The House of Secrets (1929 film)

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The House of Secrets
Directed by
Written by
Based onThe House of Secrets by Sydney Horler
Produced byGeorge R. Batcheller
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
Production
company
Distributed byChesterfield Pictures
Release date
May 26, 1929
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The House of Secrets is a 1929 American mystery film directed by Edmund Lawrence and starring Joseph Striker, Marcia Manning and Elmer Grandin.[1] The screenplay was written by Adeline Leitzbach, based on the 1926 novel of the same name by Sydney Horler. The film is considered lost. It was remade in 1936.[2]

Plot[]

An American named Barry Wilding travels to England to check out a castle he has inherited there. After hearing of mysterious goings on at the castle, he and his detective friend Joe Blake suspect that a Chinese man named Wu Chang is behind it all.

Cast[]

  • Joseph Striker as Barry Wilding
  • Marcia Manning as Margery Gordon
  • Elmer Grandin as Dr. Gordon
  • as Detective Joe Blake
  • Francis M. Verdi as Sir Herbert Harcourt
  • Richard Stevenson as Bill
  • as Warton
  • Edward Roseman as Wu Chang
  • as Home Secretary Forbes

Commentary[]

Critic Troy Howarth stated "(The film) is a variation on the formula of a mystery surrounding a lavish inheritance....It was apparently an unremarkable mystery thriller with incidental horror elements."[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Pitts p.87
  2. ^ a b Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

Bibliography[]

  • Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

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