Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Rainey Dawn Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff & Bela Lugosi are out to spook us in this very cute comedy mystery. Who is out to kill Janis Bellacrest? Why are they trying to kill her? Is Aunt Margo Bellacrest right about spirits haunting? Is Prince Saliano a charlatan or a real spirit medium? Watch the film and "You'll Find Out" the answers!! The movie is well worth watching if you love the old school comedy and humor. It's a very cute movie and will brighten up an otherwise drab day. Lorre, Karloff and Lugosi will not disappoint --- and the rest of the cast are just as good... very funny.I must mention Kay Kyser and his band are great in this!! The opening of the film is very comical - it will grab your attention and tickle your funny bone.8/10

dougdoepke Frenetic but fun movie. Kyser and his gang get caught up in a haunted house replete with the gruesome threesome—Lorre, Karloff, and Lugosi. If you think you've seen it before, you probably have, except with Bud and Lou or ol' ski-nose Hope. That's because it's a durable premise that sets up both laughs and maybe a few shudders. Then too, it's sort of fun seeing how these "supernatural" tricks are done. Director Butler keeps things in motion even when some set-ups overstay their welcome. In my book, Kyser was quite a talented fellow, proving that even the unexpected may have real comedic talent. Plus, there's a lot of pretty girls running around, especially the eye-catching Ginny Simms, so what's not to like. All in all, hat's off to Kyser and his gang of musical cut-ups.

Neil Doyle YOU'LL FIND OUT is strictly a product of the '40s, when a mixture of comedy and horror was standard fare for a Saturday afternoon at the movies. Usually this sort of dark house comedy was left to Abbott and Costello but this time it's band leader Kay Kyser, who was a sort of Spike Jones of his day.It's a gimmicky sort of dark house mystery where most of the action takes place in a "haunted" mansion full of secret panels and passageways, all scary enough to provide the setting for a story about a trio of gangsters (BELA LUGOSI, PETER LORRE and BORIS KARLOFF) scheming to murder a young woman (Helen Parrish) for her father's inheritance, by holding a seance at which her father will appear and frighten her to death--or so they hope.The comedy provided by Kyser and his band (especially Ish Kabibble) is extremely corny and some of the one-liners are creaky enough to turn off the chills, but it's all done in such an innocently good-natured way that it comes off as harmless fun, if only mildly entertaining.David Butler (who co-wrote, produced and directed) obviously had a good time putting this one together. The grand old mansion is a fabulous setting for the scary scenes, there's plenty of thunder and lightning to keep the atmosphere loaded, and all of the performers do their best to keep things spinning along.Handsome DENNIS O'KEEFE shows a good flair for comedy, even if his material is on the weak side, and GINNY SIMMS proves that she was a pleasing enough pop singer with a really good voice and personality.But it's a hit-and-miss sort of film, funny in spots, scary in others, but as cliché-ridden as the old dark house comedies come. Oddly enough, despite the presence of Karloff, Lorre and Lugosi, the creepiest performance in the film is given by ALMA KRUGER as an old gal who likes to communicate with the dead, all the while viewing everyone with an icy stare.

tedg This may seem like slight entertainment, and of course it is. But I am recommending it as must viewing until I find an earlier example with this structure.The setup is simple enough: it is explicitly a self-aware movie. In fact Kyser comes on at the end and assures the audience that Lorre, Karloff and Lugosi aren't really murders. Within that are several performances of the band, performances I assume are similar to what they did in non-movie-land. Two performances. Added to that in a clever way is a third. For this you need some background.From about 1880 to 1910, many North Americans were spiritualists. Yes, about as many as today call themselves evangelists, the movement that displaced spiritualism. The rapidity of the change is breathtaking in a sociological context and interesting in itself. By the thirties, the "next" generation was making serious fun of spiritualism, usually in terms of uncovering a fake séance.I've found several earlier fake séance movies, but they are all in the context of detective movies. That's another story all together. Superficially, they look like the fakery in this movie: a secret room, microphones, special effects, gullible participants holding hands. But this is the first I think that references it as a performance. A lot flows from that tipping point on both sides: movies and the religious show.Three layered performances, here.Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.