Star of Midnight

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Star of Midnight (1935)

NR 04/19/1935 (US) Comedy, Mystery, Romance 1h 30m

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The titian-haired star of "Gay Divorcee" and "Roberta" joins hands with the master of all screen sleuths in a sparkling, mystery drama breathless with thrills...

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When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.

Stephen Roberts

Director
Arthur Somers Roche

Novel
Edward Kaufman

Screenplay
Anthony Veiller

Screenplay
Howard J. Green

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William Powell

Clay 'Dal' Dalzell
Ginger Rogers

Donna Mantin
Paul Kelly

Jimmy 'Jim' Kinland
Gene Lockhart

Horatio Swayne
Ralph Morgan

Roger Classon
Leslie Fenton

Tim Winthrop
J. Farrell MacDonald

Inspector Doremus
Russell Hopton

Tommy Tennant
Vivien Oakland

Jerry Classon
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The more I hear William Powell, the more I think he is the vocal double of George Sanders. Maybe it's because they interchanged some of these amateur detective roles, but when I listen... Anyway, here he ("Clay") is asked by his pal "Tim" (Leslie Fenton) to look into the disappearance of dancer "Alice" quite a while ago! Off to her theatre the pair go, accompanied by our enthusiastic sleuthing sidekick "Donna" (Ginger Rogers) and immediately "Tim" thinks he sees his missing paramour on the stage. She does the rat up a drain thing leaving them bemused and seeking some clues from local pressman "... read the rest.

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