Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Black Magic (1944)


Monogram Pictures
Directed by Phil Rosen
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)

Sidney Toler is cruising along in this late Charlie Chan entry. A seance is the setting for murder, and Chan is called to investigate when his daughter Frances is a suspect. Full of gags like a disappearing bullet, skeletons on a wire, hidden rooms, disembodied voices and floating handkerchiefs, it's fun but the mystery is almost a second thought. Mantan Moreland continues his recurring role as Birmingham, this time as a house servant.

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