Night World 05/30/26

Nope, it’s not a stealth Karloff horror feature, but another of his underworld roles … actually, a semi-underworld role in a nifty ensemble thriller about a Night Club with connections to The Mob. Karloff is Happy MacDonald, and Everybody comes to ‘Happy’s Club’ — including the drunken Lew Ayres and Broadway sharpie George Raft. Showgirl Mae Clarke seems to be everybody’s romantic ideal. The Busby Berkeley-directed floor show is good, the booze flows freely, and the few patrons not cheating on their spouses have some other kind of racket going. Clarence Muse’s ‘philosopher doorman’ is a standout. With audio commentary from Jeremy Arnold, Tim Lucas and Joe Busam. On Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics.
05/30/26