The Thirteenth Chair
Also known as [The 13th Chair]
(1929) United States of America
B&W : [?] Eight? reels / 6571 feet
Directed by Tod Browning
Cast: Conrad Nagel [Richard Crosby], Leila Hyams [Helen O’Neil], Margaret Wycherly [Madame Rosalie La Grange], Holmes Herbert [Sir Roscoe Crosby], Mary Forbes [Lady Crosby], Bela Lugosi [Inspector Delzante], John Davidson [Edward Wales], Charles Quartermaine [Doctor Philip Mason], Moon Carroll [Helen Trent], Cyril Chadwick [Brandon Trent], Bertram Johns [Howard Standish], Gretchen Holland [Grace Standish], Frank Leigh [Professor Feringeea], Clarence Geldert [Commissioner Grimshaw], Lal Chand Mehra [Chotee], [?] Lionel Barrymore?
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Elliott Clawson, with dialogue by Elliott Clawson, from the play The Thirteenth Chair by Bayard Veiller. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Gowns (costume design) by Adrian (Gilbert Adrian). Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad. Recording engineers, Douglas Shearer and Paul Neal. Film editor, Harry Reynolds. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / Released 19 October 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in a silent version at 5543 feet. The play was previously filmed as The Thirteenth Chair (1919). The play was subsequently filmed as The 13th Chair (1937). / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Mystery.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 19 November 2018.
References: Marrero-Vintage pp. 24, 30 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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