'The Ghost Camera' (1933) – Bernard Vorhaus.

Ida Lupino, Henry Kendall, John Mills and Felix Aylmer star in this amiable 1930s thriller which has the irresistible lure of being the delectable Ida Lupino's very first feature, but the engaging plot, sonorous array of beautiful cut-glass accents, robustly Edgar Wallace'd script and brisk direction by the talented Bernard Vorhaus quickly developed into a winningly 'lean' and sharply focused yarn! A witty, well-shot and surprisingly agile B-movie, Bernard Vorhaus's delightfully nostalgic 'The Ghost Camera' opens jauntily with John Gray (Henry Kendall) returning glumly from an uneventful holiday having the unexpected addition of an expensive camera tucked away secretly in his luggage, and once he develops the negative, the affable Mr. Gray stoically sleuths his amateur way into the increasingly murky waters of a delightfully confounding mystery. The nebbish, bespectacled John making for a resolute, unconventional hero who will F-Stop at nothing to expose the hidden identity of the nefarious murderer and hopefully win the warm heart of his no less capable fact-finding partner Mary Elton (Ida Lupino). 'The Ghost Camera' is one zesty pre-code 'Quota Quickie' you certainly WON'T want to miss, crisply edited by national film-making treasure David Lean, with the youthful, dazzlingly beautiful Lupino & exquisitely erudite Kendall are a delightfully dotty pair of mismatched movie lovers, and sandpaper dry Felix Aylmer is utterly divine as the autocratic Coroner! I can't recommend 'The Ghost Camera' highly enough since it is such a fantastic lark, and for one so young, future maverick producer/director Ida Lupino  delivers a remarkably dynamic performance.