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The Crystal Ball

""I've Got a Message for You...YES YOU!""

A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.

Top Cast

  • Paulette Goddard

    Paulette Goddard

    Toni Gerard

  • Ray Milland

    Ray Milland

    Brad Cavanaugh

  • Gladys George

    Gladys George

    Madame Zenobia

  • Cecil Kellaway

    Cecil Kellaway

    Pop Tibbets

  • Virginia Field

    Virginia Field

    Jo Ainsley

  • William Bendix

    William Bendix

    Biff Carter

  • Yvonne De Carlo

    Yvonne De Carlo

    Secretary

  • Iris Adrian

    Iris Adrian

    Mrs. Angela Martin

  • Hazel Dohlman

    Hazel Dohlman

    Party Guest (uncredited)

Overview

A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.

Rating

6.1 / 10
16 Reviews
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Jun 26, 2022

    Paulette Goddard is good in this daft mystic caper. Down on her luck, she arrives in New York with just 38 cents. She decides to learn her future by consulting the fortune-telling "Madame Zenobia" (Gladys George) who is quite clearly making it all up as she goes along; but on discovering that "Toni" is quite a decent sort, gives her a job trying to lure some more gullible folks to her booth. Meantime, another of her suppliers manages to send her the wealthy "Mrs. Ainsley" (Virginia Field) who is on the lookout for a missing emerald ring which low and behold the medium tells her to look for in the bathroom drain pipe... When "Zenobia" has a slight mishap, "Toni" takes her place and also sets her sights on Ray Milland - the dapper "Brad" who is the lawyer and would-be beau of the wealthy woman. Add to this a dodgy property scam and we have quite a fun mix of stories that allows Milland and the three quite characterful women to do their jobs quite well. Sadly, the humour is very predictable and the dialogue a bit too lightweight to sustain much interest once the original scenario thins out, but it is still a workmanlike vehicle for the stars that is enjoyable enough.

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