Before Morning (1933)
A night of love, intrigue, death and blackmail leaves stage-star Elise Manning's fate at stake in a conflict with the unscrupulous Doctor Gruell. A rejected lover dies in Miss Manning's apartment, and Gurell implies that the death was murder and attempts to blackmail the actress. The climax brings the actress, her fiancé and the dead-man's wife face-to-face in an emotional denouement.
Director: Arthur Hoerl
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Leo Carrillo as Dr. Gruelle |
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Lora Baxter as Elsie Manning |
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Taylor Holmes as Leo Bergman |
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Blaine Cordner as Horace Barker |
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Louise Prussing as Mrs. Nichols |
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Russell Hicks as Jim Nichols |
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Louis Jean Heydt as Neil Kennedy |
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Victor Kilian as Eddie |
| Directing | Arthur Hoerl | Director |
| Writing | Arthur Hoerl | Adaptation |
| Writing | Edward P. Riley | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Edna G. Riley | Theatre Play |