The House of Secrets (1929 film)
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| The House of Secrets | |
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| Directed by | Edmund Lawrence |
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| Based on | The House of Secrets by Sydney Horler |
| Produced by | George R. Batcheller |
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| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Selma Rosenbloom |
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| Distributed by | Chesterfield Pictures |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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]
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
- Herbert Warren as Detective Joe Blake
- Francis M. Verdi as Sir Herbert Harcourt
- Richard Stevenson as Bill
- Harry Southard as Warton
- Edward Roseman as Wu Chang
- Walter Ringham 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]
