Ib lub cev ntau (1944)

Rau lis xaus Thanksgiving 1944, Paramount duab tso tawm Ib lub cev ntau, comedy-tsis zaj duab xis starring Jack Haley. Haley famously ntaus tus txiv neej yajthem Lub Wizard ntawm Oz (1939). Naam kuj starred Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley thiab Bela Lugosi hauv txhawb cwj pwm.

Ib lub cev ntau begins with millionaire Cyrus J. Heirs Rutherford tus sau saib tus nyeem ntawv uas nws yuav. Rutherford, an eccentric personality, will only allow his heirs to inherit his fortune if he is buried in a specific way. If the body is not buried in this specific way, the will is reversed and those receiving the list will receive the most inheritance. Fearing qee tus heirs yuav sim mus nyiag lub cev rau tus tis cov nyiaj, tus executor xa mus rau ib tug detective.

Jack Haley plays insurance salesman Albert L. Tuttle. Unaware of his death, Albert is trying to sell Rutherford life insurance. Albert is initially mistaken for the detective and is led into the room with Rutherford’s body.

Albert decides to leave after realizing Mr. Rutherford is dead but stays to protect Carol Dunlap one of the heirs. Carol is played by Jean Parker.

Bela Lugosi tus duab ntau kuj yuav siv los txhawb cov naam tab sis nws lub luag hauj lwm yuav tau tsawg. Lugosi plays Merkil cov butler, leej twg qauv feem ntau ntawm qhov hais tias zaj duab xis, “Tshuaj yej, sir?” Lugosi portrays Merkil in a way to make the viewer question what he is up to but his contribution to the film is minor.

Naam (affiliate link) builds to the inevitable chase scene at the end. Who is trying to reverse the will?

Ib lub cev ntau (1944) yog ib tug Paramount “B” zaj duab xis, ces nws sau me ntsis ntev tshaj li qub thaum 75 feeb.

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