Product: Angel On My Shoulder (UK PAL Region 0)
Rating: 5.0
Classic performers in minor outing
Paul Muni and Claude Rains, two of the most accomplished film actors of the thirties and forties, here take a routine vehicle and make it an experience worth having. The script and supporting cast are from the production factory but these two make it seem better than it is. They are the film and worth the price of admission. Anne Baxter, while not yet in their league, shows some of the qualities which made her a star in just a few more years. Watching them. one is reminded of the fact that acting styles change as do audience expectations. As one enjoys (or does not enjoy) these performances, one realizes that comparing them with current actors is not a question of asking who is better but rather of realizing that they are different, different in training, different in style, different in the eyes of their audiences. The member of a film audience who can accept both approaches is opening him-or-herself to much gratification.