RickyofL

This film was shot in Mendocino County and should be in the list of films shot in that area. The creek itself is the Albion River. The boat used in the film was left in the river and was resting on the bottom when I saw it and boarded it in 1944 or 5. My grandparents had an orchard and farm outside the community of Albion. A couple of the crew members stayed at their place when the film was being shot. There were some other locations on the coast that were used as well. The residence was removed and just the leveled field it was situated on and the plants the studio planted to surround the site remained for many years after. This location was outside of Albion near dark Gulch and was just west of highway 1 that runs along the coast in Mendocino and adjacent counties as far south as San Simeon. I have never seen the complete film, so would not to vote on it at this time.

I was greatly disappointed in the film. It was impressively shot and showed interesting characters, particularly Cusack and Peet, and Liotta was very funny in his over the top portrayal, but ultimately the ending was so confusing as to bring no clarity to what was trying to be described. The supposed killer could not have done some of the murders depicted. I won't go further into that since it may be disappointing to potential viewers to find out. Understanding that the killer couldn't have done the murders the film takes on the image of a fantasy. I could accept it as a Stephen King type fantasy, but as not much more than that. One minor note which properly goes in your mistakes area is that the supposedly Florida orange grove that Peet goes to has hills in the background which are higher than anything remotely suggesting a hill in Florida. This scene was obviously shot in Southern California. In away the film suggests "Mulholland Drive" in the complexity of the murders, but is nowhere as interesting or as thought provoking. One of the few times I have been missled by a review in the LA Times.

This is not a well known musical but includes several excellent songs written by Jimmy McHugh. The principal vocalists include Bill Marshall, Jane Frazee, Janet Martin and specially Kenny Baker. The latter's tenor is shown off to good effect and he is capably joined in duets with Janet Martin, one of the several young players under contract to Republic who disappeared with the decline in the studio system. It is a multi-star cast including Victor McLaglen as a Fire Chief, Irene Rich as a Boarding House owner, Gail Patrick as a wealthy Bostononian and James Ellison. The story involves the trials of young hopefuls in the music/dance world, Martin, Frazee, Marshall, etc. and Ellison, a wealthy young artist from Boston. Martin plays a predatory female after Baker a young song plugger while there is a triangular mixup between Frazee and two potential suitors, Marshall and Ellison and Patrick. Highly recommended as a much better than average small musical from Hollywood just before television started to cut into the profits of the movie studios.