Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
Murder by Appointment in a New Mystery Picture at the Seventh Avenue Roxy.
A.D.S.
Published: July 3, 1933
The killer in "Tomorrow at Seven" at the Seventh Avenue Roxy is a romantic gentleman who appears to be suffering from an overdose of crime fiction. He practices his vocation by appointment only, announcing his visits with an ace of spades on which usually appears the hour of his intended arrival.
It is not strange that sentimental reporters refer to him as the Ace of Spades. It is odd that intended victims do not inform the Ace they are sorry, but will not be home at 7.
As a matter of fact, the characters do not take the killer too seriously. They could not, with Allen Jenkins and Frank McHugh as a pair of detectives. As a semi-humorous murder mystery the film is neither very funny nor very mysterious. It is—to us a word that should never be juxtaposed with homicide—mild.
For the benefit of amateur sleuths, these are the Ace's major victims:
Marsden: an elderly art collector; murdered as he boasts about an old master he has picked up for a paltry $50,000; alone with murderer at time of death, but camera shows only the victim; makes a gurgling noise at moment of death, but method of killer not revealed.
Winters: trusted secretary of Thornton Drake, for whom the knife was really intended; harmless and rather dull; stabbed through heart on airplane which goes dark at seven on the dot, the time announced for the demise of Mr. Drake; big question is, Did he die by accident?
Henderson , pilot of airplane, who might have known why the lights on the plane went out; stabbed at night in his room in old Louisiana mansion; did he know too much?
The principal character is Chester Morris, a crime novelist who is gathering material on the Ace for a book. Vivienne Osborne, as the daughter of Winters, seems to interest Mr. Morris more than the identity of the Black Ace.
TOMORROW AT SEVEN, based on a story by Ralph Spence; directed by Ray Enright; an RKO production.
Neil Broderick . . . . . Chester Morris
Martha Winters . . . . . Vivienne Osborne
Clancy . . . . . Frank McHugh
Dugan . . . . . Allen Jenkins
Thornton Drake . . . . . Henry Stephenson
Mr. Winters . . . . . Grant Mitchell
Marsden . . . . . Oscar Apfel
Henderson . . . . . Cornelius Keefe
Coroner . . . . . Edward Le Saint
Murder by Appointment in a New Mystery Picture at the Seventh Avenue Roxy.
A.D.S.
Published: July 3, 1933
The killer in "Tomorrow at Seven" at the Seventh Avenue Roxy is a romantic gentleman who appears to be suffering from an overdose of crime fiction. He practices his vocation by appointment only, announcing his visits with an ace of spades on which usually appears the hour of his intended arrival.
It is not strange that sentimental reporters refer to him as the Ace of Spades. It is odd that intended victims do not inform the Ace they are sorry, but will not be home at 7.
As a matter of fact, the characters do not take the killer too seriously. They could not, with Allen Jenkins and Frank McHugh as a pair of detectives. As a semi-humorous murder mystery the film is neither very funny nor very mysterious. It is—to us a word that should never be juxtaposed with homicide—mild.
For the benefit of amateur sleuths, these are the Ace's major victims:
Marsden: an elderly art collector; murdered as he boasts about an old master he has picked up for a paltry $50,000; alone with murderer at time of death, but camera shows only the victim; makes a gurgling noise at moment of death, but method of killer not revealed.
Winters: trusted secretary of Thornton Drake, for whom the knife was really intended; harmless and rather dull; stabbed through heart on airplane which goes dark at seven on the dot, the time announced for the demise of Mr. Drake; big question is, Did he die by accident?
Henderson , pilot of airplane, who might have known why the lights on the plane went out; stabbed at night in his room in old Louisiana mansion; did he know too much?
The principal character is Chester Morris, a crime novelist who is gathering material on the Ace for a book. Vivienne Osborne, as the daughter of Winters, seems to interest Mr. Morris more than the identity of the Black Ace.
TOMORROW AT SEVEN, based on a story by Ralph Spence; directed by Ray Enright; an RKO production.
Neil Broderick . . . . . Chester Morris
Martha Winters . . . . . Vivienne Osborne
Clancy . . . . . Frank McHugh
Dugan . . . . . Allen Jenkins
Thornton Drake . . . . . Henry Stephenson
Mr. Winters . . . . . Grant Mitchell
Marsden . . . . . Oscar Apfel
Henderson . . . . . Cornelius Keefe
Coroner . . . . . Edward Le Saint