Review of The Midnight Girl

Were it not for the presence of Bela Lugosi (and perhaps Lila Lee's as well), I doubt this film would be much remembered. It's a rather routine melodrama about a rich young man (Gareth Hughes, whose performance is blandness incarnate) who falls for an aspiring singer (Lila Lee). His lecherous stepfather (Lugosi) also has his eye on the beautiful girl, and wants her to offer herself to him in exchange for an operatic career. Even at the time of its release this would have seemed like treading water. Outside of Lugosi's charismatic performance and a shockingly brutal attempted rape scene during the climax, you definitely won't be remembering much of this one once it's over with.