The Thirteenth Hour (1927 film)

The Thirteenth Hour
1927 lobby card
Directed byChester M. Franklin
Written byEdward T. Lowe Jr.
Screenplay byChester M. Franklin
Douglas Furber
Story byChester M. Franklin
Douglas Furber
Sydney Horler(novelization)[1]
Intertitles:
Wellyn Totman
StarringLionel Barrymore
Jacqueline Gadsdon
Charles Delaney
CinematographyMax Fabian
Edited byDan Sharits
Distributed byMetro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date
  • October 13, 1927 (1927-10-13) (United States)
Running time
6 reels, 5,252 feet
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
(English intertitles)

The Thirteenth Hour (aka:The 13th Hour) is a 1927 American silent mystery film produced and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by Chester Franklin.[2][3] 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.[4][5][6] This was the first film where Barrymore was cast opposite talented dogs,[7] and the first where he was cast as a serial killer.[8][9]

A print of this film survives in 16mm.[10]

Plot

Junior detective Gray (Charles Delaney) discovers that the eccentric criminologist Professor Leroy (Lionel Barrymore) is both a crook and a murderer.[11] A German Shepherd chases the elusive LeRoy throughout a large house filled with secret rooms.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ The 13th Hour, novelization, by Sydney Horler UK 1930
  2. ^ 2012, 1927, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Extract from The 13th hour, illustrated with scenes from the photoplay {electronic resource} (National Library of Australia Trove)
  3. ^ Everson, William K. (1972). The detective in film (illustrated ed.). Citadel Press. pp. 29, 35, 217. ISBN 9780806502984.
  4. ^ Hadden, Briton; Luce, Henry Robinson (1927). "The Thirteenth Hour". Time Magazine. pp. Volume 10. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  5. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2004). Famous movie detectives III, Volume 3. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series (illustrated ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 285. ISBN 9780810836907.
  6. ^ The Educational screen, Volume 7. Educational Screen, Inc. 1928. p. 16.
  7. ^ Lionel Barrymore, Cameron Shipp (1974). We Barrymores (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Press. p. 258. ISBN 9780837175508.
  8. ^ Rigby, Jonathan (2007). American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema (illustrated ed.). Reynolds & Hearn. p. 53. ISBN 9781905287253.
  9. ^ Al Hirschfeld caricature of The Thirteenth Hour cast (Al Hirschfeld Foundation website)
  10. ^ The Thirteenth Hour at Silent Era Database
  11. ^ "Mr. Barrymore's New Idea" (The New York Times, November 28, 1927)