So after Kraa we completely switched gears. Chad R showed Murder He Says, a 1945 murder comedy starring Fred MacMurray that’s probably the best thing you’re going to find as a cofeature for Arsenic and Old Lace. Ma Kettle also stars in it. Although MacMurray later was know for playing ditherers (Absent Minded Professor) and stolid patriarchs (My Three Sons), in the ’40s he generally played slick young dudes, as in here and Double Indemnity. I like MacMurray in this, he’s in constant danger, but is clearly always thinking, and never seems completely out of his depth. Fun movie.
Not so fun was our next film. We thought we were lucky to get Joe Bannerman (former B-Master) to attend our gala. Then he replays us by showing the abominable shot on video for three dollars Things (1989). Just so you know, Joe Bannerman is a dick.
