The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault.
Is it worth your time? If you've got twenty minutes to kill and a soft spot for grainy, old-school radio-adjacent mystery shorts, sure. It’s not going to change your life, but it’s got that specific, creaky charm that makes you feel like you're sitting in a dark theater in 1935. If you need complex character arcs or mo...
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Lewis Seiler
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"Is it worth your time? If you've got twenty minutes to kill and a soft spot for grainy, old-school radio-adjacent mystery shorts, sure. It’s not going to change your life, but it’s got that specific, creaky charm that makes you feel like you're sitting in a dark theater in 1935. If you need complex character arcs or modern pacing, skip it. The whole thing hinges on a light switch. That’s it. One second the performer is gearing up for a triple somersault, and the next, everything goes dark and s..."
Leslie T. White, Harold Tarshis, Walter B. Gibson
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