Curtain at Eight

Starring: C. Aubrey Smith, Paul Cavanagh, Dorothy MacKaill, et al.

Handsome Broadway star Wylie Thornton is shot to death backstage at his own birthday party in front of a dozen witnesses. Unfortunately, the theater lights had been cut off, and no one saw a thing.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: February 2009
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Gotham (DBA Alpha)
• Starring: C. Aubrey Smith, Paul Cavanagh, Dorothy MacKaill, Sam Hardy, Russell Hopton, Jack Mulhall
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Don't monkey around with women.

Wylie Thornton (Paul Cavanagh) does some big-time philandering. He has several women hooked, including the chimpanzee. He puts out the standard story that he is going to leave his wife, whom he has never talked to in quite some time; all the time, his wife is listening and snickering in the background. It doesn't take us long to realize who's going to be shot. However, the plot is more complex than you would suspect. An inept policeman, Marty Gallagher (Sam Hardy), suspects everybody and, as usual, comes near to arresting everybody. Only Detective Jim Hanvey (C. Aubrey Smith) can glean the truth out of this complex situation. He must do so before reporter Terry Mooney (Russell Hopton) does some gleaning of his own. It is a fun movie. However, they do a lot of fumbling and make up obscure connections between people and events. Oh yes, I think C. Aubrey Smith must have been born old.