Four Days Wonder

A light murder mystery sanitized for the kids, Four Days Wonder starts with a young teen named Judy (Jeanne Dante) playing detective with her friend (Martha Sleeper). Judy is an orphan whose actress-aunt-caretaker (Margaret Irving) doesn't have her best interest at heart. When auntie comes home drunk one day, she slips on a rug and knocks her head on a pointy doorstop, and that's all she wrote. Judy feels guilty and runs off, leaving the incompetent police looking for a murderer/kidnapper that doesn't exist. The kids carry the show and they're very good. Dante didn't make many films which is too bad; she has the spunk and likeability of a young Deanna Durbin. Her sidekick Kenneth Howell is sweet as the boy trying to pretend he's a man. I wish Sleeper had a bigger role.

A comedy mystery from the Charles R. Rogers - Universal period. Film plays well enough for young children but adults will become a bit restless with some of the nonsense. Dante is a charming lead but her career never really took off. Look for Harry Davenport in a tiny role.