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The Clue of the New Pin (1929 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Clue of the New Pin' is a 1929 British crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Benita Hume, Kim Peacock, and Donald Calthrop. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.
The film was one of only 10 filmed in British Phototone, a sound-on-disc system which used 12-inch discs. All of the other nine films made in this process were short films.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090122122854/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/organisation/11189?view=credit BFI Database entry] In March 1929, this film and 'The Crimson Circle', filmed in the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film system, were 'trade-shown' to cinema exhibitors.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113223225/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/60831 BFI Database entry]
This film is an adaptation of the 1923 novel 'The Clue of the New Pin' by Edgar Wallace. It was later remade in 1961.
Plot
A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room.
Cast
* Benita Hume as Ursula Ardfern
* Kim Peacock as Tab Holland
* Donald Calthrop as Yeh Ling
* John Gielgud as Rex Trasmere
* Harold Saxon-Snell as Walters
* Johnny Butt as Wellington Briggs
* Colin Kenny as Inspector Carver
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'History of the British Film, 1918-1929'. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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