Behind the Mask (Monogram) (1946)

CITY PUBL | CONFAB ON CRIME | | $20 George Chandler and co-stars Barbara Reed and Kane Richmond are a | bit concerned about a criminal posing as the Shadow in “Behind the Mask,” latest Monogram Shadow laugh mystery at the theatre. Two Column Scene Mat No. 8-20 ACTRESS KEEPS BUSY ON THE SET BETWEEN FILM SCENES Barbara Reed is one actress who believes in hobbies, and she doesn’t let any picture interfere with her extracurricular pursuits. On the set of Monogram’s “Behind the Mask,” she didn’t relax behind a good book or cup of tea between scenes, |and his girl in his arms. | |is a playboy, ies off as the Shadow. The situa LATEST SHADOW MYSTERY COMBINES LAUGHS, THRILLS (Review) Monogram’s “Behind the Mask” is a lively detective thriller which sparkles with suspense and hilarious byplay. The comedy mystery had its first showing at the theatre yesterday, and proved a winner in the capable hands of co-stars Kane Richmond and Barbara Reed. The Joe Kaufman production nt Tse Oe the second in the new Shadow | LISTEN, WISE GUY! ies based on the copyrighted stories. published in the Shadow Magazine. Director Phil Karlson is entitled to generous applause for his direction of the George Callahan screenplpay based on Arthur Hoerl’s original story. The drama gets off to a fast start, and never lets: up until the Shadow has his men behind bars, For a while it looks like Kane Richmond will never get Barbara | Reed as close to him as he would | like. A newspaper columnist is mur| dered by a man wearing the dark | mask, black cape and hat of the| } Shadow, and that forces Richmond to delay his marriage until he discovers who is wearing his disguise. | Between other people’s crimes, Kane but when criminals run rampant he becomes the Shadow to help the law. This time he’s faced with a tough proposition, with the police on his trail and a murderer to catch before he again pass tions are complex and humorous, with Richmond and Miss Reed involved in romantic and threatening moments until the Shadow finally uncovers the criminal. Inspector Joseph Crehan warns | Kane Richmond to keep his nose oh but confined herself to her first love, ceramics. to those who may be* Ceramics, unacquainted with the name or ac tivity, pertains to pottery or work| executed wholly or partly in clay and baked. Miss Reed has been an ardent worker in the art for a number of years. In fact, she amazed the motion picture world several years ago when she suddenly left pictures to spend most of her time at Laguna Beach’s art colony in California. “It’s wonderful the things you can | mold with clay,” declares Miss Reed. “It’s a creative hobby, and it gives you amazing control over your finger muscles.” that have brought commendation for her skill. Some film players like to lie down on a soft couch or sit back in an easy chair to relax between picture | scenes, but that would just be boring to the ambitious Miss Reed. “Ceramics,” she says, ‘give me all the relaxation I need. The work takes my mind off the script and sets my thoughts in other channels, so that when I have to act again my mind is clear and I feel as light | as a feather.” Barbara rarely misses a “line” in her dialogue. Co-starring with Kane mond in “Behind the Mask,” Miss Reed is now appearing at the ...... theatre. Phil Karlson directed the newest Shadow mystery comedydrama, and Joe Kaufman was the producer. The screenplay by George Callahan, from Arthur Hoerl’s orig inal story, is based on the copyright| ed stories published in the Shadow Magazine. “McGEE” CLOSET Her home and dress| ing room are full of her creations | Line In Script Picks Right Horse From now on comedian George Chandier is going to pay more attention to the lines in his scripts. In the filming of a scene for Monogram’s Shadow mystery drama, “Behind the Mask,” Chandler had a line to say to a bookmaker in the picture: “Number 3 in the third at Caliente. Five to win.” On the very next day, the horse Hadaway, No. 3 in the third race at Caliente, won his race, and was also part of the fourth largest daily double in history, paying $6107.20 for a two-dollar bet. But, unfortun| ately, neither Chandler, co-stars | Kane Richmond and Barbara Reed, | nor any other member of the cast, | made a hunch bet. | Chandler is trying to find out | from George Callahan, writer of the | screenplay and Arthur Hoerl, orig| inal story author, how they get their tips so early, since the script was written many weeks before the race | was run. The Joe Kaufman pro-| | diction is-now..at the 2.5.5 i305. | | |Chandler as the chauffeur. | |thea Kent, Joseph Crehan, Pierre | Kane Richmond, as the Shadow and playboy, is first rate, with Barbara Reed’s girl-friend performance on a par. Adding to the many light moments of the film is George Watkin, Robet Shayne, James Card well, Joyce Compton and Ed Gargan | are more than capable in supporting roles. AS simon-pure entertainment, “Behind the Mask” rates attention. GOLFER Kane Richmond, co-starred with Barbara Reed in “Behind the Mask,’ Monogram’s newest Shadow detective thriller, based on the copyrighted stories pub lished in the Shadow Magazine, is an avid golfer in his spare time, averaging scores of professional calibre. The Joe Kaufman production opens At UneAL jc to theatre. Comic Builds Family Band George Chandler, who plays the| Shadow’s chauffeur in Monogram’s Doro| Rich| | theatre. : theatre, had his own dance | band before he entered films. Cur|rently he’s organizing another band, Blonde Actress An ie ee Overseas Trouper | the piano is played by seven-yearThe fact that she was married and | old Ward. Michael, the youngest of had a three-year-old son didn’t stop | Chandler's sons,.pounds the drums | blonde actress June Clyde from go-| 22d, according to the actor, “It's ‘ing overseas for two years with a/| the only thing he doesn’t break.” |USO unit to entertain the war| weary troops. With her husband in the Army, June had ample reason Kane Richmond and Barbara Reed co-star in this latest of Monogram’s | “Behind The Mask,” currently at the | | son Gary fiddles the violin; while | out of police affairs in Monogram’s merry Shadow mystery, “Behind the Mask,” co-starring Richmond and Barbara Reed and coming to the theatre on ........ One Col. Scene Mat No. S-4 eee eee ceee Sub Director Carries On “The show must go on” is a long lived theatrical motto which applies to film directors as well. During | the shooting of Monogram’s mystery | comedy, “Behind the Mask,” direc| tor Phil Karlson suddenly came 'down with ptomaine ‘which necessitated confinement to | bed. However, shooting continued without interruption when producer Joe Kaufman secured William Beaudine to substitute in the directorial post until director poisoning, the ailing re || turned the next day. Kane Richmond and _ Barbara Reed are the co-stars of “Behind the Mask,’ which is currently at the theatre. The detec| tive comedy film is the latest in the |new Shadow series. YOU FOR ME | | | | | | | to stay at home and take care of eeu Tegeer) Gare aee their infant son. But she felt it her rr by police insp sepn \Te-| war duty to keep up the spirits of han in Monogram’s “Behind the! the boys, so she put little Clyde in a Mask,’ he runs into one of those ;nursery while she traveled more “Fibber McGee and Molly” closets.| han 60 thousand miles through It’s a closet that he opens expecting North Africa, Italy, Prante andsGerto find a criminal, only to have all many, putting on her act with Mary | Brian. its contents, from hats to shoes,| «pening the Mask” is June! come tumbling down on him. Kane| Clyde’s latest film appearance. The Richmond, as the Shadow, helps|Monogram mystery thriller is the| solve the crime with the aid star Barbara Reed in the second | of co-| latest in the new Shadow series co| starring Kane Richmond and Bar Shadow mystery comedy-drama, now at the During an investigation of a mur bara Reed, now playing at the theatre. Phil Karlson di| rected the Joe Kaufman production. ' theatre. ee ey new mystery comedy-dramas based | on the copyrighted stories published | | in the Shadow Magazine. Joe Kaufman was the producer, with Phil Karlson as director. | NEWSPAPER WORK Robert Shayne, who was a report| er before he went on the New York | stage, gets the job many newspaper | : s people aim for in Monogram’s “Be| sean a eae See hind the Mask,” now at the | | . | Mask,” newest Shadow comedy mystheatre. Shayne plays an editor in tery due ‘ at the ie the latest Shadow mystery comedy-| theatre, with Richmond and Bardrama co-starring Kane Richmond | bara Reed as co-stars. and Barbara Reed. One Col. Scene Mat No. eee eee S-3