I’m not sure I really care for everything about the final solution, but over all this was REALLY good and one of the best early 30s mysteries I’ve seen.
The cast is phenomenal and they have a fantastic script to work with.
Highly recommended!
Secret of the Blue Room
Shocks! Shivers! Sensation! Surprises! Creeping shadows, clutching hands, a blue death-chamber and a houseful of bewildered men defying the supernatural for the sake of a beautiful girl!...
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
7/20/1933Runtime
66 minsOverview
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors of the heroine wager that each can survive a night in the forbidding blue room.
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EnglishBudget
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A spirited pre-Code mystery where suitors dare the curse of a legendary blue room, blending creeping atmosphere with the giddy melodrama of old dark house thrills. It's more playful dread than genuine horror, a lark with shadows.
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UnsettlingTenseWhimsical
Themes
ObsessionSurvival
Tone
Comedic
Pacing
Brisk
Look
HandheldHigh-contrast
Structure
Single location
Lionel Atwill
Robert von Helldorf
Gloria Stuart
Irene von Helldorf
Paul Lukas
Captain Walter Brink
Edward Arnold
Commissioner Forster
Onslow Stevens
Frank Faber
William Janney
Thomas Brandt
Elizabeth Patterson
Mary, Cook
Robert Barrat
Paul, Butler
Muriel Kirkland
Betty, Maid
Russell Hopton
Max, Chauffeur
Anders Van Haden
The Stranger
James Durkin
Kruger, Commissioner's Assistant
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