Le Crime De Monsieur Lange - 1936

This is an odd little film. For a start it's quite unknown. But it's also a remarkably good story and I enjoyed it. A man and a woman arrive at a cafe in France hoping to get accommodation for the night. The customers and owner recognise the man from a 'wanted for murder' poster. As they decide what should become of the man (who is asleep upstairs) the woman comes down and sis with them, telling the events leading up to that day. Renoir's good so all fine with me.

Murder with Pictures - 1936 ****

Oh Yes! This is the type of movie I needed after this weekend to cheer me up. Ironically the 2 films I have enjoyed the most have both starred Lewis Ayres. Ayres (again) this time plays a good guy (for a change) who is caught up in the middle of a murder investigation after someone is killed at a gathering of reporters and photographers. It's actually a really good story despite the sadly dire quality of the film (I do wish more of these less well-known classic movies would be digitally remastered) and I was pretty keen to find the culprit. Lew Ayres was excellent, and I think this is the start of my researching into his filmography for much more of his work.