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The Thirteenth Chair is a 1919 American silent mystery film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Yvonne Delva, Creighton Hale and Marie Shotwell. It was based on a play of the same name by Bayard Veiller .
Dec 30, 2019 · The Thirteenth Chair (The 13th Chair) (1929) Topics. the thirteenth chair, 1929, the 13th chair, bela lugosi, tod browning. Language. English. Item Size. 686521674. Murder mystery thriller, first picture Tod Browning did with Bela Lugosi. Spanish subtitles fixed.
The Thirteenth Chair: Directed by Tod Browning. With Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherly, Helene Millard. Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true "bounder" Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium.
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- Drama, Mystery
- Tod Browning
- 1929-10-19
Movie. NR Aug 23rd, 1919 Mystery. Mrs. Philip Mason commits suicide after she has an affair with Stephen Lee, a disreputable stockbroker, and sells her husband's securities so that Lee can buy...
- Léonce Perret
- Acme Pictures Corporation
- Yvonne Delva
The mysterious killing of writer Spencer Lee in Calcutta prompts authorities to consult Madame Rosalie La Grange, a reputedly successful medium. At a seance, Wales, Lee's best friend, is killed at the very moment he is about to reveal the murderer's identity; but through a reconstruction of the seance, the killer is frightened into a confession.
- Tod Browning
- Conrad Nagel
Summaries. Mrs. Philip Mason commits suicide after she has an affair with Stephen Lee, a disreputable stockbroker, and sells her husband's securities so that Lee can buy stocks. When Lee goes bankrupt, he blackmails Helen Trent by threatening to reveal silly love letters she wrote to him before she married.
Lee's friend, Edward Wales, attempts to pin the murder on Helen by having Madame LaFarge, a clairvoyant, conduct a séance. In the darkened room, Wales, through whom Lee's spirit supposedly speaks, is about to name Helen as the murderer, but Wales, who sits in the thirteenth chair, is himself murdered.
