Too Much, Too Soon (MOD) "Women"

Too Much, Too Soon (MOD) "Women"When Errol Flynn was a young movie idol, he became a crony of aging star John Barrymore, whose rich talent was ravaged by an excess of booze and life. Years later, Flynn leaped at the chance to portray his old friend in this riveting and cautionary 1958 film based on the biography by Barrymore's daughter Diana and gave a triumphant performance that promised more dramatic greatness to come, if only Flynn hadn't died at just 50 the next year. Dorothy

retiring soon after the advent of the Talkies

A bobby is murdered nearby

Corbeck's daughter

But now the stakes are suddenly raised

save yourself

And the camerawork glides with bravura artistry

including Flynn padded out as Santa in a farcical mistaken-identity scene with another Santa

played for laughs and

carefully leaving no evidence of his guilt

whose considerable skills didn't extend beyond acting

A world of girders and cable - that's where Mack Hale works

Bernadette Peters and Jessica Harper form the triangle of this razzle-dazzler in which lip-synched 1930s songs contrast with characters' lives