Comments on: Some Dental Work from The Mind Reader (1933)

By: The_Mouthpiece

The_Mouthpiece — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:48:25 +0000

That was the darkest Allen Jenkins I can remember seeing.

You can actually catch more Constance Cummings the same night as “The Match King” — She’s in “American Madness” airing at 9:30 pm.

Just posted “The Match King” btw.

Thanks, Jeffers, as always, for your contribution!

Cliff

By: Jeffers

Jeffers — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:30:29 +0000

I see you already called the parallels with Bedside to me months ago in the comments on that blog post!

By: Jeffers

Jeffers — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:15:45 +0000

I finally had a chance to see The Mind Reader and it does indeed make for another terrific view. Sort of a less-credulity-straining precursor of Bedside, in some respects (charlatan doesn’t deserve beautiful woman’s devotion, his fraud ends in tragedy; but her steadfastness is better motivated, and his comeuppance is not preposterously waived by benign authorities). In addition to WW, the rest of the cast really impressed me, too–Allan Jenkins is always fun if given anything worthwhile to do; Clarence Muse for once (in the few roles I’ve seen him in) didn’t have to rise above the material to make his usual strong impression; and Constance Cummings was just wonderful (I haven’t seen her before, but certainly want to see her again). But who was that Karl Malden lookalike ballyhooing for the OTHER mind reader at the start of the movie?
I’m glad to learn from your post that The Match King is coming back to TCM, which I hope means it will also soon be coming back to (unofficial) DVD. That’s the last remaining must-have, must-see WW title on my personal list!
I hope Jenny the Nipper was able to track down the set with Bedside. As I noted earlier, truth3152 doesn’t actually post it on eBay, but once you are in contact with him it is available to his private customers.

By: Jennythenipper

Jennythenipper — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:35:37 +0000

Thanks Cliff! I will go after the box set because Beside and Under 18 look intriguing to say the least. Maybe Mind Reader will pop again sometime either on TCM or ioffer.

Yes, Gold Diggers is a ton of fun. I’ve watched it a couple more times just because everything else lined up in my Tivo right now sort of pales in comparison.

I just watched Arizona (1940) today, too. I’ll be posting about it soon.

By: The_Mouthpiece

The_Mouthpiece — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:38:29 +0000

Hi Jenny,

Just read your Gold Diggers write-up today, what a fun movie, no? Campy enough where I’m surprised somebody hasn’t tried to revive it, especially in these times.

I grabbed most of the harder to find titles off a seller on iOffer some time back but apparently that seller is gone.

One of our regulars here, Jeffers, commented about a seller (truth3152) who offers 4 different Warren William DVD-R box sets on eBay which included some tougher titles such as Bedside, Under 18, and Times Square Playboy, but unfortunately no Mind Reader or Match King (yet).

Jeffers comment is on my Bedside post if you’d like more detail, or just search eBay by seller for: truth3152

Thanks, Cliff

By: Jennythenipper

Jennythenipper — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:32:48 +0000

Just watched for the first time last night, The Gold Diggers of 1933. I loved it and WW was great, though a different role for him. (I’ll be posting about it on my blog later today or tomorrow.) Do you know where I could get a hold of some more WW titles, especially The Mind Reader?