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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> |
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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> |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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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> |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* [[Lionel Barrymore]] as Professor Leroy |
* [[Lionel Barrymore]] as Professor Leroy |
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* [[Jacqueline |
* [[Jacqueline Gadsdon]] as Mary Lyle |
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* [[Charles Delaney]] as Matt Gray |
* [[Charles Delaney]] as Matt Gray |
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* [[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]] |
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*{{AFI film|12639|The Thirteenth Hour}} |
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*{{tcmdb title|721|Grand Exit}} |
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*[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] |
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*[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 | |
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Directed by | Chester M. Franklin |
Written by | Edward T. Lowe Jr. |
Screenplay by | Chester M. Franklin Douglas Furber |
Story by | Chester M. Franklin Douglas Furber Intertitles: Wellyn Totman |
Starring | Lionel Barrymore Jacqueline Gadsdon Charles Delaney |
Cinematography | Max Fabian |
Edited by | Dan Sharits |
Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels, 5,252 feet |
Land | Vereinigte Staaten |
Languages | Silent 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
- Lionel Barrymore as Professor Leroy
- Jacqueline Gadsdon as Mary Lyle
- Charles Delaney as Matt Gray
- Fred Kelsey as Detective Shaw
- Polly Moran as Polly
- Napoleon the Dog as the dog
- Sojin
See also
References
- ^ Everson, William K. (1972). The detective in film (illustrated ed.). Citadel Press. pp. 29, 35, 217. ISBN 9780806502984.
- ^ "The Thirteenth Hour". Time Magazine. 1927. pp. Volume 10. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2004). Famous movie detectives III, Volume 3. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series (illustrated ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 285.
- ^ The Educational screen, Volume 7. Educational Screen, Inc. 1928. p. 16.
- ^ Lionel Barrymore, Cameron Shipp (1974). We Barrymores (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Press. p. 258. ISBN 9780837175508.
- ^ Rigby, Jonathan (2007). American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema (illustrated ed.). Reynolds & Hearn. p. 53. ISBN 9781905287253.
- ^ Al Hirschfeld caricature of The Thirteenth Hour cast (Al Hirschfeld Foundation website)
- ^ The Thirteenth Hour at Silent Era Database
- ^ "Mr. Barrymore's New Idea" (The New York Times, November 28, 1927)