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'''''Secret of the Blue Room''''' is a 1933 murder mystery film starring [[Lionel Atwill]], [[Gloria Stuart]] |
'''''Secret of the Blue Room''''' is a 1933 murder mystery film starring [[Lionel Atwill]], [[Gloria Stuart]] and [[Paul Lukas]]. |
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The plot is based on the German film ''Geheimnis des Blauen Zimmers''. A woman's suitor challenges his two rivals to each spend a night in a room in which several murders occurred years before at 1 A.M. The suitor, Tommy, sleeps there on the first night but disappears at 1 A.M. Then the second man sleeps there on the second night, at 12:30 a.m, he starts playing the piano, however, he is shot half an hour later. These events occur a police investigation, which leads onto several answers to several mysteries. on the fifth night(the space in-between being filled by the police investigation) The third man sleeps in the Blue Room, however, he places a dummy in an armchair and conceals himself behind a coat. At 1 a.m, a revolver pokes round the door and fires at the dummy. The man jumps out from behind the cot, and several police officers do likewise, revealing themselves from different positions. After a furious gunfight, the villain is apprehended and it turns out to be none other than Tommy, the first suitor. |
The plot is based on the German film ''Geheimnis des Blauen Zimmers''. A woman's suitor challenges his two rivals to each spend a night in a room in which several murders occurred years before at 1 A.M. The suitor, Tommy, sleeps there on the first night but disappears at 1 A.M. Then the second man sleeps there on the second night, at 12:30 a.m, he starts playing the piano, however, he is shot half an hour later. These events occur a police investigation, which leads onto several answers to several mysteries. on the fifth night(the space in-between being filled by the police investigation) The third man sleeps in the Blue Room, however, he places a dummy in an armchair and conceals himself behind a coat. At 1 a.m, a revolver pokes round the door and fires at the dummy. The man jumps out from behind the cot, and several police officers do likewise, revealing themselves from different positions. After a furious gunfight, the villain is apprehended and it turns out to be none other than Tommy, the first suitor. |
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| Directed by | Kurt Neumann |
| Written by | Erich Phillipi (writer of Geheimnis des Blauen Zimmers) William J. Hurlbut |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle, Jr. Henry Henigson (uncredited) |
| Starring | Lionel Atwill Gloria Stuart Paul Lukas |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
Secret of the Blue Room is a 1933 murder mystery film starring Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart and Paul Lukas.
The plot is based on the German film Geheimnis des Blauen Zimmers. A woman's suitor challenges his two rivals to each spend a night in a room in which several murders occurred years before at 1 A.M. The suitor, Tommy, sleeps there on the first night but disappears at 1 A.M. Then the second man sleeps there on the second night, at 12:30 a.m, he starts playing the piano, however, he is shot half an hour later. These events occur a police investigation, which leads onto several answers to several mysteries. on the fifth night(the space in-between being filled by the police investigation) The third man sleeps in the Blue Room, however, he places a dummy in an armchair and conceals himself behind a coat. At 1 a.m, a revolver pokes round the door and fires at the dummy. The man jumps out from behind the cot, and several police officers do likewise, revealing themselves from different positions. After a furious gunfight, the villain is apprehended and it turns out to be none other than Tommy, the first suitor.
Cast
- Lionel Atwill as Robert von Helldorf
- Gloria Stuart as Irene von Helldorf
- Paul Lukas as Captain Walter Brink
- Edward Arnold as Commissioner Forster
- Onslow Stevens as Frank Faber
- William Janney as Thomas Brandt
- Robert Barrat as Paul
- Muriel Kirkland as Betty
- Russell Hopton as Max
- Elizabeth Patterson as Mary
- Anders Van Haden as The Stranger
- James Durkin as Kruger
External links
- The Secret of the Blue Room at IMDb
- The Secret of the Blue Room at the TCM Movie Database
- Template:Amg movie
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