The House of Secrets

  • 1936




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$ 0 Million

The House of Secrets is a 1936 English-language Mystery motion picture written by Sydney Horler and John W. Krafft. The movie is directed by Roland D. Reed and produced by George R. Batcheller under the banner of Chesterfield Pictures. Globe-trotter Barry Wilding (Leslie Fenton) intercedes when a man annoys Julie Ken (Muriel Evans) on a ship crossing the English Channel, but she refuses to tell him her name or address. Barry determines to find her in London, but he is summoned to a lawyer's office and informed that he has inherited The Hawk's Nest, a large estate outside London. He has to sign a declaration that he will never sell the property. He arrives there and is roughly put off his own property be trespassers who have taken up residence. Despite offers to buy the estate and warnings to get out of England, Barry refuses to do either. Julie appears and tells Barry she is living at The Hawk's Nest and he must allow her and her father, Dr. Ken (Morgan Wallace), to continue to live there for at least six months, and he can not visit her there. But Barry continues to try to solve the mystery that surrounds his inheritance even after being attacked by three American gangsters. Barry tries to enlist the aid of Scotland Yard, but, for some unfathomable reason, they refuse to help him. Mystery piles on mystery before the amazing and unusual conclusion. Written by Les Adams. The house of secrets stars Leslie Fenton, Muriel Evans, Noel Madison, Sidney Blackmer, Morgan Wallace, Holmes Herbert and David Thursby. Cinematography was done by M.A. Anderson and editing by Dan Milner. The motion picture has a running time of 70 minutes. It was released on 28th October 1936. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Chesterfield Pictures.

Release Date 28 OCT 1936
Run Time 1 HOUR 10 MINUTES
Language

English

Genre

Mystery

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