The House of the Seven Gables
AN ANCIENT HOUSE! A MURDER SECRET! A HIDDEN TREASURE!
1940 | 89m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Joe May |
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| Writer: | Lester Cole, Harold Greene, Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Staring: |
| In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 12, 1940 |
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| Director: | Joe May |
| Writer: | Lester Cole, Harold Greene, Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | imprisonment, tragic love, death in family, family conflict |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George Sanders | Jaffrey Pyncheon |
| Margaret Lindsay | Hepzibah Pyncheon |
| Vincent Price | Clifford Pyncheon |
| Nan Grey | Phoebe Pyncheon |
| Dick Foran | Matthew Maule |
| Cecil Kellaway | Philip Barton |
| Alan Napier | Fuller |
| Gilbert Emery | Gerald Pyncheon |
| Miles Mander | Deacon Arnold Foster |
| Charles Trowbridge | Judge |
| Harry Cording | Blacksmith Hawkins |
| Michael Mark | Ex-Convict |
| Hal Budlong | Driver |
| Caroline Frances Cooke | Town Gossip |
| Kernan Cripps | Workman |
| Robert Dudley | Jury Foreman |
| Martin Faust | Town Gossip |
| Margaret Fealy | Town Gossip |
| Sibyl Harris | Mrs. Foster |
| Ellis Irving | Man Drinking From Cup |
| P.J. Kelly | Man With Rake |
| Colin Kenny | Court Bailiff |
| Ann Kunde | Courtroom Spectator |
| Jane Loofbourrow | Town Gossip |
| Murdock MacQuarrie | Town Gossip |
| Michael Mark | Ex-Convict Reading Tribune |
| Nelson McDowell | Coroner in Courtroom |
| Mira McKinney | Mrs. Reynolds |
| Edgar Norton | Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant |
| Lon Poff | Juror |
| Russ Powell | Grocer / Juror |
| Allen D. Sewall | Juror |
| Jack C. Smith | Prison Guard |
| Hugh Sothern | Reverend Jeremiah Smith |
| Harry Stubbs | Jeremiah - Man in Pub |
| Claire Whitney | Witness |
| Harry Woods | Mr. Wainwright |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joe May | Director |
| Lester Cole | Writer |
| Harold Greene | Writer |
| Frank Gross | Editor |
| Vera West | Costume Design |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Bernard B. Brown | Sound |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Writer |
| Frank Skinner | Music |
| Milton Krasner | Director of Photography |
| Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Burt Kelly | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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