USA, 1933
66m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono (Western Electric Sound System Noiseless Recording), English
An American horror film directed by Kurt Neumann.
Plot Summary
Two decades after a series of murders in a castle’s mysterious “blue room”, three men vying for the affections of the same woman spend a night in the room to prove their bravery.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Copyright MCMXXXIII [1933] by Universal Pictures Corp., Carl Laemmle, pres.
A Universal picture. Carl Laemmle presents
Produced by: Carl Laemmle Jr
Screen Play: William Hurlbut
Story: Erich Philippi
Camera: Charles Stumar
Film Editor: Philip Cahn
Music: Heinz Letton
Art Director: Stanley Fleischer
Cast
Lionel Atwill (Robert von Helldorf)
Gloria Stuart (Irene von Helldorf)
Paul Lukas (Captain Walter Brink)
Edward Arnold (Commissioner Forster)
Onslow Stevens (Frank Faber)
William Janney (Thomas Brandt)
Robert Barrat (Paul)
Muriel Kirkland (Betty)
Russell Hopton (Max)
Elizabeth Patterson (Mary)
Anders Van Haden (the stranger)
James Durkin (the commissioner’s assistant)
Alternative Titles
Blå rummets hemlighet – Sweden
O Mistério do Quarto Azul – Portugal
O Segredo da Alcova – Brazil
Tajna plave sobe – Croatia
青い部屋 – Japan
Тайна Голубой комнаты – Soviet Union
Links
Includes extracts from
Geheimnis des blauen Zimmers (1932)
References
Periodicals
- Classic Images no.354 (December 2004) p.22-23 – review (2004 Fall Cinesation Film Reviews by Larry Smith, James Bazen and Jenny Paxson)
- The Picturegoer vol.3 no.139 20 January (1934) p.27
Books
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.42
- Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films by James Robert Parish pp.300-302 – credits, synopsis, review
- Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography, 1931-1939 by Bryan Senn pp.474-475
- Sound Films, 1927-1939: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.577
- A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke pp.63-64; 68
