William "Stage" Boyd was a stage actor who used "Stage" as his middle name in order to avoid confusion with the already popular William Boyd (later of Hopalong Cassidy fame). He almost wrecked Hoppy's career because when stories started appearing about Stage Boyd's bad behaviour - the pictures used were of the other William Boyd (Hoppy).
William "Stage" Boyd is quite good as the private investigator Bill Cornish. Someone tries to take a pot shot at Dr. Walcott (Hooper Atchley) when he is with Bill Cornish. Cornish has been showing him a special pair of glasses that can magnify objects up to a block away. All evidence points to Erich (John Harron) and his fiancée Enid Van Buren (the beautiful Claudia Dell) as being the shooters. When they catch Erich, he tells them an incredible story.
His fiancée came with her brother to stay at the Clarendon Arms. Edith is called away and when she returns the hotel deny all knowledge of her and her brother staying there. When she calls in the police she is placed in an asylum. When Erich gets her out, he starts taking pot shots at guests from the hotel to give them a warning.
The plot is almost identical to a very excellent 1950 British film called "So Long at the Fair" with Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. The latter film is a high quality production and has a superior cast. Also setting the film during the French exposition make the story line much more believable.
There is a very scary sequence at the end of "Midnight Warning". Edith is taken to the morgue to see her brother and is locked in with the bodies - it is very blood curdling, especially seen at night.
William "Stage" Boyd is quite good as the private investigator Bill Cornish. Someone tries to take a pot shot at Dr. Walcott (Hooper Atchley) when he is with Bill Cornish. Cornish has been showing him a special pair of glasses that can magnify objects up to a block away. All evidence points to Erich (John Harron) and his fiancée Enid Van Buren (the beautiful Claudia Dell) as being the shooters. When they catch Erich, he tells them an incredible story.
His fiancée came with her brother to stay at the Clarendon Arms. Edith is called away and when she returns the hotel deny all knowledge of her and her brother staying there. When she calls in the police she is placed in an asylum. When Erich gets her out, he starts taking pot shots at guests from the hotel to give them a warning.
The plot is almost identical to a very excellent 1950 British film called "So Long at the Fair" with Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. The latter film is a high quality production and has a superior cast. Also setting the film during the French exposition make the story line much more believable.
There is a very scary sequence at the end of "Midnight Warning". Edith is taken to the morgue to see her brother and is locked in with the bodies - it is very blood curdling, especially seen at night.