Julian Shellhammer
Practically Family
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Super-Sleuth (1937) with Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, and Eduardo Ciannelli, dir. by Benjamin Stoloff. Oakie plays an actor who appears as a detective in the movies, and Sothern is the publicity chief for the studio.
Someone begins threatening Oakie via poison pen letters. High-speed hijinks and over the top acting rush us through the 70 minutes of Oakie "solving" the mystery. Sadly, the repellant stereotype of the Black butler or valet is scattered throughout the picture, this time by Willie Best.
We were looking for a mystery or whodunnit when we selected this, and got a slapstick near-mystery.
Someone begins threatening Oakie via poison pen letters. High-speed hijinks and over the top acting rush us through the 70 minutes of Oakie "solving" the mystery. Sadly, the repellant stereotype of the Black butler or valet is scattered throughout the picture, this time by Willie Best.
We were looking for a mystery or whodunnit when we selected this, and got a slapstick near-mystery.