CAT
MAN OF PARIS
1946.....65
minutes
Carl Esmond, Lenore Aubert, Adele Mara
Carl
Esmond stars as Charles Reigner, an amnesia victim who may or
may not be fiendish "Catman" who has been cutting
a homicial swath throughout Gay Paree. Essentially a Jeckyll-Hyde
story, the film borrows a page from Oscar Wilde's anco 7 Argentina's
first 1946 release, Christina stars screen favorite Zully Moreno
as the title character. It's the old saw about the country lass
who finds herself cast adrift in the Big City. She finds brief
happiness in the arms of wealthy Esteban Serador, but he turns
out to be a cad and a bounder. To no one's surprise, Moreno
is rescued by hometown sweetheart Alberto Closas, who has remained
faithful through it all. Very standard stuff, Christina coasts
by on the appeal of Zully Moreno, who seems much too intelligent
to be mouthing the inane dialogue she is given.
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