Darkened Rooms (1929)
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He could control other people's minds; see what happens when a beautiful girl enters his life.
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.
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Evelyn BrentEllen
Neil HamiltonEmory Jago
Doris HillJoyce Clayton
David NewellBilly
Gale HenryMadame Silvara
Wallace MacDonaldBert NelsonBlanche CraigMrs. Fogarty
E.H. CalvertMr. ClaytonSammy BrickerSailor
George BerangerMadame Silvara's CustomerFlorence DudleySailor's GirlfriendOscar SmithOscarKeywords
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What is Darkened Rooms about?
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.
How long is Darkened Rooms?
Darkened Rooms has a runtime of 66 minutes.