Post by rmichaelpyle on Apr 13, 2009 8:10:01 GMT -6
Watched "The Return of Sophie Lang" (1936) with Gertrude Michael, a follow-up sequel to the 1934 "The Notorious Sophie Lang" which I watched a few nights ago. The sequel is a fine, quick-moving, but very predictable little film. Sophie is no longer a jewel thief, and she's made it look as if she's dead. In other words, she has a new life. Guess what, Sophie. That's not possible in the movies. Again, good fun, but no where near as fun as the original. Still, Ray Milland and Guy Standing, Elizabeth Patterson, Paul Harvey, and many other notable character actors of the 30's are always fun to watch. Ray Milland seems to have been in about every serial series of the thirties in Hollywood, either as a lead or main character. Recommended, but not necessarily highly if you can find a better substitute. For the record, one more sequel to these was made the next year (1937). That was it. Too bad. These are fun films.
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