A Scream in the Night - 1935
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02/16/24 • 72 min
"A Scream in the Night” from 1935 is a Lon Chaney, Jr vehicle that is deeply problematic when viewed today. On the face of it, it’s a crime drama set somewhere in the Middle East. However, as typical for the time, it manages to include a whole lot of things that aren’t necessary to tell the story of a jewel thief and the detectives looking to stop him. Mike and Amber dig into the highly questionable parts of this film while putting it into historical context and looking for something good in the narrative.
Title: A Scream in the Night
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
IMDB Rating: 4.3 out of 10
Rating: Unrated
Notable actors: Lon Chaney Jr.
Content warnings: Racism and racial slurs, violence, kidnapping, domestic violence, misogyny
5th Edition Character: The Fly, a jewel thief and murderer
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"A Scream in the Night” from 1935 is a Lon Chaney, Jr vehicle that is deeply problematic when viewed today. On the face of it, it’s a crime drama set somewhere in the Middle East. However, as typical for the time, it manages to include a whole lot of things that aren’t necessary to tell the story of a jewel thief and the detectives looking to stop him. Mike and Amber dig into the highly questionable parts of this film while putting it into historical context and looking for something good in the narrative.
Title: A Scream in the Night
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
IMDB Rating: 4.3 out of 10
Rating: Unrated
Notable actors: Lon Chaney Jr.
Content warnings: Racism and racial slurs, violence, kidnapping, domestic violence, misogyny
5th Edition Character: The Fly, a jewel thief and murderer
Learn more at World of Welstar:
Twitter: @WorldofWelstar
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Watch this movie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtkJ0_w23YQ
Buy the 50 movie set: https://amzn.to/3Nj5PGn
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The Phantom Express - 1932
When is a train not a train? When it’s a phantom! In "The Phantom Express,” from 1932, the number of train accidents taking place is becoming alarming. The engineers are claiming that they are seeing a train on their track, come straight at them, leading to them applying the brakes and leading to derailment. But: there’s no train actually there. This poverty row thriller/whodunit offers some surprises and ingenuity as well as the cutest model train set ever. Get aboard with Mike and Amber for the details on this film as well as too many train puns.
Title: The Phantom Express
Director: Emory Johnson
IMDB Rating: 5.3 out of 10
Rating: Not Rated
Content warnings: Death, train wreck, violence, kidnapping
Hilarious tagline: “Terror rides the rails!"
5th Edition Character: The Phantom Express, a ghost locomotive run by a wraith named Huntely and his 14 specters.
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The Shadow of Silk Lennox
Lon Chaney, Jr is once again the headliner for this post-Hayes code crime drama, "The Shadow of Silk Lennox.” This movie follows a crime boss, Silk, who decides to rob a bank with the help of his gang. He has been running his criminal enterprise mostly unopposed by the local police. But this time, federal agents show up on the scene and he is out of his depth. This movie has some interesting moments, but Mike and Amber both nitpicked on some things that they really hated about it.
Title: The Shadow of Silk Lennox
Director: Ray Kirkwood and Jack Nelson
IMDB Rating: 4.2/10
Rating: NR
Content warnings: Assault, murder, violence, racism, kidnapping, misogyny, threats against women
Hilarious tagline: “A crooked nightclub owner, pretending to go straight, is forced to kill a henchman when the latter tries to run off with the gang's latest haul."
5th Edition Character: Silk, a wizard and master illusionist
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