Your best friend has been murdered, stabbed in the back, and the police havent been able to solve the case. Both films tell more or less the same story, based on a melodramatic mystery play by bayard veiller. Buy the thirteenth chair double feature 1929 1937 dvd manufactured on demand, full frame, amaray case at. The thirteenth chair is a 1937 american mystery film directed by george b.
Librivox recording of the thirteenth chair by bayard veiller. Bela lugosi, leila hyams, and margaret wycherly in the thirteenth chair 1929 bela lugosi in the thirteenth chair 1929 john. You have asked friends and neighbors about the crime. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Ep 128 a gentleman in kapils show 19th august, 2017. The thirteenth chair 1937 05071937 us mystery 1h 6m user score. Seitz, based on the 1919 stage play by bayard veiller, and starring dame may whitty, lewis stone, madge evans, and elissa landi. The complete prc michael shayne mystery collection classicflix silver series. A hybrid production, ten percent of prisoners featured recorded dialogue, whereas the bulk of the film used intertitles. The thirteenth chair 1937 a medium holds a seance to clear her daughter of murder in colonial india. The picture is based on a 1916 play of the same name by bayard. The thirteenth chair photos view all photos 1 movie info. This is what happens when two movies of similar type are released in close proximity. The play was then over sixty years old, and i was surprised to find it was still in print, much less available on kindle. No, its not the matrix all over again, but it wasnt trying to be. The thirteenth guest 1932 is an american mystery film, released on august 9, 1932. One by one, each of those assembled tells their ownghost. Sep 05, 20 thirteen chairs, by dave shelton, is one of my favorite types of story collections.
After an englishman, and allaround cad, is murdered in calcutta, an inspector bela lugosi in 1929, lewis stone in 1937 is dispatched from scotland yard to find the killer. A medium margaret wycherly holds a seance to clear her daughter leila hyams of murder in colonial india. Still, horror fans could do much worse than watching this creepy, disturbing and thoughtprovoking film. The thirteenth chair mgm, 1929 lugosi played inspector delzante. As the first sound film for director tod browning and his first collaboration with the hungarian emigre actor bela lugosi it is these points of interest in a film a few years before dracula 1931 that draw most attention. An inspector investigates a series of murders near a british mansion in calcutta. When the man seeking the identity is himself killed, an inspector tries to figure out both murders. There are two other versions of the film one made in 1919 and one made in 1937i have not seen either. Oct 14, 2016 the themes and questions presented to the viewer are valid but overshadowed by the endings nature and lack of clarity. The thirteenth chair isnt so much an antiquated early talkie as it is a straightforward screen version of an antiquated stage play, and, as such, of great historical value. The thirteenth chair is a 1929 film about a phony medium who tries to prove her protege innocent of murder. One by one, each of those assembled tells their ownghost story.
In this mystery, the second film version of a popular broadway play, an amiable but phony medium takes a runaway under her wing. This was the first film to be given a h certificate by the british board of film censors. Comparing these two movies is like comparing star trek with star wars. In this mystery, the second film version of a popular broadway play, an amiable but phony. The thirteenth chair 1930 cast and crew a medium margaret wycherly holds a seance to clear her daughter leila hyams of murder in colonial india. Temeljis e na istoimenoj kazalisnoj predstavi bayarda veillera. The thirteenth chair, based on the play this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title the thirteenth chair. A spinetingling collection of ghost storieswhen a boy finds himself drawn into an empty house one cold night, he enters a room in which twelve unusuallooking people sit around a table.
Sharon does a great job in the film and her penchant for comedy was beginning to peak. The thirteenth chair play, a 1916 play by bayard veiller the thirteenth chair 1919 film, based on the play. The chair did leave me thinking, just not in all the ways i think it wanted me to. Filmed in the spring of 1969, this comedy about the hunt for a chair that has very valuable jewels in it was to be sharon tates final film before the manson family invaded her bel air home and butchered she and her guests. The newer 1937 version of th chair is the usual unremastered warner film copy, but has a tiny digital glitch at 48 seconds in a loud pop and color burst.
John wales, who did consider lee a friend his best friend is a suspect, but he proposes to the inspector a ploy to discover the identity of the murderer. I played the role of edward wales in a 1978 high school production of the thirteenth chair by bayard veiller. Longtime mftv contributor gary rhodes looks at the production of tod brownings the thirteenth chair, a film that marks tod brownings shift away from his collaborations with lon chaney, sr. Whether you use this document as a reference when things get difficult or as a road map to get you from beginning to end, were pretty sure youll find what youre looking for here. The thirteenth chair 1929 fantastic movie musings and. Find local tv listings for the thirteenth chair on. With may whitty, madge evans, lewis stone, elissa landi. It is the first sound film directed by cult legend tod.
Clawson and joseph farnham, based on the 1916 play by bayard veiller. Apparently the sound version was shot in tandem with a silent version, but unfortunately, the silent version is considered lost. In fact, as a supposedly primitive sound film, the whodunit dates rather well, director tod browning ingeniously. Jan 10, 2017 the thirteenth chair may seem like an unlikely subject for browning to take on, but one of the main themes of the film is trickerya theme that runs through almost all of brownings films as a director. The best of hammer horror in the 1960s by mark clark and bryan. Inspector marney of scotland yard travels to calcutta to investigate the murder of leonard lee, a generally despised man in these parts. The thirteenth chair is the 1929 film version of a creaky play by bayard veiller. A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance. A year of film history challenge 2019 watching a little bit of film history month by month, decade by decadedirector tod browning and horror icon bela lugosi made a stone cold classic with their 1931 adaptation of the stage play dracula, and i was hoping maybe that their other basedonaplay adaptation might be something of an overlooked gem unfortunately though the thirteenth chair. The cast included margaret wycherly, who is also in the movie, and walter young. The thirteenth chair 1929 the hitless wonder movie blog. This encompasses them each into it so that they seem more as part of a novel, rather than separate inclusions.
Pauling of albany, new york was awarded the diploma for the second. With the television camera strolling among the paintings by richard a. Some films are known more for the trivia associated with them than their actual content the thirteenth chair 1929 being one of them. Seitz, with dame may whitty, madge evans, lewis stone, at turner classic movies. I made the inexpensive purchase out of a mixture of nostalgia and curiosity.
See the full list of the thirteenth chair cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The almost complete psychotronic encyclopedia of film. With conrad nagel, leila hyams, margaret wycherly, helene millard. It does fall into the standard someone in this room is a murderer pattern, and theres a bit of a repetitive pattern in people convinced someone accused didnt do it. The poor lad is being charged with murder, but he is innocent. The thirteenth chair movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. It is only at the end of the night that the boy starts to understand what story he must tell. Many of the seance participants had a reason and a means to kill, and one of them uses the cover of darkness to kill again.
The 1937 version, although much more polished and better cast, runs like a b picture. Humorously inspiring books and observations about band and music education. Disappointed in the polices progress in the murder. The film was the thirteenth chair, a 1937 mgm movie id recorded from tcm earlier in the day and which had looked interesting a phony psychic, madame rosalie lagrange dame may whitty, billed in the opening credits as the distinguished english actress dame may whitty, helps solve a real murder by hosting a seance with the suspects. The thirteenth chair 1929the thirteenth chair 1937 dvd. Oct 18, 2014 the thirteenth chair 1929 title sequence duration. Trinaesta stolica je americki kriminalisticki film snimljen 1929. Jul 28, 2012 if you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe. The thirteenth chair is a film which suffers from a lot of the issues which plague the early sound era. The thirteenth chair is a 1929 american precode mystery film directed by tod browning.
One by one, each of those assembled tells their own ghost story. This is the complete list of films, listed chronologically, from michael weldons essential and influential the psychotronic encyclopedia of film, about news pro. The thirteenth chair follows up on a murder where someone has the idea to use a psychic to catch the murderer, and the whole plan goes south when that person is also murdered. The thirteenth chair double feature 1929 1937, dvd, manufactured on demand, full frame, amaray case, mystery suspense, 8885772. You have consulted with the best detective in the area. The thirteenth chair 1929 directed by tod browning. Seitz, based on the 1919 stage play by bayard veiller, and starring dame may. Overview of the thirteenth chair, 1937, directed by george b. Sep 26, 2017 the problem with the thirteenth chair is that the 1929 version is very static, seems much longer than it is, and plays like a theatrical production which it originally was. The king of jazz universal, 1930 lugosi appeared as a kind of hungarian.
Unfortunately though the thirteenth chair plays a lot like bad theater mixed together with all the. Read the full synopsis of the thirteenth chair, 1937, directed by george b. The thirteenth chair 1937 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true bounder edward wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium.
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