Stranger on the Third Floor / The Face Behind the Mask

STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR, 1940, Warner Bros., 64 min. Dir. Boris Ingster. A newspaper reporter (John McGuire) plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK, 1941, Sony Repertory, 69 min. Dir. Robert Florey. Peter Lorre is an immigrant watchmaker, horribly disfigured in a fire, whose despair and alienation lead him into a life of crime. A friendship with a young blind woman (Evelyn Keyes) offers him a shot at love and redemption. Plus, preceding the features, Eddie Muller’s short film directorial debut: “The Grand Inquisitor” (2008, 20 min.) A young woman (Leah Dashe) discovers a cache of used books that she believes holds clues to solving decades-old crimes. When the authorities dismiss her, she takes matters into her own hands, ringing the doorbell of Hazel Reedy (Hunt), a lonely recluse who may or may not be the widow of America's most notorious serial killer.