4/27  MYSTERY DOUBLE FEATURE

(First feature):  CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA  (1936) Director: H. Bruce Humberstone.   Cast:  Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Keye Luke, Charlotte Henry, William Demarest, Thomas Beck, Margaret Irving.  Chan (Oland) investigates the murders of members of an opera company….Who is the REAL murderer?

(Second feature):  SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SPIDER WOMAN  (1944) Director: Roy William Neill.  Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Mary Gordon.  Holmes (Rathbone) is on the trail of a mysterious villainess (Sondergaard) who he believes is responsible for a series of bizarre "suicides".  One of the most popular entries in Universal's "Sherlock Holmes" series.