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Trent's Last Case (1929 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Trent's Last Case' is a 1929 American Pre-Code detective film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Raymond Griffith, Marceline Day, Raymond Hatton, and Donald Crisp. It was released by Fox Film Corporation. The film was released in a silent version and a sound version, with the sound version having talking sequences, a synchronized music score, and sound effects.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090205172030/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/55215 BFI Database]
The film is based on the 1913 novel 'Trent's Last Case' by British writer E. C. Bentley. A previous version starring Clive Brook was filmed in the UK in 1920 and released by Stoll Film Company.
Premise
A leading financier is found dead at his home, leading amateur detective Philip Trent to investigate the case.
Cast
* Raymond Griffith as Philip Trent
* Marceline Day as Evelyn Manderson
* Raymond Hatton as Joshua Cupples
* Donald Crisp as Sigsbee Manderson
* Lawrence Gray as Jack Marlowe
* Nicholas Soussanin as Martin
* Anita Garvin as Ottilie Dunois
* Edgar Kennedy as Inspector Murch
Preservation status
According to Silent Era, a print exists.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TrentsLastCase1929.html SilentEra entry] An incomplete print is held by the Library of Congress.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2294/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'Trent's Last Case']'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', (<-book title) p.189 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
See also
* 'Trent's Last Case' (1952)
References
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