It's striking how glamorous Lucille Ball appears at times within this skillfully assembled mystery, which notably lacks any genuine criminal activity. She’s brought into Scotland Yard to help them look into the disappearances of eight girls spanning recent years, one of whom is her friend. A shared element among these puzzling cases seems to be that each girl received a poem before vanishing, and they might have all …

Poet Killer Believed To Be At Bay! Lured (also known as Personal Column) was directed by Douglas Sirk, with the screenplay written collectively by Leo Rosten, Jacques Companéez, Simon Gantillon and Ernst Neubach. The film features Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, Cedric Hardwicke, Joseph Calleia and Boris Karloff. Michel Michelet composed the music, and William H. Daniels served as cinematographer. …