| The Phantom of 42nd Street | |
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| Directed by | Albert Herman |
| Written by | Jack Harvey (novel) Milton Raison (novel and screenplay) |
| Produced by | Albert Herman Martin Mooney |
| Starring | Dave O'Brien Kay Aldridge Alan Mowbray |
| Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. |
| Edited by | Hugh Winn |
| Music by | Karl Hajos Walter Greene |
| Production company | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
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| Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Phantom of 42nd Street is a 1945 American mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge and Alan Mowbray. It was produced by the low-budget Poverty Row studio Producers Releasing Corporation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.
Plot
An actor is killed during the performance of a play while critic Tony Woolrich (Dave O'Brien) is attending. Initially Woolrich is reluctant to investigate, even though he's encouraged to do so by his friend Romeo (Frank Jenks), who is also the taxi driver who brought him to the show, and acts as a sort of sidekick throughout the story.
Tony is chewed out by his editor for not investigating when he happened to be at the scene of the crime, and so he takes an initially reluctant interest. Tony becomes more involved in the investigation when there is another murder, and when Claudia Moore (Kay Aldridge, in her last movie role), the girl he loves, is suspected, and is also possibly threatened by the killer.
Cast
- Dave O'Brien as Tony Woolrich
- Kay Aldridge as Claudia Moore
- Alan Mowbray as Cecil Moore
- Frank Jenks as Egbert "Romeo" Egelhofer, taxi driver
- Edythe Elliott as Jane Buchanan
- Jack Mulhall as Lt. Walsh
- Vera Marshe as Ginger
- Stanley Price as Reggie Thomas/The Phantom
- John Crawford as John Carraby
- Cyril Delevanti as Roberts
- Paul Power as Timothy Wells
- Budd Buster as Mike, stage doorman
- Pat Gleason as Reporter
- Milton Kibbee as Peters, newspaper editor
- Harry Strang as Policeman
- Robert Strange as Soothsayer in Play
References
- Fetrow p.372
Bibliography
- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
- The Phantom of 42nd Street at IMDb
- The Phantom of 42nd Street at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Phantom of 42nd Street is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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- 1945 films
- American mystery films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on The Phantom of the Opera
- Producers Releasing Corporation films
- Films set in New York City
- 1945 mystery films
- Films scored by Karl Hajos
- Films directed by Albert Herman
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s American films
- English-language mystery films
- Mystery film stubs