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66% Critic Match
Darkened Rooms
“He could control other people's minds; see what happens when a beautiful girl enters his life.”
6.6 / 10• 1929• 1h 6m•NR• English
Mystery
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Evelyn Brent
Ellen
Lead
Neil Hamilton
Emory Jago
Doris Hill
Joyce Clayton
David Newell
Billy
Gale Henry
Madame Silvara
Wallace MacDonald
Bert Nelson
BC
Blanche Craig
Mrs. Fogarty
E.H. Calvert
Mr. Clayton
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Louis J. Gasnier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Darkened Rooms is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
