It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 800. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals.
This week’s musical:
Up in the Air (1940) – Musical #858
Studio:
Monogram Pictures
Director:
Howard Bretherton
Starring:
Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds, Mantan Moreland, Gordon Jones, Lorna Gray, Tristram Coffin, Clyde Dilson, Dick Elliott, John Holland, Carleton Young, Alex Callam, Maxine Leslie, Ralph Peters
Plot:
When a primadona radio singer, Rita Wilson (Gray), is killed during a rehearsal, police try to figure out who shot her in the locked studio. Radio employees Frankie (Darro) and Jeff (Moreland) the police find the murderer, while also trying to boost new singer, Anne (Reynolds).
