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The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1919 film)

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'The Mystery of the Yellow Room' is a 1919 American crime drama film made by the Mayflower Photoplay Company and distributed through Realart Pictures Corporation. mile Chautard served as a producer.

'The Mystery of the Yellow Room' (in French 'Le mystre de la chambre jaune') was originally a novel by Gaston Leroux, one of the first locked room mystery novels. It was first published in France in the periodical 'L'Illustration' from September 1907 to November 1907, then in its own right as a book in 1908.

The film, which itself is a remake of Chautard's "Le Mystre de la chambre jaune" (1913), was remade in 1930, 1949 and in 2003.

Plot



Mathilde Strangerson (Terry), whose father is a renowned French scientist, is heard to utter a piercing scream while supposedly alone in her room. Her father and other rush to the scene and find a room so securely locked and barred that no one could have entered or made their escape. She receives medical care while detectives are called in to investigate the case. Each has their pet theory about the crime, all of which seem to be based on logic. Gradually the light of suspicion filters through the members of the household and those associated with it. Mathilde's fiancee is placed in prison to await trial as most of the evidence points to him as the criminal. Then, Joseph Rouletabille (Raker) is called in to decipher the mystery. Rouletabille finds that the detective who was most persistent in his investigation is responsible. Mathilde's fiancee is then released and a happy ending occurs.

Cast



*William Walcott as Professor Strangerson

*Edmund Elton as Robert Darzac

*George Cowl as Frederic Larsan

*Ethel Grey Terry as Mathilde Strangerson

*Lorin Raker as Rouletabille / Joe-Jo

*Jean Del Val as Jean Sainclair

*W.H. Burton as Daddy Jacques

*Henry S. Koser as Bernier

*Jean Ewing as Mme. Bernier

*William Morrison as Judge de Marquet

*Louis R. Grisel as Monsieur Maleine

*John McQuire as Mathieu

*Catherine Ashley as Mme. Mathieu

*Ivan Dobble as The Green Man

See also



* Whodunit

References



External list



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Category:1919 films

Category:American silent feature films

Category:Films based on French novels

Category:Films based on works by Gaston Leroux

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:American remakes of French films

Category:1919 crime drama films

Category:American crime drama films

Category:1910s American films

Category:Silent American drama films

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