About this title: The classic "old dark house" motif is given sterling treatment in this second filmed version of the hit play. Bob Hope's status as a star was assured with his role as Wallie Campbell, the cowardly protector of Joyce Norman (Paulette Goddard), who must spend one night in the eerie mansion of her late, eccentric, millionaire uncle. If she can make ...
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Format: DVD
Studio: Paramount
Date: 1939
UPC:644827623228
Description: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard. New in new packaging. Originally released: 1939. Language: English. Run time: 72 mins. Aspect ratio: 4: 3. Take one gloomy mansion in the Louisiana bayou, add a group of relatives gathered for a will reading and marked for elimination by a mysterious killer, and sprinkle in some classic Bob Hope one-liners ("Do you believe in reincarnation, that the dead come back to life? " "You mean, like the Republicans? "), and ... read more
Description: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery. New in new packaging. 1939 Run time: 74. Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the will". To the others disappointment, Joyce is the sole heir, but, due to a streak of insanity running in the family, a second will has been made in case Joyce falls victim to it. This sets up Cyrus' relatives ... read more
Description: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery. New in new packaging. 1939 Run time: 74. Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the will". To the others disappointment, Joyce is the sole heir, but, due to a streak of insanity running in the family, a second will has been made in case Joyce falls victim to it. This sets up Cyrus' relatives ... read more
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