Saturday, November 12, 2011

The Drums of Jeopardy (1931)


Tiffany Productions
Directed by George B. Seitz
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Alpha Video)

Warner Oland is Russian mad scientist Boris Karlov. His daughter commits suicide over a prince and he vows revenge on the entire family. He sends them miniature monkeys from a valuable necklace as a warning. The royal family is forced to flee to America during the Bolshevik Revolution, but he follows them, taking one out on the ship over. The last remaining prince hides with an American girl and they fall in love. Oland pursues them to a remote cabin. It's a bit creaky, but does make occasional good use of shadows and fog.

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