While Oscar and Hildegarde are attending a Broadway show, a press agent is shot in an actress' dressing room and an actor is murdered onstage in full view of the audience. Oscar and Hildegarde are on the case.
Is it worth the time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s detective fluff, you’ll probably get a kick out of Forty Naughty Girls. It’s light, breezy, and moves fast enough that you don't have to think too hard about the gaps in the logic. If you need your mysteries to be gritty or actually make sense, stay far away. Hon...
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"Is it worth the time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s detective fluff, you’ll probably get a kick out of Forty Naughty Girls. It’s light, breezy, and moves fast enough that you don't have to think too hard about the gaps in the logic. If you need your mysteries to be gritty or actually make sense, stay far away. Honestly, watching Zasu Pitts and James Gleason bounce off each other is the only reason this thing works. Their chemistry isn't exactly high art, but it's comfy. The theater setting..."
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