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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.<ref>[ |
Junior detective Gray ([[Charles Delaney]]) discovers that the eccentric criminologist Professor Leroy ([[Lionel Barrymore]]) is both a crook and a murderer.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C04EFDB123DE733A2575BC2A9679D946695D6CF "Mr. Barrymore's New Idea" (''The New York Times'', November 28, 1927)]</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:13, 16 September 2017
| The Thirteenth Hour | |
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 1927 lobby card | |
| 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][2] 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.[3][4][5] This was the first film where Barrymore was cast opposite talented dogs,[6] and the first where he was cast as a serial killer.[7][8]
A print of this film survives in 16mm.[9]
Plot
Junior detective Gray (Charles Delaney) discovers that the eccentric criminologist Professor Leroy (Lionel Barrymore) is both a crook and a murderer.[10]
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
- ^ 2012, 1927, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Extract from The 13th hour, illustrated with scenes from the photoplay {electronic resource} (National Library of Australia Trove)
- ^ 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)
External links
- The Thirteenth Hour at the Internet Movie Database
- synopsis at AllMovie
- The Thirteenth Hour at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Thirteenth Hour at the TCM Movie Database
- The 13th Hour at Silent Era
- Screen cap of Lionel Barrymore in the film
- French pressbook(archived)
