![]() Harcourt- The unofficial leader of the group becomes closer to Peacemaker until she is haunted by her past when she runs into her old flame, Lenny "Crusher" Crock who calls her Tigress. (Living Assault Weapons)Īdebayo- When she is finally "rescued" she has an emotional confrontation with her mother that finally sets her apart from Waller and it's cemented when she requests from the UN to create Project Peacemaker with her as the director. Secretly, Peacemaker is battling through arguments with his dead father who is credited as The Gentleman Ghost. Peacemaker, Eagly, Vigilante, Adebayo, Harcourt, and Economos gather criminals from Belle Reve, aided by Marlene the lunch lady, to stop Der Fledermaus. Meanwhile, a costumed racist calling himself Der Fledermaus reestablishes himself in order to recruit like-minded villains to overthrow the US government as the US is feeling stronger than ever having found flagship heroes in P&V. Although underground, she uses what connections she still has to "rescue" her daughter and have the others killed. There is nothing really positive I can say about the movie other than it was blessedly short! By the way, at about 32 minutes into the film, note the breast grabbing scene-something you might just see in a Pre-Code film but you'd never have seen once this Production Code was strengthened and adopted in 1934.Waller must go into hiding after being outed at the end of season 1 and fears her daughter is a victim of something nefarious. I cannot recommend this film to anyone-even people who like bad films, as this one wasn't bad enough to be funny-it was just plain bad. In 1931, perhaps people thought this was all a funny farce. As for leading man John Halliday, he also overdid it quite a bit. ![]() He was lousy, but fortunately he didn't stick around for long. After several actors came in and out of the set, in came "Ivan" (Arthur Edmund Carewe) to prove that Strozzi was not the only actor who could produce a crappy and unconvincing Russian accent! I think, honestly, that any of the Ritz Brothers could have done this job better. Kids in high school productions usually have better accents than hers! And, to top it off, within the first ten minutes of the film, three different women fainted-talk about a load of malarkey! These factors combined with the style of the production (with people walking on and off camera much like they'd do it in a play) made me realize early on that I was in for a very long ride, indeed. She didn't know if she was supposed to be French, Russian or just an idiot. The first thing I noticed is how much Kay Strozzi sucked in this film! This probably sounds very harsh, but when this actress came storming into the home of Ambrose Applejohn, I was just bowled over by how terrible her accents were. It's like your typical "old dark house" film so common in this era but on steroids-with everything coming rapidly and with no letup. He is dying for some adventure in his life, and almost immediately it begins! People start coming in and out of his house at an alarming rate and he is deeply involved in all sorts of silly intrigue. CAPTAIN APPLEJACK begins with Ambrose home on a stormy night in his mansion. It was originally a stage production and in this case, it looks like they must have filmed it as it was done on stage-loud and over-emoted. Because of that, the cast was apparently informed to really overdo it-with some of the broadest acting I have ever seen.
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