You'll find out

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Movie
Original title You'll find out
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1940
length 95 minutes
Rod
Director David Butler
script James Kern
David Butler
production David Butler
for RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
music James McHugh
Johnny Mercer
camera Frank Redman
cut Irene Morra
occupation

You'll Find Out is a 1940 American crime comedy directed by David Butler .

In this story about a young girl (Helen Parrish) who is said to have been cheated of her inheritance, the actors Peter Lorre , Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, who are mainly known from horror films , play the leading roles alongside Kay Kyser .

action

Kay Kyser and his band are hired by Janis Bellacrest to play at their 21st birthday party. Since the death of Janis' father, her aunt Margo has been managing Bellacrest Manor, a gloomy country estate where the festival is to take place. Aunt Margo, a very eccentric lady, is Janis' guardian until she comes of age. When a thunderstorm is brewing during the party, Margo confides to Kay that she lived with the dead man in a kind of shared apartment and then introduces him to the ominous judge Mainwaring. When the threatening-looking Prince Saliano drops ominous hints, Kay actually wants to leave the property with his band as soon as possible. This is made impossible for them, however, as a lightning strike destroyed a bridge that was the only connection to the mainland. Janis introduces Kay to Professor Carl Fenniger, who she has asked to expose Saliano, as she suspects that he was gunning for her aunt. Fenniger is an expert in the field of supernatural phenomena. As Kay finds out, however, Fenniger, Saliano and Mainwaring have forged a conspiracy to get the assets that Janis is entitled to when she comes of age, previously managed by Margo, who gave them all the freedom. During a séance, the chandelier hanging just above Janis' chair suddenly detaches from the ceiling and barely misses its target. Kay is now clear that Janis is being pursued after life. Shortly afterwards, he catches Saliano imitating the voice of Janis' deceased father with a sound device and is subsequently confronted with a weapon aimed at him by Judge Mainwaring. However, he succeeds in wrestling Mainwaring to the ground, and with the help of a dog he gets rid of a lighted stick of dynamite. The three would-be killers are now exposed and Janis can take over her inheritance.

Production and Background

The film was shot from August 8 to October 9, 1940. You'll Find Out was released in US cinemas on November 22, 1940 .

The film had the working title The Old Professor . The team of producer and director David Butler, his deputy Fred Fleck, the editor Irene Morra and the writers James core and David Butler (not to be confused with the director) was working in 1939 at the RKO film That's Right, You're Wrong together .

Kay Kyser was at the height of his popularity as a big band leader when this film was made and one of the most popular entertainers in America with a large fan base. So it was only a matter of time before he made his way to Hollywood. After That's Right, You're Wrong , this was his second film, whereby the cast is also remarkable with the actors Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre, who almost always appear threatening in their roles. This film was inspired by James Whale's archetypal haunted house story from 1932 The House of Horror , but most of the scenes in this film adaptation were played with a wink. The film's success generated a number of follow-up films like Bob Hope's The Ghost Breakers (1940) and Rigid with fear ( Scared Stiff ) 1953 with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin .

In 1943 the trio Karloff, Lugosi, Lorre got together again to discuss a new film project Chamber of Horrors , which was never realized. In addition to a sequence with the Frankenstein monster and Dracula, it should also feature the Wolf Man, The Invisible Man and The Mad Ghoul.

Music in the film

(with five new songs written especially for the film in 1940,

Music by Jimmy McHugh, text by Johnny Mercer)
  • You've Got Me This Way - sung by Harry Babbitt
  • I'd Know You Anywhere - sung by Ginny Simms
  • The Bad-Humored Man - played by Kay Kyser and his band, sung by Sully Mason, Harry Babbitt, MA Bogue, Kay Kyser and other band members
  • Like the Fella Once Said - played by Kay Kyser and his band, sung by Sully Mason, Harry Babbitt, Ginny Simms, MA Bogue, Kay Kyser and other band members, danced by Kay Kyser
  • I've Got a One Track Mind - played by Kay Kyser and his band, sung by Ginny Simms and Harry Babbitt

more songs

  • My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean) , 1881, written by HJ Fuller - played by Kay Kyser and his band, sung by Jeff Corey
  • I've Grown So Lonely - Thinking of You , 1926, music: Walter Donaldson , text: Paul Ash
  • Heigh Ho , 1937, music: Frank Churchill , text: Larry Morey , played by Kay Kyser and his band, voiced by Jeff Corey
  • London Bridge is Falling Down , traditional nursery rhyme, sung in the number "Bad Humor Man"
  • Three Blind Mice , traditional nursery rhyme, sung in the number "Bad Humor Man"
  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm , traditional nursery rhyme, sung in the number "Bad Humor Man"
  • Pop! Goes the Weasel , traditional English song played by Kay Kyser and his band

criticism

The New York Times’s Bosley Crowther reviewed the film as one of those "stupid shudder comedies" where the scriptwriters were startled by their own ideas, which the dialogue and plot development clearly showed. With three well-known villains in a film and Mr. Kyser as a counterpart, you would actually think that the plot is a bit more original than screams in the night. While some of the incidents are amusing, the overall picture is routine and boredom.

Awards

In 1941 , Jimmy McHugh and Johnny Mercer with I'd Know You Anywhere from You'll Find Out were nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Song" category. However, Leigh Harline and Ned Washington were awarded with When You Wish upon a Star from the cartoon Pinocchio .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ You'll Find Out (1940) Original Print Information at TCM - Turner Classic Movies
  2. ↑ You'll Find Out (1940) Notes at TCM - Turner Classic Movies
  3. ↑ a b You'll Find Out (1940) Articles at TCM - Turner Classic Movies
  4. ^ Bosley Crowther: You'll Find Out (1940) The Screen; Kay Kyser at the Roxy In: The New York Times, November 15, 1940. Retrieved January 17, 2014.