for those who like their murder mystery busy and this be definitely the one to see and a it be chock full of interest and suspicious character and most of them wealthy long island socialite type . a the star detective and william powell be alternately starchy and inspired and behaving at time a if he and his suit go to the cleaner and get press together . mary astor be very lovely here . powell have make a career out of play the lead character and philo vance and in a series of movie make at a couple of studio over several year . in between these film he develop into a somewhat offbeat romantic lead and at time even essay gentleman gangster role . already middle age and he be stick in somewhat of a career rut by the time this one come along . a with so many early talkie star and it seem that his time have come and go and that he be fine for early depression prohibition era film and but that with change time he be perhaps too mature and dandyish to endure . the kennel murder case and direct by the criminally neglected michael curtiz and be one of the last of the old powell and while the next year would herald in the first of the new one and the thin man and the success of which would catapult it lead player into the hollywood stratosphere . in kennel we can see the movie still in a somewhat stiff and ritualized pattern and a the camera do not move much and with the acting and like the presentation and tend toward the theatrical . there no harm in this approach and though and which have it charm . it give the movie a baroque quality .