Secret of the Blue Room
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Secret of the Blue Room is a 1933 murder mystery film starring Lionel Atwill
, Gloria Stuart
, and Paul Lukas
. It is based on the German film Geheimnis des Blauen Zimmers. A woman's suitor challenges his two rivals to each spend a night in a room in which several murders occurred years before at 1 A.M. The suitor, Tommy, sleeps there on the first night but disappears at 1 A.M. Then the second man sleeps there on the second night, at 12:30 a.m, he starts playing the piano, however, he is shot half an hour later. These events occur a police investigation, which leads onto several answers to several mysteries. on the fifth night(the space in-between being filled by the police investigation) The third man sleeps in the Blue Room, however, he places a dummy in an armchair and conceals himself behind a coat. At 1 a.m, a revolver pokes round the door and fires at the dummy. The man jumps out from behind the cot, and several police officers do likewise, revealing themselves from different positions. After a furious gunfight, the villain is apprehended and it turns out to be none other than Tommy, the first suitor.
Lionel Atwill
Lionel Atwill was an English stage and film actor born in Croydon, London, England.He studied architecture before his stage debut at the Garrick Theatre, London in 1904. He become a star in Broadway theatre by 1918, and made his screen debut in 1919. He acted on the stage in Australia but was most...
, Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart
Gloria Frances Stuart was an American actress, activist, painter, bonsai artist and fine printer. Over a Hollywood career which spanned, with a long break in the middle, from 1932 until 2004, she appeared on stage, television, and film, for which she was best-known...
, and Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas was an Austrian-Hungarian-born actor.-Biography:Born Pál Lukács in Budapest, he arrived in Hollywood in 1927 after a successful stage and film career in Hungary, Germany and Austria where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He made his stage debut in Budapest in 1916 and his film debut in 1917...
. It is based on the German film Geheimnis des Blauen Zimmers. A woman's suitor challenges his two rivals to each spend a night in a room in which several murders occurred years before at 1 A.M. The suitor, Tommy, sleeps there on the first night but disappears at 1 A.M. Then the second man sleeps there on the second night, at 12:30 a.m, he starts playing the piano, however, he is shot half an hour later. These events occur a police investigation, which leads onto several answers to several mysteries. on the fifth night(the space in-between being filled by the police investigation) The third man sleeps in the Blue Room, however, he places a dummy in an armchair and conceals himself behind a coat. At 1 a.m, a revolver pokes round the door and fires at the dummy. The man jumps out from behind the cot, and several police officers do likewise, revealing themselves from different positions. After a furious gunfight, the villain is apprehended and it turns out to be none other than Tommy, the first suitor.
Cast
- Lionel Atwill as Robert von Helldorf
- Gloria Stuart as Irene von Helldorf
- Paul Lukas as Captain Walter Brink
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as Paul - Muriel Kirkland as Betty
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as Mary - Anders Van Haden as The Stranger
- James Durkin as Kruger