Movie

Darkened Rooms

Released: November 23, 1929 (1929)

Runtime: 66 minutes

Genres: Mystery

Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evelyn Brent stars as Ellen, a fraudulent medium working in cahoots with genuine clairvoyant Emory Jago (Neil Hamilton). The plotline is secondary; the film's main purpose was to emulate the methods of such professional "de-bunkers" as Mrs. Harry Houdini by exposing the various tricks of the spiritualist's trade.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

E.H. Calvert as Mr. Clayton
Age at release: 66
Wallace MacDonald as Bert Nelson
Age at release: 38
Gale Henry as Madame Silvara
Age at release: 36
George Beranger as Madame Silvara's Customer
Age at release: 36
Evelyn Brent as Ellen
Age at release: 30
Neil Hamilton as Emory Jago
Age at release: 30
Doris Hill as Joyce Clayton
Age at release: 24
David Newell as Billy
Age at release: 24
Blanche Craig as Mrs. Fogarty
Age at release: Unknown
Sammy Bricker as Sailor
Age at release: Unknown

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Oscar Smith as Oscar
Age at release: 44
Florence Dudley as Sailor's Girlfriend
Age at release: 27