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With Easter coming up,I began looking for a film I could watch with my dad during the holiday. Checking the sales page of a DVD seller, I spotted a title, which from the details, sounded like it would be a crime, to miss a viewing of.View on the film:Clocking on to a playful intermission dissolving the faces of the suspects to the sound of a timer as the audience are invited to guess, director William Beaudine & Merrily We Go to Hell (1932-also reviewed) cinematographer David Abel brew a mysterious Pre-Code atmosphere of stylish long panning shots across the Brandt household towards the shimmering dress of Freda,which melts to stage-bound style wide-shots, as the murderer lurks in the shadows, waiting for the perfect time to make their next move.Whilst the roots of the project remain visible, the screenplay by Florence Ryerson and Brian Marlow adapt Walter Maria Espe's play into a nifty crime mystery, via Dr. Emil's fears of his hypnotism skills setting off a chain reaction, resulting in a pre-crime interrogation, as Emil's requests the police help stop the crime from taking place.Giving the viewer a minute to solve the case, the writers display a real sense of fairness, by placing each clue clearly on the table, until the murderer takes the gloves off, to reveal their motive.Rushing to the cops to request help to stop him committing a crime, Jean Hersholt gives a wonderful performance as Emil, whose fear over his hypnotism leading to grave events is used by Hersholt to weigh down on Emil's shoulders, while alluring Wynne Gibson plays on the ambiguity of Freda always being on the look out for $$ signs, as the crime of the century is committed.

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Reviewed by 1930s_Time_Machine 7 / 10

Now that's what I call entertainment!

This is an absolute hoot! It's like one of those silly murder mystery games you play at dinner parties and just as much fun. It's difficult to categorise this: it's a really intriguing who-done-it but doesn't take itself at all seriously. It's brilliantly made whist at the same time absolute garbage.It's exactly the sort of picture which could have garnered a real cult following. You could imagine hundreds of fans dressing up as these outrageously cliched characters: bungling cops, a cocky reporter, a femme fetale, a roguish playboy, a mad scientist and his sweet innocent daughter.Of course, having that fabulous unsophistication of early thirties pictures, after knowing each other for about six hours, the reporter and the daughter fall instantly in love and get married - so nineteen thirties! It's certainly not your typical B picture - it's cheap, tacky, unashamedly over-acted but brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!Although all the clues are there, you'll never figure out who the murderer is. Even if you rewind back to the bit with the murder during the minute you're invited to guess yourself, you'll chase those red herrings down the wrong path cleverly laid out to trick you. For a B picture, it's got a surprisingly clever story (it is of course based on a play so Paramount can't take all the credit) You also benefit from dynamic direction from pre Will Hay-William Beaudine and even decent, atmospheric photography like a camped-up Old Dark House.It would never win any awards for filmmaking but if you enjoyed SCOOBY DOO, you'll love this magnificent nonsense.

Reviewed by DoorsofDylan 7 / 10

The Crime of the Century

1933

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery

The Crime of the Century

1933

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery

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Now that's what I call entertainment!

A century of crime.

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