X Marks the Spot (1942) DETECTIVE

[@Prof.Tarfeather]

Fantastic Film played out perfectly by great Actors! Nice to see Comissioner Gordon of the 1960's Batman Series. Thank you Pizza Flickr for the wonderful choice of movies !

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you.

[@alanoffer]

I recognised the voice instantly , but couldn’t place it , thanks for reminding me

[@Supportyouranimalshelter]

Wish they still had amazing actors like this!

[@mrtarawa40]

For those of us who lived through The war, this was clear and current for the period. The thoroughly great and competent actors made this great fun and memorable!

[@DavidSmith-sb2ix]

I wish there were still cozy little restaurants and bars like in these old movies instead of franchise joints and dive bars with rap blasting out of the jukebox.

[@Cracktaculus]

Part of the demise of the current civilization....You can still find quaint in second world countries, small, touristy towns in the US, parts of Europe, and Island nations.

[@patrickryan1515]

Boy do I also.

[@robynperdieu3434]

That is by design. Covid was a cover for putting independent business out.

[@buzsalmon]

I really enjoyed this movie. These are what I grew up with. Thanks for sharing them with us. Sincerely.

[@dzyanist]

Aww, this was good..!! .and because of the amazing character-actors that fleshed out this, & and soo many other excellent films.. I know Damian O'Flynn only from "Crack Up" (1946).., but, jeeez, Robert Homans, Vince Barnett, Anne Jeffreys, Dick Purcell, Jack La Rue, Esther Muir.. It was a TOTALLY different time.., & these REAL people made these movies accessible and engaging.., I LOOVE watching these folks do their thing..!!! Thank you for posting it..!!!

[@billywalkabout5076]

Keep quiet Muggsy

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

@@billywalkabout5076 Keep quiet, or it’s curtains for ya, see??

[@billywalkabout5076]

Eye Gotcha Please explain what you’re talking about

[@ritaturner368]

Wow, what a cool juke box, never seen one of these before. Thanks Pizzaflix, another gem.

[@lindickison3055]

Love jukeboxes! I played Floyd Cramer.....my dad looked for Leichtensteiner Polka or Tennessee Waltz (early 50s). Nothin like fun music and a cheeseburger❤

[@imalt8271]

Good movie and Helen Parrish was lovely.

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Homefront WWII movie, our country kicked butt. No wimps invited ! Great cast and storyline.

[@nancysanders2398]

What a Genre of a Movie!! So Enjoyable to watch movies w fast- moving excitement,good story lines! Thanks4 showing it!!

[@bloodgrss]

Really well acted B-and well written suspense. Would have been a TV movie or a Mannix type show in later years, but certainly diverting entertainment. So fast-paced is also a blessing. Thanks.

[@jerryhatley5004]

...great pic and escape from the silliness of this world today....

[@pw529]

NOW THAT'S HOW TO MAKE A GREAT MYSTERY, JUST WISH THEY MADE THEM LIKE THIS TODAY THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING.

[@ramsassmit6007]

"Awright sister, if you're that tired sit down." Don't you dames with great gams just love these old lines?

[@boleyn123]

Sure do. The delivery of lines in these movies was great. Lauren Bacall: If I slap you, you will stay slapped. Rosalind Russell: I am the last of the broad-shouldered broads. Bette Davis: I would love to kiss ya honey, but I just washed my hair. Barbara Stanwick: Where did you learn to drink like that. Answer: Pittsburgh, whats it to ya. They don't write lines like they used to!

[@pravinasings8098]

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." Bogart "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Clark Gable

[@jamesnugent9524]

@@pravinasings8098 pp daily mail

[@pinkbeautytwinkle]

I am sorry, my gams are big, short and fat, so I don't enjoy these lines!

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

Yes, we dames, with the gams, do love it 🥂

[@eddancer1381]

These old classic movies are great and in this 1 the hero gets the pretty girl. Ed

[@blueduck9409]

Women in the 1940s were something else. They had real beauty. They carried themselves in a way that most women dont today. I think the women in all those old movies are more beautiful than anything ive seen today.

[@artcflowers]

Many of today's women seem to opt to airbrush out their facial features and skin variations, then draw or paint them back on leaving them to look like avatars. They all look alike and rather blank. I find it both sad and disturbing. I also sound like an old fart!😂

[@cgpyper7536]

Nice wartime double-feature flick. Noticed how he stayed on the couch overnight instead of the girl's bedroom; refreshing! Thnx PF

[@karenhill3970]

Yes i did notice...morals. Woman respected theirselves. Men respected that...Come on girls ya w me ??!! ..💄💄🙏🙏🙏☺☺🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@lauriecook8226]

Wow, what a cool juke box, never seen one of these before. Thanks Pizzaflix, another gem.

[@j3lny425]

Well it was 1942.

[@aadamtx]

This is the second film I've seen on YT that featured "live" juke boxes as key plot elements. Apparently they were pretty popular through WWII, and at least one was still operational in Pittsburgh in 1996!

[@robertansley6331]

aadamtx I thought I knew of all the old Wurlitzers and juke boxes with remote displays at each booth. _Live_ juke box?

[@aadamtx]

@@robertansley6331 I found an article that refers to them as "live." From what I gather, they were just like in the two films - you'd make a selection and a girl at the other end would spin the disc.

[@robertansley6331]

aadamtx With the crude state of phone lines back then this amazes me. So the girl spins the record and it goes down phone lines to the bar? The juke box is so big but all it really is is just a giant speaker phone! I saw an image on Pinterest of another shorter model that must have been from the same manufacturer because it had that same speaker on the front. It was clearly from another film noir movie, maybe the one you saw. Imagine if we could go back in time and show them a cell phone!

[@tsimmons121]

Same here... I nearly never watched it because I thought seen it before...I wonder how many more have telephone jukeboxes 🤔

[@robynperdieu3434]

There's a Charlie Chan movie with a jukebox as part of the plot.

[@thomasknight1190]

These old black-and-white films just get better and better

[@rickhinojosa5455]

She said "maybe there's a REWARD!!" That was priceless!!😂

[@ksavage8851]

Thanks for posting! Fun movie.

[@GoldandAppel]

Sticking to him til the end! What a sweetie!

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

As it’s meant to be ..... ♥️

[@randyrysdale852]

yeah great movie. they don't make them like that any more. great story and great acting

[@dianevitale1214]

Thanks Pizza. Interesting to see familiar character actors of yore. Also, like looking at the furnishings, autos, etc from that era.

[@karenhill3970]

Oh yes love that too as im watching sooo neat...cant get enough..grew up at Grandparents house Mom s childhood home it was drafty dustbunnies yrs old under old furniture. Musty smells but my PRECIOUS Mom& ger M my Grand Mom loved the house soo much she was 90 when we lost her never went to home Mom took care ..we all loved house sooo much ..then my darling Mom 4 yrs later..premature ly😟😟😟😟😥😥😥but its been 18 yrs i live 300 m away but in my own 1930's house again..guess just love nostalgia, vintage , good memories way bk when"..bye thanks for listening...my Precious relatives & Mom /& Gmom always talked bout good ole days" Momwould hollar fr bk bdroom " oh Mother not that grt at times we were rationed "!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😳🙏🙏💐💐💐💐💐haha. The War u know

[@jeremybear573]

I love watching all the things that make up the atmosphere of these times!

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

Karen Hill The way they hid the music gals in a room Also the air raid sirens A different life then

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

Karen Hill PS Love the roses I fill my house with them

[@neldinsky]

Early for a true noir but damned if it does'nt succeed!! 1942!! wow....great film. NB

[@thatguyinelnorte]

"Lady, this is a hack, not a P-38..."

[@realitycheck3363]

Lol, a jukebox, with real people on the other side playing music for you. Amazing.

[@storylass9071]

Amazing juke box, I've only seen the likes in one other movie.

[@graemesmith6721]

I love how the cop picks up the phone on the dead man's desk, eradicating any prints that might have been on it. Great police work! And why does Delany need Underwood to sign the check he's going to mail him? Wouldn't he sign it before mailing it? And I love how the girl immediately falls for an accused murderer with no proof at all that he's not guilty. Women in these movies are always such saps. "He can't be guilty! He's hot!"

[@SantiagoBernebeu]

The angel with the voice Linda, played by Helen Parrish, sadly passed away age 35. Very sad indeed.

[@marypatten9655]

thank you. great script. great acting.

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

Thank you from Manhattan ©2023

[@jeanleach9359]

Just found you pizza flix, your name is my guarantee of a really good film!

[@laurelvanhouten7924]

This was a super cool movie

[@DmPmRr1959]

From the early 30's on, Neil Hamilton was ALWAYS working. No matter what the part, he was always reliable.

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

Nice, At least it had A Story Line 😊.

[@johnbuchinsky3193]

this is good film noir. great camera work and lighting. very artistic, thank you.

[@thomasgansevoort929]

Great black and white contrast in this film, filmed really well. It's a great pity Helen Parrish died so young. Damien O'Flynn and she made a terriffic film couple.

[@amii.ny.929]

Thoroughly enjoy this.

[@karenhill3970]

This was great!! Sad bout people killed but good suspense & ending...what a generation back then!!...i think " b" movies are wonderful..tfposting!!!!.🇺🇸🇺🇸☺☺

[@badbag9625]

Ok I'm back ...Super film...,.in those days they were called.a .,... MOVIE ! ALWAYS Loved seeing Jack.....Jack LaRue of course ! ! Nothing like topping it with all the PizzaFllix that can be found !

[@doreenlloyd4885]

Not where I came from. Lol they were and still are, called films.😁

[@graemesmith6721]

And then he went off to war and got killed.

[@rmcrae62]

Jack LaRue and 'B' movies go together like peas and carrots

[@billiewilson5197]

Pretty Darn good.!👏🏾 🎥

[@rrich52806]

Cool how they got movie piped in

[@Cracktaculus]

DAMN! Commissioner Gordon sure weathered the years well....20+years later on Batman he pretty much kept the same jib.

[@suzannegabriel8521]

Yes, Neil Hamilton, aka Commissioner Gordon, was also a movie actor.

[@lindickison3055]

Whistlin "Mavourneen" instead of Dixiie!!!!

[@badbag9625]

Hurry ..hurry it's Jack.... it's Jack ! Gotta go watch Jack ! See when film is over !

[@stevef9530]

Finally managed to find a thriller from the 30s or 40s that didn’t have a newspaper reporter solving every crime in sight, rooting out corruption and defying big corporate interests. Drama queens the lot of them...

[@chirellealanalooney7895]

Hi Steve.... Hey, I personally call them Drama Trolls ! Don't you like that better? I find it more discriptive of what they really are, don't you think so too.

[@chirellealanalooney7895]

Hi Steve.... Hey, I personally call them Drama Trolls ! Don't you like that better? I find it more discriptive of what they really are, don't you think so too.

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

I love watching YOU watch them! 🌷

[@davidfergusson4241]

Bogie and Betty and Peter Lorre could have done more with it.

[@dukromeo]

put another dime in the jukebox baby 🤠

[@theosullivan3910]

Good one, thanks.

[@qwerty13380]

Better than a poke in the eye. Not a very plausible plot or story line.

[@jajanesaddictions]

Love you, @Pizza Fix #pizzafix I'm here for my fix, mah pizza fix that is.

[@davidfelix2594]

I was sad to learn that Helen Parrish who played Linda, died of cancer at the tender age of 35 😟😞

[@susanoconnor7299]

Blackout! Lights out!

[@jnazorn0t]

These old movies are the best they just don't make them like this anymore

[@rosemariemcgowan6388]

He doesn't seem too upset that his father died x

[@MichaelGunner123]

Noticed that myself....not a bit shook - up.

[@srinagardiary-lifeinkashmi5731]

Awesome movie 💖

[@tsimmons121]

A good wee movie

[@rrich52806]

Shyver Multiphone used to play music in the restaurants...

[@karenhill3970]

How cool first time in all my Vintage& antique experience , seeing that..!!! Dont remember Granmom or Mom ever mentioning it...bit sooo neat...

[@MichaelGunner123]

Who?

[@Meatcity-sf8fm]

One kind of crazy juke box is that ?

[@leelarson107]

Never could stand Vince Barnett in any movie. Robert Homans always played a cop or a sheriff. Dick Purcell died suddenly in 1943 of a heart attack. Esther Muir was more attractive than appears here. Jack Larue was a versatile character, usually playing the villain. This is really an understated and underrated film overall. I was quite young during the War years, but I was aware of much of what it was like then. And even today that was a better time than we're living in now. At least there was a reason to live.

[@leelarson107]

And then there was Helen Parrish, who was a lovely girl and whom I wished had done more movies.

[@michaelpatanella]

Ive seen through hundreds of these classic films, that adults used to live with parents deep into adulthood. But now if someone does that in 2024, theyre made fun of for doing that same thing. Made fun of for "living in moms basement." Can someone explain that strange thing ??

[@brendamiller8140]

Enjoyed that

[@garrysekelli6776]

Its a good thing they didnt smell people's hands för gunpowder residue after the Shooting.

[@bumblebeemoi]

At 5:35 Inspector Gordon from Batman (TV).

[@sodoffbaldrick3038]

Yep, Neil Hamilton actually started out in silent pictures, but his voice was always so distinctive, I'd recognize him even if I couldn't see his face.

[@billywalkabout5076]

Listen flatfoot you’ve got the wrong guy

[@stephaniehand503]

great movie

[@dremyofit6719]

I'm the dependable type lol, plus I miss making the old fashion prank calls and finding out the girl on the other end is a beautiful person

[@salinagonzalez5221]

Good movie

[@stephaniehand503]

thank you

[@waderaney7]

Excellent

[@wakeupamerica4610]

anybody recognize the mayor of gotham city from the batman tv series?

[@leelarson107]

I never liked the Batman character, even when I was a kid back in the early 1950's. Batman? The only REAL Batman is Dracula.

[@jimbeekman4863]

Neil Hamilton

[@billywalkabout5076]

No shit Sherlock

[@karenhill3970]

Oh my gosh "Commisioner GORDON was it ?! His voice so nice recognizable

[@karenhill3970]

@@leelarson107 thats interesting

[@pressureworks]

1:18 Dial a Record, I wonder if such a Service existed ?

[@mikelucey5035]

It looks like somebody was using this movie to promote it as a business. And it can serve as a public emergency notification system too.

[@carolinejohnson845]

YES.

[@girishsavant2302]

Good noir!

[@lilytyler7851]

don't know and never heard of any of these actors. Gonna rely on the film.

[@j3lny425]

Commissioner Gordon from TV's Batman was one.

[@Ourladyrules]

what a great old movie thanks pizzaflix 🎥🎥🎥🥂👍🍕

[@DateTwoRelate]

At 34:25. Here's a guy accused of double murder and comes upon one of the dead men, and he just decides to go to sleep.

[@magicbulletdancers]

Wow another great film! Thx for posting it. Underwood, not a bad looking fella. His line, "...just mention my name." It could have been, " .. just mention my hairdo." Poor guy :). What about that jukebox ?

[@flyingcatsofthesalishsea.]

46:01 “can’t you go any faster” “lady this is a hack not a p-38” lol 1942 ?..at war..the lighting was very new and even faster..too funny

[@xmillion1704]

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning introduced in 1941?

[@flyingcatsofthesalishsea.]

@@xmillion1704 First flight‎: ‎27 January 1939..wiki..

[@xmillion1704]

@@flyingcatsofthesalishsea. - Maybe I misunderstood your first comment. It seemed that you were saying that the Lightning was faster than the P-38. Aren't they the same plane? ("First flight", of course, is not the same as "introduced", which I take as meaning, "introduced into combat".)

[@flyingcatsofthesalishsea.]

@@xmillion1704 hey Xmill, In the movie (1941?) I thought it notable that in the script of the movie that a charachter commented on the P-38 Lighting as being "I am a hack not a p--38 lighting" during the early war years. Only 2 years after its development...you would think ...it being a little classified..lol no? The first Lightning to see active service was the F-4 version, a P-38E in which the guns were replaced by four K17 cameras.[63] They joined the 8th Photographic Squadron in Australia on 4 April 1942.[36] Three F-4s were operated by the Royal Australian Air Force in this theater for a short period beginning in September 1942 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning

[@alphonsozorro7952]

German Bf 109s outperformed the P-38, and added to better-skilled German pilots, the P-38 losses were high in every confrontation with German fighters. Only the Japanese patrol planes were sitting ducks to the P-38s.

[@friendsofthegerund7693]

33:41 He said "jimmy" instead of "jemmy". Minus 10 points.

[@GoldandAppel]

Don't be scared! Listen to the patsy!

[@gavinreid8351]

It is a federal offence to move tyres even if they're frozen. What ?!

[@gavinreid8351]

Is it because there's a war on?

[@prevost8686]

gavin Reid yes. Rubber was being rationed, along with other goods, during the war. Since most raw materials for rubber came from Asia , It created and instant black market for everyday items that used to be taken for granted. Rubber, gasoline, steel, aluminum all became valuable until industry could catch up with demand.

[@mrdanforth3744]

In 1942 all existing stocks of tires were put into bonded warehouses and could only be sold with a government priority . If you had a car, the serial numbers on the tires were registered with the government. When they wore out you might be allowed to have them retreaded but new tires were almost impossible to get.

[@santodipiazza8263]

Great Juke Box but can't find anything about them online

[@gavinreid8351]

Presumably because it is not a jukebox...

[@Satters]

cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Multiphone

[@sodoffbaldrick3038]

Telephone music services were quite common in the U.S. prior to WWII.

[@jimduncan5860]

Did call-in juke boxes really exist?

[@mikelucey5035]

Weird thing, there is another movie with the same name ( made in 1931) from the same source material, in which the actress playing “Linda” is also. She plays,” Young Gloria” in that one.

[@CosmeticsBeautyAndMaturity2nd]

I wish there was a way to know if we already watched the movies on KZbin. You'd think KZbin could do that us?!?! they make so much money and seem to IGNORE a very IMPORTANT Feature. While NETFLIX has a way.

[@denisejohnson2960]

In youtube, the thumbnail will have a red line on the bottom of the picture. That way it means viewed already. If you "liked it" the "like" will be highlighted.

[@doreenlloyd4885]

You can always delete it.

[@flyinspirals]

You put a nickel in the jukebox and a miniature girl inside takes your request?

[@garyboyd2799]

Never heard of it before but have seen it in a couple of old movies now. The other was a Charlie Chan movie.

[@rrich52806]

Shyver Multiphone

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

She’s life size, but only size 4

[@PAULINAMAYI]

what a juk box

[@gavinreid8351]

I was think that, but is it really a jukebox, ? Not automated if people are in it.

[@1962pjh]

Ya that thing is way cool .Telephone jukebox, Some entrepreneur probably had a dozen or so spread around the town

[@rogerscottcathey]

is that live juke box for real? cute.

[@billywalkabout5076]

They robbed him out gangster style

[@ikt8617]

Okay, so I might be naive but did the radio room where you phoned up a record and a hottie played it for you really exist?

[@patrickryan1515]

Fun!

[@ksr7271]

jolly movie!

[@leelarson107]

Check it out at 38:40. There's a war on. Everything is 'rationed' (that was a hoax), and yet the girl has her own car and is able to drive around.

[@leelarson107]

And check out the hatcheck girl at 38:59.........how does she afford a car like THAT?

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I knew this was going to be a good movie when I saw that it was approved with certificate #8746.🙄

[@billywalkabout5076]

I got class See ! I’m going legit See !

[@stevieray7920]

I never knew those juke boxes existed.

[@rosalindayoung7269]

How could that cop on the beat be so arrogant or naive, one or the other, to think that he couldn't get plugged, He should have walked away and got helpsince he knew the name of one of the thugs...ugh! I hate stupidity.

[@soniavadnjal7553]

There probably wouldn't be a story otherwise. A lot hangs on stupidity.

[@davidcarlson2152]

The hero gets the pretty girl and her plain girlfriend takes it well.

[@krinkle909]

+David Carlson There are people in the world who can be happy for another person's happiness -- even in today's wild and crazy times :)

[@flyinspirals]

It's the secret of happiness...

[@maureenclarke8120]

Her girlfriend already mentioned having a guy. She said that's why she couldn't stay over, because he would think she was up to something.

[@cookiemustard8753]

@@maureenclarke8120 No, she said "You know ma, she'll think I was up to something."

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@krinkle909 Sure, in Hollywood hokey movies, but in real world, even among US sluts, jealousy is second nature.