Star of Midnight (1935)

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Siskoid
Given the mild roughhousing between William Powell and Ginger Rogers in Star of Midnight, a light and convoluted mystery starring the pair, I have to wonder if they were trying to recapture Powell's relationship with Myrna Loy in The Thin Man movies. Well, for me, while there's nothing that can touch the Powell-Loy chemistry, Rogers is a very good substitute. She's more sophisticated and witty than Myrna, but Ginger is nevertheless great at cracking wise and not taking any guff from men. Gal Friday though she is, it's really Powell's movie, and as usual, he's great as the suave amateur detective. In this case, he's slightly slow on the uptake, by which I really mean there is a way to figure this thing out as you go along, and you may indeed think you've solved it a few scenes before he does. Full points for his humiliating one of the police detectives in the grand tradition of sleuthing, and some nice comedy from his manservant too. I'm a sucker for the actors and witty banter here, but I think the mystery actually works, biased or not. 3 years 9 months ago
ClassicLady
The pairing of William Powell and Ginger Rogers was doomed from the start; Ginger Rogers sure ain't no Myrna Loy. 10 years 5 months ago