With Halloween just around the corner, it's no wonder that TCM has decided to haul out this "Passing Parade" short from the James Nesbitt series.
WHO'S SUPERSTITIOUS? covers familiar ground when it comes to superstitious myths but does it in an entertaining way. I was surprised to see DON TAYLOR doing a small role as a sailor (in 1943), since I thought he'd become a contract player at MGM by that time.
Walking under a ladder, a black cat crossing your path, telling a lie and crossing your fingers, knocking on wood and things of that nature are illustrated and explained briefly. Too much time is spent on the story behind the Flying Dutchman and the ship at sea but for a finale there's a good laugh at the way thirteen steps lead to a woman's fall on the steps of her brownstone.
Passes the time pleasantly.
WHO'S SUPERSTITIOUS? covers familiar ground when it comes to superstitious myths but does it in an entertaining way. I was surprised to see DON TAYLOR doing a small role as a sailor (in 1943), since I thought he'd become a contract player at MGM by that time.
Walking under a ladder, a black cat crossing your path, telling a lie and crossing your fingers, knocking on wood and things of that nature are illustrated and explained briefly. Too much time is spent on the story behind the Flying Dutchman and the ship at sea but for a finale there's a good laugh at the way thirteen steps lead to a woman's fall on the steps of her brownstone.
Passes the time pleasantly.