The Witching Hour (1921 film)
| The Witching Hour | |
|---|---|
Famous Players–Lasky Corporation | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 82 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Witching Hour is a 1921 American
This was one of three times that the 1907 stage play was adapted to film (including once in 1916[4]), and according to critic Christopher Workman, was "the least interesting of the three film adaptations". A print of this film currently exists in the Library of Congress.[1]
British-born actor A. Edward Sutherland starred in a number of silent films before moving to the United States where he became a director, working on such Hollywood films as Murders in the Zoo (1932), Beyond Tomorrow (1940) and The Invisible Woman (1940).[1]
Plot
Clay Whipple is convicted of murdering the governor following an incident involving a cat's eye pin. Whipple is sentenced to death, but a mentalist named Psychic Jack believes he is innocent since Whipple had been hypnotized at the time of the murder. The psychic persuades the judge to grant the condemned man a retrial, and he sets out to uncover the identity of the real killer, during which time he manages to prevent a second murder from occurring.
Cast
- Elliott Dexter as Psychic Jack Brookfield
- Winter Hall as Judge Prentice
- Ruth Renick as Viola Campbell
- Robert Cain as Frank Hardmuth
- A. Edward Sutherland as Clay Whipple
- Mary Alden as Helen Whipple
- F. A. Turner as Lew Ellinger
- Genevieve Blinn as Mrs. Campbell
- Charles West as Tom Denning
- L. M. Wells as Judge Henderson
- Clarence Geldart as Colonel Bailey
- Jim Blackwell as Harvey
Preservation status
The film still exists and is preserved at the Gosfilmofond Russian state and the Library of Congress.[5][6]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- ^ Janiss Garza (2015). "The-Witching-Hour - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ^ "The Witching Hour". afi.com. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-8790-5.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Witching Hour
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 21, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
External links
- The Witching Hour at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
 | This article about a silent drama film from the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |