What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Sunday, October 19, 2025

You'll Find Out - 1940

This movie is the last one in the list for the year 1940. I didn't know who Kay Kiser was, but I was optimistic when I saw Bela, the Grinch and Peter Lorre in the credits. How bad could it be?!

The answer? Very bad. So bad that I think it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Not only is it one of those weird comedies that's trying to be somewhat "scary" at the same time, but it is part musical. And it's a comedy musical, which is probably my least favorite kind of musical.

Kay Kiser (he's playing himself) is taking his band to play at a young lady's 21st birthday party. I think that's weird, but whatever. They all drive up to the creepy mansion in a big car, but somehow all their gear and props are there as well. Also in the house are the Grinch as a judge and a Prince that can make contact with the other side (Bela). Janis has also invited a professor to her birthday party to expose Bela as a fraud since he's been bleeding her aunt of the family's money for a while now. Little does she realize the creepy face that peered into her window (Peter Lorre) was the "professor."

This movie was hard to watch. The "jokes" were horrific, the musical numbers went on forever, they put hair on a dog (a wig with bangs), and the séance was hard to watch. I mean, if they were trying to disprove the medium, why didn't they try to tackle the "ghost" or pull down the floaty things? The dog disappeared for half the movie, and when he appeared again, his tail had paint on it. How? The paint was in a petri dish-looking thing.

The end of this thing was insane. Two of the villains had guns and one had dynamite! I mean, a bridge blew up earlier (no one believed lightning hit it), so it wasn't shocking there was dynamite in the area. But why are we threatening people with it? Anyway, the villains get blown up, but Kay Kiser and his band of goobers survive to perform one last time (we skipped it). And what happened to the poor real professor who popped up for two seconds? Pain. All we felt was pain...

You'll find out how much patience you have...

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