TOPPER RETURNS
1941 USA – 87 Minutes
Black & White – Mystery / Comedy
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Starring Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Billie Burke

Get ready to laugh out loud as Cosmo Topper (Young) his wife (Billie Burke) and driver (Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson) get dragged into the middle of a murder mystery. Surrounded by zany characters in a huge dark mansion Cosmo is haunted by the ghost of the murdered young woman (Blondell). A knife welding murderer is on the loose and Blondell’s character is determined that a very reluctant Cosmo must join her to help find her killer. The comedic genius of Anderson steals the show in this delightful comedy.

NANCY DREW REPORTER
1939 USA – 68 Minutes
Black & White – Mystery / Comedy
Directed by William Clemens
Starring Bonita Granville & John Litel

Stop the Presses! Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) cub reporter is hot on the trail of a murderer. With the aid of her neighborhood friends Nancy sets out to prove that a woman on trial for murder is actually innocent. She sneaks onto the local paper’s staff and uses the power of the press to get herself and her friends into all sorts of trouble. The antics of Nancy and her friends in this delightful comedy keep them in hot water right to the end of the caper.