{{short description|1940 film}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = You'll Find Out | image = YoullFindOut.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = David Butler<br>Fred Fleck (assistant) | producer = David Butler | writer = David Butler<br>James V. Kern<br>Monte Brice<br>Andrew Bennison<br>R.T.M. Scott | starring = Kay Kyser<br>Boris Karloff<br>Peter Lorre<br>Bela Lugosi | music = Roy Webb | cinematography = Frank Redman | editing = Irene Morra | studio = RKO Radio Pictures | released = {{film date|1940|11|22}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $371,000<ref name="rko">Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56</ref> | gross = $1 million<ref name="rko"/> }}
'''''You'll Find Out''''' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Kay Kyser. In 1940, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("I'd Know You Anywhere") at the 13th Academy Awards. In the film, members of an orchestra hired to play at a young heiress's birthday party uncover a plot against her.<ref name="karloff">Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster'', Tomahawk Press 2011 p 263-264</ref> The film was very popular and made a profit of $167,000.<ref name="rko"/>
==Plot== After Kay Kyser and his orchestra arrive at a castle-shaped mansion, the drawbridge leading to it is mysteriously dynamited, stranding both entertainers and guests.
Kyser is suspicious of mystic Prince Saliano, and for good reason. He is taking advantage of the heiress' Aunt Bellacrest's belief in spiritualism to swindle the estate out of large sums of money. Saliano has been "planted" in the house by the "respectable" family attorney, Judge Mainwaring. Also in on the swindle is Professor Fenninger, who claims to be an expert on uncovering phony spiritualists (something he has no real intention of doing).
After a series of typical "haunted house" jokes, Kyser uncovers a basement "command center" that provides the special effects for Saliano's phony seances.
The three criminals attempt to escape using dynamite as a shield. But Ish Kabibble's dog retrieves the lit stick and returns it to the criminals. There is a loud explosion, and the dog returns carrying Saliano's turban.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Kay Kyser as himself * Peter Lorre as Professor Karl Fenninger * Boris Karloff as Judge Spencer Mainwaring * Bela Lugosi as Prince Saliano * Helen Parrish as Janis Bellacrest * Dennis O'Keefe as Chuck Deems * Alma Kruger as Aunt Margo Bellacrest * Joseph Eggenton as Jurgen, Butler * Kay Kyser's Band as Themselves * Jeff Corey as himself (or a character named "Mr. Corey", at least) * Harry Babbitt as himself * Ginny Simms as herself * Ish Kabibble as himself * Sully Mason as himself }}
==See also== * Boris Karloff filmography * Bela Lugosi filmography
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0033283}} * {{TCMDb title|id=1634}} * {{AFI film|id=6806|title=You'll Find Out}}
{{David Butler}} {{Kay Kyser}}
Category:1940 films Category:1940 comedy films Category:American comedy films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1940 English-language films Category:Films directed by David Butler Category:Films scored by Roy Webb Category:RKO Pictures films Category:1940 American films Category:English-language comedy films Category:Films set in country houses Category:Films about birthdays Category:Films about music and musicians Category:Séances
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