: It’s Never Too Late to Mend (1937)
Based on the novel It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade, this was produced at Shepperton Studios as a “quota quickie” for MGM, but it was popular enough to be rereleased in 1942. Directed by David MacDonald (Devil Girl from Mars) and written by H. F. Maltby, this stars Tod Slaughter as […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Young and Innocent (1937)
Released in the U.S. as The Girl Was Young, this Hitchcock film was based on the novel A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey. In the book, the storyline involving Robert, Erica, and the missing coat is a subplot, not the main tale. Christine Clay (Pamela Carne), a successful actress, and her ex-husband, Guy (George Curzon), […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Ticket of Leave Man (1937)
Based on The Ticket-of-Leave Man, an 1863 play by Tom Taylor that introduced the character Hawkshaw the Detective, a popular figure in Victorian literature known for his cunning and relentless pursuit of justice, the name of this movie is a reference to the ticket of leave issued to convicts upon release. Robert Brierly (John Warwick) […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Topper (1937)
July 28 – Aug 3 Screwball Comedy: Just imagine, the Great Depression is raging and you’re getting less than a fin a week at the rubber boiling factory, but it only costs two bits to go to the movies all day, so let’s watch some quick-talking dames match wits with some dopey joes! Based on […]
El Superloco (1937)
Margarita (Consuelo Frank) and Dr. Alberto (Ramón Armengod) are set to be married, but he keeps spending more time with Dr. Dienys (Carlos Villarías), his mentor, than with her. I mean, if you knew that someone was about to invent an eternal youth serum, you’d be spending lots of time with them as well. Meanwhile, Alberto’s aunt […]
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