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Darkened Rooms
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Wikipedia article
'Darkened Rooms' is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Evelyn Brent. It was an early talking picture. This film is preserved at the Library of Congress.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Collection at The Library of Congress' (<-book title) p.40 c.1978 by The American Film Institute, c.1978 The film tried to cash in on the interest in spiritualism caused by the then-popular Harry Houdini, but critics felt the film couldn't quite decide whether it was debunking the supernatural, or embracing it.
Plot
A down-on-his-luck photographer named Emory Jago teams up with a phony fortune teller named Ellen in a scheme to cheat naive people out of their cash with phony predictions. But as time goes on, Jago begins to believe that Ellen really does possess supernatural powers.
Cast
* Evelyn Brent as Ellen, the fortune teller
* Neil Hamilton as Emory Jago
* Doris Hill as Joyce Clayton
* David Newell as Billy
* Gale Henry as Madame Silvara
* Wallace MacDonald as Bert Nelson
* Blanche Craig as Mrs. Fogarty
* E. H. Calvert as Mr. Clayton
Criticism
Critic Troy Howarth writes "Like many early talkies, 'Darkened Rooms' suffers from primitive staging and technique, though studio technicians managed some spooky sound effects for the seance sequences....Reviews of the day praised leading lady Evelyn Brent."
References
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