{"id":35559,"date":"2024-04-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35559"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:57:33","slug":"the-crooked-circle-1932-starring-zasu-pitts-james-gleason-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35559","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Crooked Circle&#8221; (1932) starring Zasu Pitts &#038; James Gleason \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z040724zview_crookedcircle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"745\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Crooked Circle <\/strong><\/em>(1932)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>\u00a0H. Bruce Humberstone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Ralph Spence <\/strong>(original screenplay), <strong>Tim Whelan <\/strong>(additional dialogue)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, C. Henry Gordon, Raymond Hatton, Berton Churchill, Spencer Charters, Robert Frazer, Frank Reicher <\/strong>and <strong>Christian Rub<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>WHAT TIME IS IT WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 13? THRILLS will creep on you-LAUGHS will leap on you! IN ZASU PITTS FIRST FEATURE PICTURE<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Crooked Circle, a secret group of criminals, has vowed to kill Colonel Theodore Walters.\u00a0 Walters is a member of the Sphinx Club, a group of amateur detectives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the Sphinx Club meets at a creepy, old mansion, the Crooked Circle plan to make good on their vow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Crooked Circle<\/em> is a variation on &#8220;The Old Dark House&#8221; movies that were popular in the era.\u00a0 Hidden passageways, ghosts, bad guys and a touch of comedy are staples of this genre.<\/p>\n<p>Zasu Pitts and James Gleason were the top billed stars, but their characters aren&#8217;t the main focus of the film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zasu is her real name.\u00a0 Her mother made it up taking the last two letters of Eliza and the first two letters of Susan.\u00a0 Her mother&#8217;s sisters were named Eliza and Susan.<\/p>\n<p>Zasu Pitts was the inspiration for Popeye&#8217;s girlfriend, Olive Oyle!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><em><strong>The Crooked Circle <\/strong><\/em>(1932) rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z040724zview_crookedcircle2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crooked Circle (1932) Director: \u00a0H. 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