50 Date Night Screams - The Shadow of Silk Lennox

The Shadow of Silk Lennox

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02/23/24 • 72 min

50 Date Night Screams

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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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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Watch this movie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gCSrO3pngY

Buy the 50 movie set: https://amzn.to/3Nj5PGn

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A Scream in the Night - 1935

"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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The Crooked Circle - 1932

"The Crooked Circle" from 1932 is an 'old dark house' mystery/comedy that pits an amateur detective group against a crime syndicate. The Crooked Circle gang has marked a member of The Sphinx Club for death. But they first have to find him at his country house on Long Island, which is supposedly haunted by the violin playing ghost of a jilted lover. Mike and Amber take on this Zasu Pitts vehicle that delivers on some fronts but falls short of others. Plus, Mike debuts a truly unique character for use in tabletop role playing games, which you will absolutely not find anywhere else!

Title: The Crooked Circle

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

IMDB Rating: 5.3/10

Rating: NR

Content warnings: Racism and racial slurs, trivializing mental illness, drugging someone against their will, stalking

Notable actors: Zasu Pitts (Strangers of the Evening), James Gleason (he fought in the Spanish American War and World War 1, Arsenic and Old Lace, lots of TV)

Hilarious tagline: “Evil is on the way, and it’s tied with a string."

5th Edition Character: The Crooked One, a violin-playing skeleton

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