Movies

The Crooked Circle (1932) Primitive spooky crime farce. The eponymous band of hooded conspirators have sworn to kill the head of the amateur detective Sphinx Club, in an Old Dark House with a ghost violinist when the clock strikes thirteen. Zasu Pitts and James Gleason provide real laughs as ninny maid and nitwit policeman. Secret panels galore. Who keeps an open can of glue right next to a human skeleton, and what must be the inevitable result? Silly archaic fun. 6/10