Clevercell Very disappointing...

Micitype Pretty Good

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

SanteeFats The first Thin Man movie came out in 1934. This movie came out in 1935 and is basically another Thin Man, just different character names. Ginger Rogers is good as the woman in love with Powell's character since she was ten and yes they end up married. You sure can tell this is a movie before cigarettes where a no no, Ginger smokes like a chimney in this film. There is the usual scene where they are looking for a girl who has disappeared. There is the hood who thinks Powell has something on him so he cooperates, reluctantly, with the investigation, after Powell gets him to turn over some incriminating letters from a friend. William Powell is William Powell. He is excellent as the lawyer/detective with a penchant for booze and crime just like in the Thin Man movies. The chemistry between Powell and Rogers is pretty good but not as entertaining as Powell and Loy in the Thin Man shows. This movie is a decent one if a rip off of the Thin Man.

mark.waltz Whether playing Philo Vance or Nick Charles, William Powell always served it up with sophistication, a beautiful woman, a little wisecrack and a lot of martinis. On loan to RKO, Powell did two of these. Here, with Ginger Rogers by his side, he gets involved with murder among the theatrical crowd. It is all very nice to look at with smashing art deco sets and a great supporting cast, including Ralph Morgan, Gene Lockhart and Paul Kelly. "Bitch extraordinaire" Vivian Oakland is extremely amusing as the femme fatal. While Ginger is fine, she's not Myrna Loy, and Powell isn't Fred Astaire. Unlike Astaire, William Powell already had "sex" and Rogers doesn't bring anything to the role in the case of class that out-shined the marvelous Loy (paraphrasing a quote by Katharine Hepburn about Astaire and Rogers). The denouncement is clever but for some reason, it is all rather familiar in a way that had been done better.

Bob F. Yes, "Star of Midnight" is a bit of RKO Radio Pictures reworking, or ripping off, MGM's "The Thin Man," but so what? It's good in it's own right. William Powell plays rich and debonair lawyer, Clay Dalzell, who gets involved in a murder, and is himself, a suspect. At his side, Ginger Rogers, co-starring as Powell's romantic companion. This pairing of Powell and Rogers is not as perfect as was Powell and Loy, it's a good match up, never-the-less . The mystery centers around the disappearance of of an actress -- the star of a play entitled "Midnight" -- hence from which the film get its title. All this mystery is wrapped with over- the - top elegance, and sophisticated humor, that was so typical of Hollywood films of the 1930's . You may guess who the murderer is, but the motive should come as a surprise -- and neat one it is !

John Seal No movie with William Powell can be a complete loss, but he really seems to be sleepwalking through this undernourished RKO mystery. The major problem is a poor screenplay--- apparently a collaborative effort---that never provides Powell with the witty repartee he could so joyfully dispense in better efforts. Even the supporting cast, excellent as they are, seem to be a bit embarrassed by the proceedings.