If you weren't around when Monogram and Producers Releasing Corporation were churning out grade Z pictures for third-rate movie houses, this is the perfect introduction to them. You have flimsy sets, even flimsier dialog, co-stars Jean Parker and Peter Cookson trying against insurmountable odds to rival Myrna Loy and William Powell and a yarn about a murdered stockbroker that makes no sense whatsoever. Even better, you have the talent of William "One Shot" Beaudine,a director prized by poverty row studios because he invariably found the first take he took so brilliant, there was no need to waste money shooting another. As a side-trip into cinema history, Kitty O'Day is of interest. As a movie, that's another story. And a pretty lame one.
Review of Detective Kitty O'Day
