The Missing Guest
The Missing Guest is a 1938 American mystery film directed by John Rawlins and starring Paul Kelly, Constance Moore and William Lundigan.[1] It is a remake of the 1933 film The Secret of the Blue Room, based on an original German film from the year before. It was followed by a further version Murder in the Blue Room in 1944.
| The Missing Guest | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Rawlins |
| Produced by | Barney A. Sarecky |
| Written by | Charles Martin Paul Perez Erich Philippi |
| Starring | Paul Kelly Constance Moore William Lundigan |
| Music by | Charles Previn |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Edited by | Frank Gross |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | August 12, 1938 |
Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Otterson.
Synopsis
A newspaper reporter is sent by his editor to spend a night in a country house where a notorious murder had been committed exactly twenty years before.
Cast
- Paul Kelly as 'Scoop' Hanlon
- Constance Moore as Stephanie Kirkland
- William Lundigan as Larry Dearden
- Edwin Stanley as Dr. Carroll
- Selmer Jackson as Frank Baldrich
- Billy Wayne as 'Vic'
- George Cooper as 'Jake'
- P.J. Kelly as Edwards - the Butler
- Florence Wix as Linda Baldrich
- Harlan Briggs as Frank Kendall - Editor
- Pat C. Flick as Nikolaus Popoulos - Inventor
- John Harmon as Baldrich's Guard
- Guy Usher as Police Inspector McDonald
References
- Weaver & Brunas p.62
Bibliography
- Weaver, Tom & Brunas, Michael & Brunas, John. Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946. McFarland & Company, 2007.
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