The Crimson Circle (novel)
Encyclopedia
The Crimson Circle is a 1922 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace
. Scotland Yard tackle a secret league of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....
. Scotland Yard tackle a secret league of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
Adaptations
The novel has been adapted into films on four occasion.- A 1922 silent film The Crimson Circle (1922 film)The Crimson Circle (1922 film)The Crimson Circle is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Clifton Boyne, Fred Groves and Robert English. It was an adaptation of the novel The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace...
- A 1929 UK-German co-production in both silentSilent filmA silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
and soundSound filmA sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
versions The Crimson Circle (1929 film) - A 1936 British film The Crimson Circle (1936 film)
- A 1960 German film Der rote KreisDer rote KreisDer rote Kreis is a 1960 West German crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Renate Ewert, Klausjürgen Wussow and Karl-Georg Saebisch. It was an adaptation of the 1922 novel The Crimson Circle by the British writer Edgar Wallace...