Midnight Life (1928)
- Directed by
- Joseph C. Boyle, Scott R. Dunlap
- Genre
- silent film, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man and a woman get tangled in a mystery based on a novel. The silent film follows their investigation into a web of secrets.
silent-eramysteriousstylizeddatedslow-pacedsuspensefulclassic
What happens
Midnight Life is a 1928 American silent mystery film produced by independent Gotham Company and distributed by B movie studio Lumas Films. The film is based on a novel, The Spider's Web, by Reginald Wright Kauffman. It was directed by Scott R. Dunlap and stars Francis X. Bushman and Gertrude Olmstead. This film is preserved at the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Stronger Will (1928)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.