The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
1h 5m | PG-13
When a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a web of blackmail, corruption and stolen bonds.
Director: Charles Lamont
Studio: Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Video: 720p
Cast
Reginald Denny
as Oliver Keith
Patricia Farr
as Ella Carey
Jameson Thomas
as Dr. Phillip J. Boyer
Dorothy Revier
as Julia Sayre
James Bush
as Arthur Pennyward
John St. Polis
as Jerome T. Shelby
Reviews
Reginald Denny is on good form in this rather formulaic whodunnit as "Oliver Keith" - an accomplished PI drafted in to investigate the killing of a wealthy art dealer. Once on the case, he discovers there is a lot more to the case than just the fatality - and there are no lack of suspects mired in this tale of greed and ambition. What helps this along nicely is the engaging double-play between Denny and his equally competent, if somewhat undervalued, assistant "Ella" (Patricia Farr) and Lew Kelly is quite good as the pretty hapless policeman. Only an hour long, but still a decently paced nostalgic look at crime fighting in days when everyone wore a hat and called themselves Mr. & Miss.