A Shriek In The Night (1933)

Starring Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Harvey Clark, Purnell Pratt, Lillian Harmer
Directed by Albert Ray
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)

An undercover reporter tries to solve the murder of a wealthy man who plummets from the penthouse of his apartment building, but a rival reporter is also after the story.

This whodunit is of most interest for the presence of Rogers, who would soon rise to fame after co-starring with Fred Astaire in a highly regarded series of musicals, and she makes a more interesting lead here than most in the plethora of low budget mysteries that came out around this time.  I think the screenplay divulges some clues a bit too early and the film's absence of a music score is to its detriment, which could have added some much needed atmosphere to the mystery.  Still, it's fairly well written with some clever plot devices, and Rogers is engaging.

The Intruder (1933)

Starring Monte Blue, Lila Lee, William B. Davidson, Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman
Directed by Albert Ray
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)

After a murder takes place on an ocean liner, the ship is wrecked during a storm, and the murder suspects and a police detective are stranded together on a jungle island.

Although otherwise a routine mystery, the film's island setting makes this an intriguing one, with wild gorillas and a crazy castaway also inhabiting the island.  Humor is mined from that castaway, (leading up to a pretty funny sight gag), and a perpetually inebriated character, who's not quite as amusing.  All in all, it's an entertaining time-passer which makes good use of its locale to stand out from other entries in the genre.