Behind the Mask (1946)

Monogram Pictures released Behind the Mask (1946), 该 second of three films (友情链接) based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “乙” Film leading actor Kane Richmond returns as Lamont Cranston, the alter ego of the mysterious Shadow.

The film begins by following the activities a blackmailing newspaper reporter Jeff Mann, played by James Cardwell. After threatening several people with exposure, if they do not continue paying him off, Mann returns to his office at the newspaper.

A few minutes after he returns to the office, Mann is supposedly confronted by the Shadow and killed. 该 “Shadow” escapes before the other officer members can break into Mann’s office.

Meanwhile, the real Shadow, Lamont Cranston, is at his fiance Margo Lane’s apartment preparing for their marriage. Cranston’s uncle is the Police Commissioner, who leaves the party to investigate Mann’s murder by the “Shadow”. Cranston knows he must solve the crime and clear the Shadow’s name before he can marry Margo.

Barbara Reed played Margo Lane in all three of the Shadow films, The Shadow Returns (1946), Behind the Mask 和 The Missing Lady (1946). Reed was born on December 29, 1917 in Port Arthur, 安大略省, 加拿大. By the age of 19, she was acting in films.

Reed would appear in 22 电影, mostly as a leading lady in “乙” 电影. 可悲的, Reed struggled with alcoholism and would end her life at only 45 years of age on December 11, 1963. She suffocated herself with natural glass. Reed’s suicide note blamed her suicide on declining health.

Behind the Mask 关于运行 58 分钟. I watched it on Amazon Prime. Critics panned the film but I don’t know what they are expecting from “乙” 电影. It is an entertaining 1 hour film. It wasn’t filmed to be a classic.

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