Midnight Mystery
Radio Pictures Present a New Kind of Mystery Thriller with a shudder in every screaming sequence.
1930 | 69m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | George B. Seitz |
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| Writer: | Beulah Marie Dix |
| Staring: |
| A fog-shrouded house provides the setting for this early talkies thriller. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 01, 1930 |
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| Director: | George B. Seitz |
| Writer: | Beulah Marie Dix |
| Genres: | Mystery |
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| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 30, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Betty Compson | Sally Wayne |
| Lowell Sherman | Tom Austen |
| Raymond Hatton | Paul Cooper |
| Hugh Trevor | Gregory Sloane |
| June Clyde | Louise Hollister |
| Ivan Lebedeff | Mischa Kawelin |
| Rita La Roy | Madeline Austen |
| Marcelle Corday | Harriet Cooper |
| Sidney D'Albrook | Barker |
| William P. Burt | Rogers |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George B. Seitz | Director |
| Howard Irving Young | Theatre Play |
| Beulah Marie Dix | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
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| William LeBaron | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Trending Position
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 bee ... n 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".