The Thirteenth Hour

For the 1947 Whistler series film, see The Thirteenth Hour (1947 film).
The Thirteenth Hour

1927 lobby card
Directed by Chester M. Franklin
Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Screenplay by Chester M. Franklin
Douglas Furber
Story by Chester M. Franklin
Douglas Furber
Intertitles:
Wellyn Totman
Starring Lionel Barrymore
Jacqueline Gadsden
Charles Delaney
Cinematography Max Fabian
Edited by Dan Sharits
Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release dates
  • October 13, 1927 (1927-10-13) (United States)
Running time
 6 reels, 5,252 feet
Country United States
Language Silent film
(English intertitles)

The Thirteenth Hour (aka:The 13th Hour) is a 1927 silent film mystery produced and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by Chester Franklin.[1] The film stars Lionel Barrymore in a role where, as noted criminologist Professor Leroy, he dons a weird series of disguises to hide a dark secret.[2][3][4] This was the first film where Barrymore was cast opposite talented dogs,[5] and the first where he was cast as a serial killer.[6]

A print of this film survives in 16mm.[7]

Plot

Junior detective Gray (Charles Delaney) discovers that the eccentric criminologist Professor Leroy (Lionel Barrymore) is both a crook and a murderer.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Everson, William K. (1972). The detective in film (illustrated ed.). Citadel Press. pp. 29, 35, 217. ISBN 9780806502984.
  2. ↑ "The Thirteenth Hour". Time Magazine. 1927. pp. Volume 10. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Pitts, Michael R. (2004). Famous movie detectives III, Volume 3. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series (illustrated ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 285.
  4. ↑ The Educational screen, Volume 7. Educational Screen, Inc. 1928. p. 16.
  5. ↑ Lionel Barrymore, Cameron Shipp (1974). We Barrymores (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Press. p. 258. ISBN 9780837175508.
  6. ↑ Rigby, Jonathan (2007). American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema (illustrated ed.). Reynolds & Hearn. p. 53. ISBN 9781905287253.
  7. ↑ The Thirteenth Hour at Silent Era Database
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