The House of Secrets (1929 film)

The House of Secrets is a 1929 American mystery film directed by Edmund Lawrence [it] 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]

The House of Secrets
Directed byEdmund Lawrence [it]
Written by
Based onThe House of Secrets by Sydney Horler
Produced byGeorge R. Batcheller
Starring
Cinematography
Edited bySelma Rosenbloom
Production
company
Distributed byChesterfield Pictures
Release date
  • May 26, 1929 (1929-05-26)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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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

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Commentary

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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]

See also

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References

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  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

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  • 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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