Darkened Rooms
1929
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.
Director:
Louis J. Gasnier
Writers:
Philip Gibbs, Patrick Kearney, Melville Baker
Production:
N/A
Country:
United States
