The read
It runs a compact 1h 6m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Louis J. GasnierDirector
- Patrick KearneyWriter
- Melville BakerWriter
Cast
- Evelyn BrentEllen
- Neil HamiltonEmory Jago
- Doris HillJoyce Clayton
- David NewellBilly
- Gale HenryMadame Silvara
- Wallace MacDonaldBert Nelson
- Blanche CraigMrs. Fogarty
- E.H. CalvertMr. Clayton
- Sammy BrickerSailor
- George BerangerMadame Silvara's Customer
- Florence DudleySailor's Girlfriend
- Oscar SmithOscar
Stills
Themes
séancesupernatural power