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'''''The Thirteenth Hour''''' (aka:'''The 13th Hour''') is a [[1927 in film|1927]] American silent film mystery produced and distributed by [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]] and directed by [[Chester Franklin]].<ref name="BOOK5"/> The film stars [[Lionel Barrymore]] in a role where, as noted criminologist Professor Leroy, he dons a weird series of disguises to hide a dark secret.<ref name="TIME"/><ref name="BOOK3"/><ref name="TES"/> This was the first film where Barrymore was cast opposite talented dogs,<ref name="BOOK1"/> and the first where he was cast as a serial killer.<ref name="BOOK2"/>
'''''The Thirteenth Hour''''' (aka:'''The 13th Hour''') is a [[1927 in film|1927]] American silent film mystery produced and distributed by [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]] and directed by [[Chester Franklin]].<ref name="BOOK5"/> The film stars [[Lionel Barrymore]] in a role where, as noted criminologist Professor Leroy, he dons a weird series of disguises to hide a dark secret.<ref name="TIME"/><ref name="BOOK3"/><ref name="TES"/> This was the first film where Barrymore was cast opposite talented dogs,<ref name="BOOK1"/> and the first where he was cast as a serial killer.<ref name="BOOK2"/><ref>[http://www.alhirschfeldfoundation.org/piece/thirteenth-hour Al Hirschfeld caricature of ''The Thirteenth Hour'' cast (Al Hirschfeld Foundation website)]</ref>


A print of this film survives in 16mm.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/ThirteenthHour1927.html ''The Thirteenth Hour'' at Silent Era Database]</ref>
A print of this film survives in 16mm.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/ThirteenthHour1927.html ''The Thirteenth Hour'' at Silent Era Database]</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Junior detective Gray ([[Charles Delaney]]) discovers that the eccentric criminologist Professor Leroy ([[Lionel Barrymore]]) is both a crook and a murderer.
Junior detective Gray ([[Charles Delaney]]) discovers that the eccentric criminologist Professor Leroy ([[Lionel Barrymore]]) is both a crook and a murderer.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C04EFDB123DE733A2575BC2A9679D946695D6CF "Mr. Barrymore's New Idea" (''The New York Times'', November 28, 1927)]</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Lionel Barrymore]] as Professor Leroy
* [[Lionel Barrymore]] as Professor Leroy
* [[Jacqueline Gadsden]] as Mary Lyle (as Jacqueline Gadsdon)
* [[Jacqueline Gadsdon]] as Mary Lyle
* [[Charles Delaney]] as Matt Gray
* [[Charles Delaney]] as Matt Gray
* [[Fred Kelsey]] as Detective Shaw
* [[Fred Kelsey]] as Detective Shaw
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*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018480/ ''The Thirteenth Hour''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018480/ ''The Thirteenth Hour''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
*{{allmovie|113346|synopsis}}
*{{allmovie|113346|synopsis}}
*{{AFI film|12639|The Thirteenth Hour}}
*{{tcmdb title|721|Grand Exit}}
*[http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/36/36/3532674/3/628x471.jpg screen cap of Lionel in the film]
*[http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/36/36/3532674/3/628x471.jpg screen cap of Lionel in the film]
*[http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/lionel-barrymore-13th-hour-french-504433619 French pressbook](archived)
*[http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/lionel-barrymore-13th-hour-french-504433619 French pressbook](archived)

Revision as of 22:18, 30 June 2017

The Thirteenth Hour
1927 lobby card
Directed byChester M. Franklin
Written byEdward T. Lowe Jr.
Screenplay byChester M. Franklin
Douglas Furber
Story byChester M. Franklin
Douglas Furber
Intertitles:
Wellyn Totman
StarringLionel Barrymore
Jacqueline Gadsdon
Charles Delaney
CinematographyMax Fabian
Edited byDan Sharits
Distributed byMetro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date
  • October 13, 1927 (1927-10-13) (United States)
Running time
6 reels, 5,252 feet
LandVereinigte Staaten
LanguagesSilent film
(English intertitles)

The Thirteenth Hour (aka:The 13th Hour) is a 1927 American silent film mystery produced and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by Chester Franklin.[1] The film stars Lionel Barrymore in a role where, as noted criminologist Professor Leroy, he dons a weird series of disguises to hide a dark secret.[2][3][4] This was the first film where Barrymore was cast opposite talented dogs,[5] and the first where he was cast as a serial killer.[6][7]

A print of this film survives in 16mm.[8]

Plot

Junior detective Gray (Charles Delaney) discovers that the eccentric criminologist Professor Leroy (Lionel Barrymore) is both a crook and a murderer.[9]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ Everson, William K. (1972). The detective in film (illustrated ed.). Citadel Press. pp. 29, 35, 217. ISBN 9780806502984.
  2. ^ "The Thirteenth Hour". Time Magazine. 1927. pp. Volume 10. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2004). Famous movie detectives III, Volume 3. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series (illustrated ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 285.
  4. ^ The Educational screen, Volume 7. Educational Screen, Inc. 1928. p. 16.
  5. ^ Lionel Barrymore, Cameron Shipp (1974). We Barrymores (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Press. p. 258. ISBN 9780837175508.
  6. ^ Rigby, Jonathan (2007). American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema (illustrated ed.). Reynolds & Hearn. p. 53. ISBN 9781905287253.
  7. ^ Al Hirschfeld caricature of The Thirteenth Hour cast (Al Hirschfeld Foundation website)
  8. ^ The Thirteenth Hour at Silent Era Database
  9. ^ "Mr. Barrymore's New Idea" (The New York Times, November 28, 1927)
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