The Dark Hour (1936) MYSTERY

Stars: Ray Walker, Irene Ware, Hedda Hopper
Director: Charles Lamont
When a pair of detectives investigates the murder of an aging millionaire, they find there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family!

[@marinedrive5484]

I'm starting to find these 1930s murder, mysteries quite enthralling; this was an especially good one. I really like listening to the dialogue - people of a certain class spoke so well back then. Or at least the writers of the screenplays chose to write their scripts in a more intelligent and refined manner, which was probably a reflection of society at the time. Quite a convoluted plot line, on a par with with Agatha Christie.

[@DavidSmith-sb2ix]

Their sophisticated, somewhat English speech is called the Transatlantic accent. It was used by actors, politicians, news broadcasters and others up until the 1950s. Listen to FDR, Bette Davis, H.V. Kaltenborn (broadcaster). The last public figure to use it was probably William F. Buckley Jr.

[@snarkyboots]

@@DavidSmith-sb2ix No one else in William Buckley's family had that accent. He no doubt watched old movies.

[@alainjames9556]

Buckley affected that accent so as to appear intelligent.

[@dawny2985]

That is so interesting. I love listening to movies from this period also.

[@inkey2]

@@DavidSmith-sb2ix OH YES the Transatlantic accent.......I wonder who consciously started it? Upper crust American private schools????

[@arlenacampbell200]

Thank you for up loading. I cannot get enough of the Black and white movies.

[@tamarahiney8288]

Arlena Campbell... me either!! Especially the 40's what am I saying? I was born in '52 omg. Time flies I remember blk and wht TV oh too well.

[@joseortega-us6rn]

@@tamarahiney8288 Hi Tamara, I'm baby boomer as well, I recently found here in you tube the old man that cry wolf with Edward G. Robinson, and the lesser evil, from the 70's and 80's. both very good movies. I'm also enjoy very much this old black and white movies.

[@janicemahan4772]

I like trying to guess the colors of clothing and the furnishings.

[@deborahleone4351]

ME THREE!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙋‍♀️✝️🙏😘💜🌹🕊🕎

[@leelarson107]

BUT THE REAL WORLD IS STILL IN TECHNICOLOR!

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

At 6:56, Hedda Hopper came on the scene smoking a cigarette and talking with the retired detective. Hedda was a famous columnist who wrote gossip about the Hollywood stars in the 1940's and onward until she either retired or passed away. She wore crazy hats to be noticed during that period of her life. I have never seen her as an actress so this was fun! Thank you, Pizza!!

[@buffalopatriot]

Also the mother of actor William Hopper who played Paul Drake on the television series ‘Perry Mason’. He was also a contract player at Warner Bros.

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

@@buffalopatriot Thank you for that info. I really liked William Hopper.

[@yodude832]

Hopper started out as an actress. She pivoted to writing in mid-life as movie roles became fewer.

[@charlesstewart6191]

I think she had several cameos, as herself, like that back in the day.

[@13699111]

​@@buffalopatriot Thank you for the background information

[@buffalopatriot]

Berton Churchill, Irene Ware, E. E. Clive, Hedda Hopper, William V. Mong… what a treat.

[@anombrerose6311]

Hedda Hopper. Mother of Perry Mason's sleuth, "Paul Drake"! William Hopper. Hopper was the 1st choice for "Perry Mason", but he told the producers that Raymond Burr was the person right for the job. And that he himself would prefer the lighter-hearted Private Eye, instead.

[@quokka0.0nraven]

Hedda Hopper, Irene Ware... amazing and beautiful. Thanks for posting this excellent movie!

[@carmenpohl6061]

No car chase or swearing. I enjoy it every time.

[@robbinsnest6163]

That ending threw me for a loop and I loved it! What an enjoyable film!

[@charlesmagicien4330]

The dead mouse caught me a little off guard. LOL

[@markrowland1366]

Great plots and twists. Kept guessing all the way through to the last second. Enjoyable.

[@WhatstheSizzle]

Notice that sometimes a film from the 30s is better quality than some films of the 50s.

[@angelique7250]

I notice that too

[@leelarson107]

It's not your imagination. In later decades everything had to be 'Politically Correct', and 'woke', and Certain People had the right to be offended by everything. And for THAT we pay taxes?

[@huntingthekaiser6490]

Berton Churchill reveals years of working on the stage through his mannerisms. He "phones it in" the first half of the picture but exerts himself a bit the second half. It's great seeing him play a good guy for a change. Irene Ware was pretty. Thanks for putting this on the Web. I enjoyed watching.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Watching this movie again,after 7 and a half years,and still enjoy viewing it once more! Thank you,PizzaFlix for sharing this enjoyable movie! 😊😊😊🍕🍕🍕

[@John-ql9pi]

I have found that the old black n whites are great! They don't have the special effects, or CGI. They have to rely on a good script. Good acting. And, the lighting specialist. That's a lost art , the effort put into the proper lighting made the B n W's great. Thanks to all that have contributed.

[@azillliasmith2734]

Good point👍🏻

[@annimerethenilsen8888]

Theese old mowies are more exiting than the new rubbish! thank you!

[@globetrotter5800]

This could be converted into a charming, humorous play! I'd pay money to see it!

[@nancy2214]

I’m addicted to black and white movies🎬👍🏻🍿thanks for uploading! Keep-em coming👍🏻

[@leelarson107]

Dear Addict: Technicolor is here to stay.

[@geoffreydevore9503]

Great old movie. Berton Churchill great actor. Later played in stagecoach 1939.

[@naguerea]

As a lad when 'Stagecoach' came to the Central Selby, the queue wa so long I could not get in.... now's my chance. thank you Geoff

[@darrenmiller6927]

Loved this movie, great fun. Thanks so much!

[@wendythompson6323]

Love old black and white movies. Thanks for posting this one!

[@conningdale8805]

Very enjoyable viewing. Thank you for posting.

[@NefertitiNubianQueen]

Man alive the ending was priceless. The man says who asked you & she says I'm telling you that we are getting married 😅 Brilliant movie, thank you for sharing.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Hi Nef 🍕Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you 🍕

[@NefertitiNubianQueen]

Good morning huni. Wow, "may the sauce be with me", I certainly got the giggles. Can I decide what flavour sauce. Have yourself a wonderful day.

[@venkatreddy392]

Good to see forgotten movies come alive all credit goes to channel.

[@sharonanderson2673]

I really enjoy these movies and this one did not disappoint! Thank you.

[@iknowwhoiamdoyou]

I love playing detective with the movie, and love it even more when I didn't figure out the killer correctly!

[@kevincozens6837]

Nice movie with a surprise ending. I love these old movies. This one had a remarkably clean image for a movie from 1936. Often movies of this vintage are very poor transfers to video. There were some slight missing bits now and then for a few seconds or so and occasionally signs of dirt or other marks on the original film. Thanks for posting this.

[@shirleyrandle3138]

I never tire of your shared movies.thanks bunches!!

[@lindarocco9974]

@PizzaFlix Thank you for another delightful movie. There were twists and turns till the very end, but I figured out who did it long before then. I love these old movies.

[@carolbell8008]

Love the society, fashion, hair styles and cars from this decade, Art Deco as well.

[@jamesmiller4184]

And all to never reappear but, captured for ever-and-all time in B&W !! Since you like all about the era, Carol, be sure to investigate the World's Fair of olde '39 held in San Francisco. It's patron was Goddess PACIFICA!! She was terrific, being eighty-feet high! Whenever I think of her, my heart races!

[@alanoffer]

These old movies get a new lease of life on the internet , they would have disappeared because of the film quality for tv ,,but film lovers will be able to feast on these for ever

[@13699111]

The free public access to so much film has been restricted so then disappears.

[@nancysanders2398]

This Was Quite an interesting"who done it" w plenty of suspects!! Hedda Hopper was Quite an actress& very tall,too! She was the mother of Willam Hopper who played Paul Drake in the Perry Mason tv series of 50's-60's.Ms.Hopper layer became a Hollywood columnist on par w Louella Parsons.Thanks.PizzaFlix4 Sharing this well- made film!!

[@gildamarlowe9493]

I think this is known news--but thanks anyway

[@carolmancini2648]

Nancy Sanders I loveWilliam Hopper as Paul Drake on Perry Mason but I never Hedda Hopper was his mother. Tfs.

[@blackey1979]

Nancy Sanders q

[@lorrainephillips7250]

@@gildamarlowe9493 Not for me.

[@Ciscodays]

Quite the little backstabber was Hedda. She used her friend J Edgar Hoover to dig up dirt on movie people, and assisted Joe McCarthy in his communist witch hunt that destroyed a lot of lives and careers.

[@mwait3471]

good story thanks so much!

[@BossD-g4j]

I just discovered Irene Ware. Wow ❤

[@Theswerethebestthebest]

4-26-17. Now this is probably the. 4 or 5th. time. I've see this movie,. but you know it gets better every time Thanks once again for uploading it for people to enjoy !

[@bonniewehrle5184]

Great flick that keeps you guessing

[@sophieseeker929]

The1940s were the best the best 3rd time for me. wont be last. Find more clues each time Happy Seasons Joys 12/14/2019

[@RRW1982]

Like a well-written piece of music - maybe a Sibelius Symphony or tone poem - it warrants being watched more than once. You can't say that about a film that is lacking essential quality, when once may be too many!

[@naguerea]

@@RRW1982 Also , what a pleasure fine comments all through.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@sophieseeker929Umm...This was released in 1936.

[@Red23165]

great classic movie great channel thanks

[@russell3060]

Cute ending - ' I'll marry you', 'Who asked you?!', 'I'm not asking you, I'm telling you!' 😊😊

[@danielstump3204]

When I heard the music at the start of the film, I knew I'd have to watch it.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I knew I had to watch it when I saw that it was approved with certificate #1899.🙄

[@mariovaccarella6854]

I saw Burton Churchill, first, as The Crooked Banker, in the movie Stagecoach (1939). It's good to see him in another role other than that one.

[@waderaney7]

Excellent ☺

[@sharmainhayward927]

I enjoy the black and white movies, thank you.

[@leelarson107]

But the Real World has always been in Technicolor.

[@Alan-rh1el]

Enjoyable thriller thank you

[@lindadann9202]

I loved this!!!! What a great find!

[@emmettecraft]

"Elsa" was beautiful.

[@cgpyper7536]

Pretty good old flick. 'Glad it survived neglect and, possibly, abuse.

[@lisashapiro4714]

Exactly

[@emylrmm]

Elsa, played by Irene Ware, was Miss United States of 1926 according to IMDb. She's 26 in this movie.

[@youngsteph1]

So she was only 16 when Miss United States

[@uglyturnips2813]

Thank you for posting!

[@heatherbowlan1961]

Thank you Piza Flixs greT channel! Thank you for sharing 😊❤🎉👍🇨🇦

[@shirleyrandle3138]

Thank you PF,you never disappoint me,enjoyable movie.

[@bundown5463]

This channel validates my reason for sticking with black and white movies: the stuff they make today will make you sick.

[@leelarson107]

Berton Churchill gets a lot of Comments down below about this film, as well as in 'Stagecoach' in 1939. Remember that he was also in 'The Spanish Cape Mystery' in 1938.

[@vernalc2449]

The butler is Tenny from the "Bulldog Drummond" series of films! He is a lot more serious in this film. Good sauce @PizzaFlix

[@naguerea]

Absolutely excellent, thrilling.i feel myself in in that time.

[@naguerea]

AND I can watch it again!

[@garryferrington811]

Chesterfield was a remarkable Poverty Row company which owned ten third-run theaters and figured that they could break even if they kept their budgets to $15,000. They were absorbed into the Republic merger. First movie I've seen with Aggie Herring.

[@laurakibben4147]

And/or they were the cigarette brand pushing all the players to light up every 5 minutes 😏

[@wrcoe]

The actor portraying Mr. Bernard was the corrupt banker in the 1939 Stagecoach western starring John Wayne.

[@CM-zl3fk]

one of the best among 30s detective movies

[@johnscott2852]

When he said he would be over as soon as he got dressed, he meant every word, suit and tie.

[@spark967]

Great Movie!

[@wilde4445]

Thank you!

[@barbaradunn5299]

Good movie! Unexpected and unusual ending.

[@DevahSofiaLucus]

This was fantastic.

[@deadalready7467]

What a great movie, great actors, & plot. And the butler isn’t he Captain Bulldog Drummonds trustee Ally.

[@stephanyg.8717]

Hi PizzaFlix. Thank you for posting. The film skipped quite a bit but I’ll suffer through for a good old mystery. Too bad SimonWard (KZbin) hasn’t done his restoration magic with this one. The two of you should collaborate on a project together. Anyway, thanks again ❤.

[@clemmiejackson331]

That ending was very interesting, loved it

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

Man; Henry is in there, stabbed in the back! Doctor: Murdered?

[@christinelux7531]

Great Scot!

[@christinelux7531]

MAN: Do you think the cause of death was the stab in the back?? LOL

[@terriwarner8682]

Loved it! B&W are the best movies!!

[@ronaldbrush4373]

Hedda Hopper. The Original Gossip Girl!

[@rbffbvs]

Oh my goodness! I watched this with subtitles, and they could not be funnier! Some of it was a bit off-color as well. Good movie with bad subtitles.

[@rbffbvs]

@The Barbarian Infidel yes, I know they are autp-generated buy KZbin. It is funny listening to what a computer hears.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

When a gun fires and the cc reads [applause].😂

[@keith6667]

"Youth is wasted on the young", is actually attributed to Oscar Wilde.

[@lilytyler7851]

Umm--Shaw wrote the line.

[@gsmith5140]

Love the twists at the end. 😊

[@alvinanderson7944]

I love these old movies and I just felt some sadness ove the fact this Pandemic has shut down all the theaters. We have a beautiful classic Theater, The Castro, here in SF that shows old movies frequently. I miss it. They have a huge organ that comes out of the orchestra pit and plays every night between or before movies. Hope we get it all back someday. WEAR YOUR MASK. IT'S NOT A JOKE.

[@thommysides4616]

Alvin, wearing five dollar masks is not going to stop a microscopic virus. FAKE NEWS!!! Wear a military style gas mask maybe you'll be safe, but change the filters often....

[@rickmccown6956]

Masks are ridiculous, another case of the blind leading the blind.

[@mdopico1]

Alvin........You wear that stupid and useless mask. Instead, you might want to wash your hands frequently and stay the hell at home if you're sick, instead of parading around in public!

[@EdT.-xt6yv]

​@@thommysides4616 maybe the pandemic was: A. A test . B. Preparation for some future virus. C. Science project to see effect of CO2 on stratosphere. D. Science slowing totalitarian regimes. E. An escaped virus from having many biolabs.

[@keithharvey7230]

It's nice to see Berton Churchill in a leading role.He is still a bit grumpy as usual but he's more sympathetic and nice here and he's gonna get married!

[@parrot0051]

One interesting thing about all these murder mysteries is the people all are of the wealthy type with all those gowns and tuxedos there is never any average people in these type movies, I doubt the average person of that time could afford any of the life style shown in these movies. It would be great if these movies would have average people involved in such movies and if such movies even exist but thank you for finding these.

[@bobbythorman7421]

Carl Mac These were the depression years when most people didn't have 2 coins to rub together and if you did have 2 coins most likely you owed someone 3. Watching movies with fine clothes and elegant manners helped people forget what it was like in the real world for a while.Seeing people on screen portraying a mirror image of their own life would just be boring.

[@15thstreet60]

Maybe the less than wealthy people were too busy trying to earn a crust to have time to get up to illegal activity wheres the idle rich had too much time on their hands. I know I generalize and this doesn't ring true across the board but it could be partly true.

[@bobbythorman7421]

@Red 🙂👍

[@mjrchapin]

Fascinating little mystery!

[@Gerardo-g4m]

I love ❤the ending bravo!

[@13699111]

Great movie great cast of actors

[@lizlocher3612]

Excellent movie, I couldnt figure out who dun it?!?LOL!

[@susancampbell7161]

Very good

[@Merseysiderful]

Irene Ware was gorgeous !

[@plumeria66]

People spoke faster then in a slower pace society. You had to be tough and smart to survive. Today people speak slower in a faster pace society.

[@deborahburnette1218]

Thank you

[@Les445]

my kind of movie.Thanks PizzaFlix.You Da Man!!!!!!!

[@PizzaFLIX]

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[@AnnemieM]

Thank you Pizza Flix.

[@miriamkellner3524]

Hedda hopper without a hat? She was known by them later!

[@garyfrancis6193]

Notice the manners at the beginning. The maid says “Thank you for asking.” The young woman enters and tells the elderly mantl be seated but he waits until she sits first. This was the courtesy of men standing when a woman came into the room and no sitting until she is seated. This kind of deference and courtesy was taken for granted by early feminists eager to get rid of it. Look what you have now.

[@maxb4074]

Good murder mystery

[@ronhinson7403]

Like them all thirties and forties

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Made the year I was born, 1936 so, like me, it must be very good. October, 2023.

[@13699111]

I feel the same way about the year 1952 ,HA !!!

[@toshawhatareyoudoing6410]

(Shaking fist in the air) Curse you, infernal plot twists, curse you!

[@geoffreydevore9503]

Berton Churchill. Good character actor!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I knew this was going to be a good movie when I saw that Richard Tyler was recording engineer.🙄

[@marypatten9655]

Lol. Who asked you? I'm not asking you. I'm telling you. . Great video. Thank you for sharing. God bless

[@quokka0.0nraven]

Thanks to whoever mentioned watching with the captions.... I've never had so much fun

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Especially when there's gunfire and the cc says [applause]. 😂

[@markhughes7927]

Excellent

[@carlderfler5006]

That was a good movie!

[@solomon-uu5xh]

Irene was very lovely.

[@Gkuljian]

Now that's an ending!

[@naguerea]

I am not at the end, how exciting you have made it.

[@quokka0.0nraven]

I find some of the best endings in these old ones!

[@saltydawg7078]

excellent choice. 🍕🍕❤

[@jessicawalters2591]

Love these movies

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Please don't tell me what to do.

[@leelarson107]

This is a snoozer. So far as I'm concerned, Hedda Hopper carries the whole show.

[@mollysanders9757]

This is actually pretty cool.. 👌 👌

[@Mritalicsmine]

I was watching the closed captions. it is a wonderful help for the deaf and hearing-loss population. but the words in the subtitles need to be an accurate presentation of one language to the other. no?.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

No.

[@buschovski1]

does anyone know what the music is at the beginning credits? ive heard it used at the beginning of many old films.

[@sjr7822]

I did a search for the music introduction, couldn't find it, but, found the author of the book with his picture thepassingtramp.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-life-of-crime-sinclair-gluck-1887-1956.html

[@buschovski1]

+S Robin i appreciate the effort. thank you. ive tried shazam and other apps too to see what they came up with. nothing. its great music. wish i knew what it was

[@dabedwards]

A touch of "Phantom of the Opera" by Lloyd Webber!