gavin6942
Pat Morgan (Ginger Rogers) and Ted Kord (Lyle Talbot) are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other. They join together to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building.This film came to my attention because it appears in a public domain horror box set. Horror, despite the word "shriek" in the title, it is not. Public domain, sadly, it is... and I am a bit surprised that no one has tried to rescue it for no other reason than it having Ginger Rogers.The story itself is actually pretty good, more of a murder mystery than anything else. And, of course, reporters who have a friendly rivalry with each other and the police. Maybe it is time for this film to get some new attention?
writtenbymkm-583-902097
First, thank you Polaris for the only reasonable review. Secondly, THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS, so stop reading right now if you haven't seen the movie. Third, I hated this clunker for multiple reasons, including the absurd plot, the bad acting, the often difficult to understand dialog. Fourth, Louise Beavers was wonderful, but you can't expect to enjoy a bad movie because Ms. Beavers was wonderful in about two minutes of it. Finally, the main complaint, the thing that really drove me nuts, is the lighting, or, I should say, the absence of lighting! Maybe it was the copy I rented on DVD, but half the movie was so dark I could barely tell who was who and what was what. And, completely inexcusable, the Big Climax at the end was totally black. Everything that happened in this big final scene was absolutely invisible. One of the other reviewers -- ***SPOILER*** -- said we see the unconscious body stuffed into the building's incinerator furnace. That reviewer must have uncovered a totally different print from the one I got stuck with, I saw nothing but the occasional faint glimmer of the the furnace. Nothing. At any rate, for all these reasons, and despite the great Ms. Beavers, I have to say this is one of the worst I've ever tried to watch. Sorry.
kai ringler
well I must say that this is the first movie I've ever seen with Ginger Rodgers in it,, yeah I know it's the first time I've ever seen her but lemme say wow,, yeah that's right,, the story is about a little murder mystery,, people are getting killed in an apartment complex and her and a rival reporter have to figure out who done it,, problem is both of them are trying to out-scoop the other one , and that leads them into conflict with the police as well as each other , I did appreciate the killer's way of disposing of the bodies,, I won't give it away, but let's just say you will have to watch to find out.. you don't know right away who the killer is and it really is revealed till close to the end of the movie. all in all not a bad little movie,, a little slow moving but good.
wes-connors
"Rival reporters Pat Morgan (Ginger Rogers) and Ted Rand (Lyle Talbot) are always trying to out-scoop each other on stories. The latest involves the mysterious death of a philanthropist who fell to his death after a shriek was heard from his penthouse apartment. The two reporters start out as rivals but combine efforts to solve the crime and write the story when more residents of the apartment building turn up dead," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.This said-to-be follow-up to "The Thirteenth Guest" has little to do with the earlier movie; it is not a sequel, as has been inferred. Ms. Rogers continues to develop her skills. Mr. Talbot adds a little humor to his characterization. They are a pleasant team, the plot is interesting and mysterious; but, the resulting film is very dull. The opening and closing are startling. A long-winded wrap-up of plot development points follows the climax.*** A Shriek in the Night (1933) Albert Ray ~ Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Harvey Clark
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