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Last night I watch a movie on TCM at about 2am called "Mrs OMalley and Mr Malone" starring Marjorie Main and James Whitmore. Odd little B Movie Who Done It. It is a forgettable movie. But watched it anyhow since I love Main and I had never heard of it. Also very weird to see a young James Whitmore in a "comedy".
He plays a lawyer and she is a school teacher. Run into each other on a train from Chicago. He is after a client on the lamb and she is a teacher on her way to NY to get a prize. Bodies start turning up, they drink, they look for clues, a little more drinking, bodies start playing musical chairs. Beginning of movie Whitmore seemed to be totally out of his skin and almost unwatchable. But toward middle of movie had settled into his character. Main was interesting to see A)because she was in contemporary clothes B) was not playing a hick or butch dowager type character, though she was still a broad. Even though it is a forgettable movie Main gets in some good one liners as does Whitmore at Mains expence. Also Main does some good non vocal acting and comic gags.
Ann Dvorak and Dorothy Malone have small parts in it.
IMDB link to it
www.imdb.com/title/tt0042755/
Last week I saw "Lonely Wives" from 1931, pre code movie.
Starring Edward Everett Horton in a dual role. Strick no nonsense lawyer by day who after 8pm becomes a womanizer. Then as a womaninzing stage actor. The best parts of the movie is where both of the Horton characters are interacting with the Butler , played by Spencer Charters, a boozing servant privy to all secrets. Also the scenes where Horton acts with himself are very smile worthy. The 4 female characters in the movie are rather run of the mill 20's card board cut out characters I found. But the precode sexual innuendos and shenagins were nice to see. Refreshing in a way.
this movie is availabe on Netflix. I didnt check to see if the Whitmore/Main movie is.
Hereis the link to the Lonely Wives IMDB page
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022086/
He plays a lawyer and she is a school teacher. Run into each other on a train from Chicago. He is after a client on the lamb and she is a teacher on her way to NY to get a prize. Bodies start turning up, they drink, they look for clues, a little more drinking, bodies start playing musical chairs. Beginning of movie Whitmore seemed to be totally out of his skin and almost unwatchable. But toward middle of movie had settled into his character. Main was interesting to see A)because she was in contemporary clothes B) was not playing a hick or butch dowager type character, though she was still a broad. Even though it is a forgettable movie Main gets in some good one liners as does Whitmore at Mains expence. Also Main does some good non vocal acting and comic gags.
Ann Dvorak and Dorothy Malone have small parts in it.
IMDB link to it
www.imdb.com/title/tt0042755/
Last week I saw "Lonely Wives" from 1931, pre code movie.
Starring Edward Everett Horton in a dual role. Strick no nonsense lawyer by day who after 8pm becomes a womanizer. Then as a womaninzing stage actor. The best parts of the movie is where both of the Horton characters are interacting with the Butler , played by Spencer Charters, a boozing servant privy to all secrets. Also the scenes where Horton acts with himself are very smile worthy. The 4 female characters in the movie are rather run of the mill 20's card board cut out characters I found. But the precode sexual innuendos and shenagins were nice to see. Refreshing in a way.
this movie is availabe on Netflix. I didnt check to see if the Whitmore/Main movie is.
Hereis the link to the Lonely Wives IMDB page
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022086/
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