Darkened Rooms (1929)
Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evelyn Brent stars as Ellen, a fraudulent medium working in cahoots with genuine clairvoyant Emory Jago (Neil Hamilton). The plotline is secondary; the film's main purpose was to emulate the methods of such professional "de-bunkers" as Mrs. Harry Houdini by exposing the various tricks of the spiritualist's trade.
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
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Evelyn Brent as Ellen |
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Neil Hamilton as Emory Jago |
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Doris Hill as Joyce Clayton |
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David Newell as Billy |
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Gale Henry as Madame Silvara |
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Wallace MacDonald as Bert Nelson |
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Blanche Craig as Mrs. Fogarty |
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E.H. Calvert as Mr. Clayton |
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Sammy Bricker as Sailor |
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George Beranger as Madame Silvara's Customer |
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Florence Dudley as Sailor's Girlfriend |
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Oscar Smith as Oscar |
| Directing | Louis J. Gasnier | Director |
| Camera | Archie Stout | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Frances Marsh | Editor |
| Writing | Melville Baker | Writer |
| Writing | Patrick Kearney | Writer |
| Writing | Philip Gibbs | Story |
