Midnight Mystery

1930

1h 9m

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4.2/10

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A fog-shrouded house provides the setting for this early talkies thriller.

Directors

George B. Seitz

Writers

Beulah Marie Dix(screenplay by)

Howard Irving Young(theatre play by)

Stars

Betty Compson

Lowell Sherman

Raymond Hatton

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Top cast

Sally Wayne

Tom Austen

Paul Cooper

Gregory Sloane

Louise Hollister

Mischa Kawelin

Madeline Austen

Harriet Cooper

Barker

Rogers

Directors

George B. Seitz

Writers

Beulah Marie Dix(screenplay by)

Howard Irving Young(theatre play by)

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The plot sees trashy crime novelist "Sally" (Betty Compson) and fiancée "Gregory" (Hugh Trevor) hosting a soirée during which they have a bit of a set-to and break off their engagement. Tensions are now running pretty high, enhanced further by the untimely death of "Mischa" (Ivan Lebedeff) who's been up to naughty business with "Madeline" (Rita La Roy) whose husband "Tom" (Lowell Sherman) is none too pleased. Wait! What's occurred? Is he really dead? Well the suspense is but momentary as the jolly jape turns decidedly nasty and a real corpse leaves them with a real murder that needs solving. Lebedeff is dreadful, I always struggle to see why Hollywood gave him screen time at all; but Sherman, Trevor and Compson hold this together efficiently, with plenty of squabbling and a fair degree of suspicious characters for us to, well, suspect! It's not a great film, indeed it's actually - even for 1930 - quite derivative, but the look of the film and the decently paced direction make for an acceptable cinematic game of "Cluedo".

Geronimo196713 Jun, 2022