Oh, this is just perfect. It’s a screwball comedy about a couple moving into a haunted tenement house… OR IS IT!??!
Things move at a brisk pace, and if all the individual gags aren’t exactly genius, it all just kind of works.
“Jeff! Don’t be a fool!”
“Don’t be silly. I’ve always been a fool.”
See?
It turns into a marvellously convoluted mystery and it’s hugely amusing. Loretta Young and Brian Aherne turn in wonderfully over-the-top performances.
It’s an almost perfect little thing.
A Night To Remember. Richard Wallace. 1942.
Popular movies in December 1942 according to IMDB:
| Poster | Votes | Rating | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 5434 | 8.0 | Random Harvest |
 | 2442 | 7.6 | Went the Day Well? |
 | 215 | 7.5 | 4 passi fra le nuvole |
 | 13966 | 7.4 | Cat People |
 | 543 | 7.2 | Journey for Margaret |
 | 445 | 6.9 | Thunder Rock |
 | 3091 | 6.9 | The Black Swan |
 | 386 | 6.8 | Whistling in Dixie |
 | 376 | 6.8 | Tennessee Johnson |
 | 1617 | 6.8 | Keeper of the Flame |
This blog post is part of the Decade series.