fiction.wikisort.org - MovieThe Thirteenth Hour (aka:The 13th Hour) is a 1927 American silent film mystery produced and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by Chester Franklin.[2][3] The film stars Lionel Barrymore in a role where, as noted criminologist Professor Leroy, he dons a weird series of disguises to hide a dark secret.[4][5][6] This was the first film where Barrymore was cast opposite talented dogs,[7] and the first where he was cast as a serial killer.[8][9]
1927 film
The Thirteenth Hour |
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 1927 lobby card |
Directed by | Chester M. Franklin |
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Written by | Edward T. Lowe Jr. |
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Screenplay by | Chester M. Franklin Douglas Furber |
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Story by | Chester M. Franklin Douglas Furber Sydney Horler(novelization)[1] Intertitles: Wellyn Totman |
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Starring | Lionel Barrymore Jacqueline Gadsdon Charles Delaney |
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Cinematography | Max Fabian |
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Edited by | Dan Sharits |
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Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
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Release date |
- October 13, 1927 (1927-10-13) (United States)
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Running time | 6 reels, 5,252 feet |
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Country | United States |
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Languages | Silent film (English intertitles) |
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A print of this film survives in 16mm.[10]
Plot
Junior detective Gray (Charles Delaney) discovers that the eccentric criminologist Professor Leroy (Lionel Barrymore) is both a crook and a murderer.[11] A German Shepherd chases the elusive LeRoy throughout a large house filled with secret rooms.
Cast
See also
References
- The 13th Hour, novelization, by Sydney Horler UK 1930
- 2012, 1927, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Extract from The 13th hour, illustrated with scenes from the photoplay {electronic resource} (National Library of Australia Trove)
- Everson, William K. (1972). The detective in film (illustrated ed.). Citadel Press. pp. 29, 35, 217. ISBN 9780806502984.
- Hadden, Briton; Luce, Henry Robinson (1927). "The Thirteenth Hour". Time Magazine. pp. Volume 10. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- Pitts, Michael R. (2004). Famous movie detectives III, Volume 3. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series (illustrated ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 285. ISBN 9780810836907.
- The Educational screen, Volume 7. Educational Screen, Inc. 1928. p. 16.
- Lionel Barrymore, Cameron Shipp (1974). We Barrymores (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Press. p. 258. ISBN 9780837175508.
- Rigby, Jonathan (2007). American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema (illustrated ed.). Reynolds & Hearn. p. 53. ISBN 9781905287253.
- Al Hirschfeld caricature of The Thirteenth Hour cast (Al Hirschfeld Foundation website)
- The Thirteenth Hour at Silent Era Database
- "Mr. Barrymore's New Idea" (The New York Times, November 28, 1927)
External links
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