This is a fairly good movie. What really stands out to me, aside from the all-around good performances, is the superb, mysterious, evocative set design of Madame Monet's mansion/wax museum. There's an interior stairway that would not have been out of place in a castle (hey, maybe it was used for that!) and the furniture is very rich and interesting.
I was thinking how Universal was still making those great Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes films at this period. One comment: I like this movie, but I like the Charlie Chan or Sherlock Holmes films of the time more, because there is also some element of humor. I feel the absence of that here; I get a bit weary of the constant angst of the self-doubting hero. Of course I realize, humor would be out of place in these Inner Sanctum movies; but for me, that means a movie I like, but don't love, as I do the Sherlock Holmes movies.
Review of The Frozen Ghost
