USA, 1930
69m
35mm film, black and white, 1.20:1
mono, English
An American borderline horror film directed by George B. Seitz.
Plot Summary
A mystery writer tries to solve the case of a murder in a castle on an island off the coast of Maine.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: George B. Seitz
Copyright MCMXXX [1930] RKO Productions, Inc.
RKO Productions, Inc. presents. Radio Pictures
Produced by: William LeBaron
Associate Producer: Bertram Millhauser
Screen Play by: Beulah Marie Dix
From the Play “Hawk Island” by: Howard Irving Young
Photographed by: Joseph Walker
Film Editor: Otto Ludwig
Recording by: Clem Portman
Photographic Effects by: Lloyd Knechtel
Art Director: Max Rée
Cast
Betty Compson [Sally Wayne]
Lowell Sherman [Tom Austen]
Raymond Hatton [Paul Cooper]
Hugh Trevor [Gregory Sloane]
Ivan Lebedeff [Mischa Kawelin]
June Clyde [Louise Hollister]
Rita LaRoy [real name: Rita La Roy] [Madeline Austen]
Marcelle Corday [Harriet Cooper]
Sidney D’Albrook [Barker]
William P. Burt [Rogers]
References
Periodicals
- The Bioscope vol.84 no.1250 (17 September 1930) p.23
- Film Fan Monthly no.153 (March 1974) p.12
Books
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.322
- The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts 1915-1976 by Gary D. Rhodes and David J. Hogan pp.75-76
- RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929-1956 by Michael R. Pitts pp.189-191
