Film

Darkened Rooms

1929 · 1h 6m · Mystery

He could control other people's minds; see what happens when a beautiful girl enters his life.

IMDb

6.4

Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evelyn Brent stars as Ellen, a fraudulent medium working in cahoots with genuine clairvoyant Emory Jago (Neil Hamilton). The plotline is secondary; the film's main purpose was to emulate the methods of such professional "de-bunkers" as Mrs. Harry Houdini by exposing the various tricks of the spiritualist's trade.

Evelyn Brent

Ellen

Neil Hamilton

Emory Jago

Doris Hill

Joyce Clayton

David Newell

Billy

Gale Henry

Madame Silvara

Wallace MacDonald

Bert Nelson

Blanche Craig

Mrs. Fogarty

E.H. Calvert

Mr. Clayton

Sammy Bricker

Sailor

George Beranger

Madame Silvara's Customer

Florence Dudley

Sailor's Girlfriend

Oscar Smith

Oscar

• Louis J. GasnierDirector
• Melville BakerWriter
• Patrick KearneyWriter
• Philip GibbsStory
• Archie StoutDirector of Photography
• Frances MarshEditor

Release date

November 23, 1929

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 6m

Genres

Mystery

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