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Synopsis: Playboy Ted Brown is disinherited by his father after another drunken bar fight. Homeless and penniless, Ted gets into a drunken stupor and nearly walks off a cliff before being saved by redhead Dale Carter, who reluctantly takes him to her apartment to sober him up. Realizing Dale is also having financial difficulties, Ted comes up with a plan and convinces her to marry him, believing his father would be so upset by the arrangement, he would pay for them to get divorced. Instead, seeing through the ruse, Ted's dad lets them stay married and even secretly offers Dale $10,000 if she can make Ted grow up. She accepts the offer and has success. There's just one problem; she's falling in love with him. Who's in it? The movie stars June Lang , Johnny Downs , Eric Blore , Weldon Heyburn and Frank Jaquet. Review: I've had Redhead in my Amazon Prime Video library for several weeks and finally took the time to watch it this morning. At first, I figured it woul...

Synopsis:  Alan, a struggling playwright with a tight deadline, escapes to a remote cabin for some peace and quiet. Instead, a snowstorm traps him inside with his two ex-wives and an ex-girlfriend. Who's in it? The movie stars George Brent , Genevieve Tobin , Glenda Farrell , Patricia Ellis and Frank McHugh. Review: I have had this film in my library for a couple weeks but never could motivate myself to watch it. However, since we are currently having snow and dangerous wind chills outside, it seemed like a good fit this morning so I ended up watching it while everyone else was still in bed. It ended up being an OK film. The plot itself, while a little predictable (as most comedies are) was entertaining. It was fun to watch an otherwise quiet cabin become a madhouse in a matter of a few minutes as Alan (Brent) is forced to confront not only his three exes but a lawyer and deputy sheriff seeking to put him in jail for unpaid alimony. It created just enough chaos to make it seem imp...

Synopsis : Bellboy Freddie Phillips is fired from his job at a secluded resort and makes threats against the disgruntled guest, a powerful attorney, who caused his dismissal. Later, when he visits the attorney's room to apologize, he discovers the lawyer has been murdered. Because of his earlier threats and non-stop bumbling, he immediately becomes the primary suspect and, with the help of his cousin, the hotel detective, tries to clear his name. Who's in it? The movie stars Bud Abbott , Lou Costello , Boris Karloff , Lenore Aubert and D onna Martell. Review : My oldest daughter and I both love Abbott and Costello films and, when I came across this one on TV a couple weeks ago, I decided to record it for us to watch. This is one of the few Abbott and Costello movies I had not seen before and, mostly because it also starred one of my favor horror movie actors (Karloff), I was definitely excited to finally watch it. However, after seeing it, my opinion of it was a bit...