Although an acquaintance of the cinematographer John F. He died in Hollywood, California in 1944. He worked at Columbia Pictures and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he directed eleven films in the Andy Hardy series of the 1930s & 1940s. He was the director of more than one hundred films, the writer of more than thirty screenplays, and an actor in seven films. Seitz did much of his early work in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there. Seitz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, started his career as a playwright, and also wrote some fiction for "up-market" pulp magazines such as Adventure and People's Magazine. He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as The Perils of Pauline (1914) and The Exploits of Elaine (1914). George Brackett Seitz (Janu– July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director. Give it a shot.Actor, playwright, screenwriter, director This is not a classic or anything but if you enjoy murder mysteries from the 30s, I'm sure you'll have a good time with this one. Often in murder mysteries of the 30s and 40s, the police seem to act largely with impunity, arresting people with little or no evidence and holding them like a conviction was a foregone conclusion. Lots of talk about rights and not having enough evidence to hold someone without arresting them. It was interesting to see how differently this movie handled some of the procedural aspects of the law. However, here Toomey shines and delivers some of the movie's best lines. Imagine Dick Powell without the personality.
Toomey was a rather static actor I've never been terribly impressed with in other films of his I've seen. Great character actors like Edward Brophy, Arthur Byron, Ivan Simpson, and Samuel Hinds. As is usually the case in these types of movies, the supporting cast makes the picture. Bruce's character is a bit insufferable though. She sets out to solve the murder so that her nephew Cortez can marry Virginia Bruce (beautiful, as always). That would be masculine Constance Collier, here wearing a bad white wig and looking positively like a drag queen. Ricardo Cortez is the male lead but he's not the real star.
Fun murder mystery helped greatly by delightful cast.
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