Who Ordered The Corpse?
Western rancher Franchot Tone is staying at a fancy New York hotel so he can hunt for a wife. He is distracted by Manhattan zanies, a corpse, and switchboard operator Una Merkel.
It's a nicely done mystery programmer directed by stalwart Jack Conway. Una Merkel makes up more than half the show, with her kindly, mousy character, anxious to do well by the nice people like Countess Steffi Duna, and keep men's lecherous hands off her. Although clearly shot for efficiency rather than glamor, MGM's gloss in well in evidence with a a large cast that includes third-billed Conrad Nagel, and extras like Ward Bond and Dennis O'Keefe.
It's a nicely done mystery programmer directed by stalwart Jack Conway. Una Merkel makes up more than half the show, with her kindly, mousy character, anxious to do well by the nice people like Countess Steffi Duna, and keep men's lecherous hands off her. Although clearly shot for efficiency rather than glamor, MGM's gloss in well in evidence with a a large cast that includes third-billed Conrad Nagel, and extras like Ward Bond and Dennis O'Keefe.
- boblipton
- Apr 27, 2020