Star of Midnight

12/6/2023

The more I hear William Powell, the more I think he is the vocal double of George Sanders. Maybe it's because they interchanged some of these amateur detective roles, but when I listen... Anyway, here he ("Clay") is asked by his pal "Tim" (Leslie Fenton) to look into the disappearance of dancer "Alice" quite a while ago! Off to her theatre the pair go, accompanied by our enthusiastic sleuthing sidekick "Donna" (Ginger Rogers) and immediately "Tim" thinks he sees his missing paramour on the stage. She does the rat up a drain thing leaving them bemused and seeking some clues from local pressman "Tommy". It's during that chat that more than words are exchanged and soon they are looking for a murderer too... As they dig deeper, it emerges that Alice might have been tied up in another murder ca