Dark Stairways
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Directed by | Robert F. Hill |
Written by | Gordon Rigby |
Story by | Marion Orth |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
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Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Dark Stairways is a 1924 American silent mystery film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Ruth Dwyer, and Hayden Stevenson.[1][2]
Cast[]
- Herbert Rawlinson as Sheldon Polk
- Ruth Dwyer as Sunny Day
- Hayden Stevenson as Frank Farnsworth
- Robert Homans as 'Dippy' Blake (credited as Robert E. Homans)
- as Chris Martin
- as Rita Minar
- Kathleen O'Connor as Geraldine Lewis
- Dolores Rousse as Madge Armstrong (credited as Dolores Rousse)
- Emmett King as Henry Polk
- Lola Todd as Stenographer
- Tom McGuire as Police Chief
- Betsy Ann Hisle as Little Girl (uncredited)
Preservation[]
With no prints of Dark Stairways located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.
References[]
- ^ Munden p. 171
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Dark Stairways at silentera.com
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Dark Stairways
Bibliography[]
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links[]
- Dark Stairways at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
Categories:
- 1924 films
- 1924 mystery films
- English-language films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- American mystery films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Robert F. Hill
- Universal Pictures films
- Silent film stubs