Post by rmichaelpyle on Dec 27, 2010 12:46:08 GMT -6
I watched a really wonderful newspaper/cop caper made by Fox, but in Britain in 1935, called "Late Extra", with a very young James Mason, Virginia Cherrill in her third-to-last film, a youngish Alastair Sim, Donald Wolfit, and Clifford McLaglen (one of Victor McLaglen's many actor brothers), among many other fine actors and actresses. This film grabs from the get-go and never lets up. There are murders and robberies, lots of double-crossing, and so forth, and James Mason and his girl friend, Virginia Cherrill, go out and get the bad guys. There's a fantastic fight near the end with Mason and McLaglen which looks so real even my wife made comments about it! Nothing stagey about it at all! I mean nothing! Very highly recommended. These early British things aren't easy to find, and I like them probably better than all the other kinds of film, and the condition of this one is quite good.
