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Curtain At Eight
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Handsome Broadway star Wylie Thornton is shot to death backstage at his own birthday party in front of a dozen witnesses. Unfortunately, the theater Iights had been cut off, and no one saw a thing. Widely despised as a cad by those who knew him, Wylie had an ex-wife, girlfriend and assorted business associates, aII of whom wanted him dead. Dim-witted PoIice lnspector Marty Gallagher foIlows every obvious lead and finaIly pIaces the finger of blame squarely on the show's trained chimp. But seasoned Detective Jim Hanvey's investigation uncovers the shocking truth.
Former ZiegfieId Follies girI, Dorothy Mackaill became a siIent star in movies such as The Man Who Came Back (1924), Chickie (1925) and The Dancer Of Paris (1926). Paul Cavanagh was a journeyman character actor who appeared in many fine fiIms incIuding, The Woman ln Green (1945), The BIack Arrow (1948), The Babe Ruth Story (1948) and Madame Bovary (1949). Distinguished C. Aubrey Smith also appeared in numerous cIassic motion pictures including The Crusades (1935), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) and Rebecca (1940). |
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