The President's Mystery

The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him

• Phil RosenDirector
• Lester ColeScreenplay
• Nathanael WestScreenplay
• Hugo RiesenfeldOriginal Music Composer

• Henry WilcoxonJames Blake
• Betty FurnessCharlotte Brown
• Sidney BlackmerGeorge Sartos
• Evelyn BrentIlka Blake
• Barnett ParkerRoger
• Mel RuickAndrew
• Wade BotelerFloyd, the sheriff
• Si JenksEarl
• John WrayShane
• Guy UsherPolice Lieutenant
• Robert HomansSergeant
• Arthur AylesworthJoe Reed