the crossword subplot was so funny. also i congratulate how feminist this is for 1947

the crossword subplot was so funny. also i congratulate how feminist this is for 1947

Okay so I totally tried to review this before I went to go see Gone Girl. But I legitimately finished this movie and then left my house, but anyways here’s my review. This film was actually kind of bad ass. Lucille Ball plays a dancer turned detective to try and solve the case of a man on a murder spree, who is targeting woman through advertisements (said in an old timey voice) in the paper. As well as she is helping because this man has taken one of her friends. May I just say that Lucille delivers a performance I truly never expected to see from her. I grew up watching I Love Lucy (which is fantastic) so I never thought I’d see the red haired dame with a gun in her hands. Oh and also she runs into Boris Karloff (Frankenstein aka my husband) in this movie, so that was cool too. But my absolute favorite part of this movie was the COSTUMES!!! I mean my god the fashion was impeccable and her engagement dress was actually to die for. Anyways a fun little detective flick starring the bad ass Lucille Ball, what more could you ask for?

Okay so I totally tried to review this before I went to go see Gone Girl. But I legitimately finished this movie and then left my house, but anyways here’s my review. This film was actually kind of bad ass. Lucille Ball plays a dancer turned detective to try and solve the case of a man on a murder spree, who is targeting woman through advertisements (said in an old timey voice) in the paper. As well as she is helping because this man has taken one of her friends. May I just say that Lucille delivers a performance I truly never expected to see from her. I grew up watching I Love Lucy (which is fantastic) so I never thought I’d see the red haired dame with a gun in her hands. Oh and also she runs into Boris Karloff (Frankenstein aka my husband) in this movie, so that was cool too. But my absolute favorite part of this movie was the COSTUMES!!! I mean my god the fashion was impeccable and her engagement dress was actually to die for. Anyways a fun little detective flick starring the bad ass Lucille Ball, what more could you ask for?

I live for wacky Boris Karloff cameos. I paired this film up with another Douglas Sirk film, Shockproof for a Sirk noir double-feature. Lured stars the stunning Lucille Ball, who plays Sandra Carpenter, who pairs with the police to help track down a serial killer, who murders women, one of the victims being Sandra’s best friend. Like Shockproof, Lured is fairly predictable in its plot twist, a common theme in many of Sirk’s films it seems.

I live for wacky Boris Karloff cameos. I paired this film up with another Douglas Sirk film, Shockproof for a Sirk noir double-feature. Lured stars the stunning Lucille Ball, who plays Sandra Carpenter, who pairs with the police to help track down a serial killer, who murders women, one of the victims being Sandra’s best friend. Like Shockproof, Lured is fairly predictable in its plot twist, a common theme in many of Sirk’s films it seems.

A fabulous noir. I’m more familiar with Sirk’s later technicolor melodramas but this was everything. Even the interiors had me going. Lucille Ball doesn’t get enough credit as a dramatic actress. 

Ps, Elois Jenssen should marry me

A fabulous noir. I’m more familiar with Sirk’s later technicolor melodramas but this was everything. Even the interiors had me going. Lucille Ball doesn’t get enough credit as a dramatic actress. 

Ps, Elois Jenssen should marry me

I love Boris Karloff.

I love Boris Karloff.