Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evelyn Brent stars as Ellen, a fraudulent medium working in cahoots with genuine clairvoyant Emory Jago (Neil Hamilton). The plotline is secondary; the film's main purpose was to emulate the methods of such professional "de-bunkers" as Mrs. Harry Houdini by exposing the various tricks of the spiritualist's trade.
Genre: Mystery
Stars: Evelyn Brent, Neil Hamilton, Doris Hill, David Newell, Gale Henry, Wallace MacDonald
Crew: Louis J. Gasnier (Director), Frances Marsh (Editor), Archie Stout (Director of Photography), Melville Baker (Writer), Philip Gibbs (Story), Patrick Kearney (Writer)
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Language: English
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Runtime: 66 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 23, 1929
IMDb: 4.2
Keywords:séance, supernatural power
