Mabel McKay believes that she bears a striking resemblance to a movie star named Martha Mason. Mabel murders her husband and buries him in the garden. She tries to cover up the murder, but decides against it when she realizes all the publicity she can get. watch
While investigating a murder in a theater, a detective uncovers a strange web of tensions revolving around a ventriloquist and his female dummy. watch
A detective investigates the death of a man found in the basement of a vaudeville theatre. After some questioning, he determines that the headliner, a ventriloquist named Fabian (Claude Rains) may have been visited by the murdered man just before his death. As he probes further, the detective soon discovers that this murder may have something to do with Fabian's odd mental state and his curious devotion to a particularly beautiful marionette that he uses in his act. watch