Darkened Rooms (1929)
Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evelyn Brent stars as Ellen, a fraudulent medium working in cahoots with genuine clairvoyant Emory Jago (Neil Hamilton). The plotline is secondary; the film's main purpose was to emulate the methods of such professional "de-bunkers" as Mrs. Harry Houdini by exposing the various tricks of the spiritualist's trade.
- Released
- 1929-11-23
- Genres
- Mystery
- Runtime
- 66 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Louis J. Gasnier
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 8 votes
Cast
- Evelyn Brent as Ellen
- Neil Hamilton as Emory Jago
- Doris Hill as Joyce Clayton
- David Newell as Billy
- Gale Henry as Madame Silvara
- Wallace MacDonald as Bert Nelson
- Blanche Craig as Mrs. Fogarty
- E.H. Calvert as Mr. Clayton
- Sammy Bricker as Sailor
- George Beranger as Madame Silvara's Customer
- Florence Dudley as Sailor's Girlfriend
- Oscar Smith as Oscar