In addition to "Murder in the Museum", another almost excellent Alpha DVD of a somewhat disappointing movie is the 1941 Warner's remake of that studio's 1932 Teddington production, "Murder on the Second Floor".
This time around, the movie has been re-titled, "Shadows on the Stairs".
True, the nonsensical plot has its few good moments of real suspense, but sad to say, as the "B"-budget action gets sillier and sillier as it heads towards its cop-out conclusion, not even the lovely Heather Angel nor the efforts of a fine support cast headed by Frieda Inescort, Miles Mander, Turhan Bey (pronounced "Two-Ron Bay") and Paul Cavanagh, can save the day.
Fortunately, aside from a few flash streaks right at the beginning, the Alpha DVD is of very good sound and visual quality.
Why is it often the second-rate movies that make excellent DVD transfers? Answer: Because they have been undisturbed. Nobody has been hunting for them for stock footage or taking them out for a screening. So the second raters have been undisturbed and are usually (though not always) in the same excellent condition as on the day they were put away for safe keeping!
This time around, the movie has been re-titled, "Shadows on the Stairs".
True, the nonsensical plot has its few good moments of real suspense, but sad to say, as the "B"-budget action gets sillier and sillier as it heads towards its cop-out conclusion, not even the lovely Heather Angel nor the efforts of a fine support cast headed by Frieda Inescort, Miles Mander, Turhan Bey (pronounced "Two-Ron Bay") and Paul Cavanagh, can save the day.
Fortunately, aside from a few flash streaks right at the beginning, the Alpha DVD is of very good sound and visual quality.
Why is it often the second-rate movies that make excellent DVD transfers? Answer: Because they have been undisturbed. Nobody has been hunting for them for stock footage or taking them out for a screening. So the second raters have been undisturbed and are usually (though not always) in the same excellent condition as on the day they were put away for safe keeping!