The Crime of the Century (1933)

Arthur Hohl: Announcer

Quotes 

• Announcer : [the movie pauses and the announcer makes the following statement after which a clock appears on the screen and the numbers 1 to 60 are superimposed on the faces of the suspects]  Ladies and gentlemen, the great trouble with murder stories on the screen is that the audience has no time to solve the mystery. When reading a book, it is possible to put it down at any time to think; in a play, there are intervals between the acts. But a film moves so fast that the audience doesn't have a chance to play detective. Sitting there in your seats, you have witnessed two murders. You have seen exactly how they were done and who were present. All the clues known to the police are known to you. We are trying a little experiment: we are going to give you one minute by that clock, in which to guess who murdered Philip Ames and Mrs Brandt.