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The Thirteenth Chair is a 1929 American mystery film directed by Tod Browning. The picture is based on a 1916 play of the same name by Bayard Veiller. It stars Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams and Margaret Wycherly. The film was one of many released in both sound and silent versions.
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
30 dic 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.
Overview. Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance participants had a reason and a means to kill, and one of them uses the cover of darkness to kill again.
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
Year: 1929. Original title: The Thirteenth Chair (The 13th Chair). Synopsis: 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.
The Thirteenth Chair (1929) is essentially a murder mystery with a slight horror element. The friend of the man who is murdered, holds a seance in order to reveal who the murderer is. Bela Lugosi plays the detective assigned to the case.
