The Thirteenth Chair (1929)

Directed by

Tod Browning

Genre

mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 15 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.

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How it feels

A woman hosts a séance to solve a murder. The police are suspicious of the attendees.

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What happens

The Thirteenth Chair is a 1929 American mystery film directed by Tod Browning. The picture is based on a 1916 play of the same name by Bayard Veiller. It stars Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, and Margaret Wycherly. The film was one of many released in both sound and silent versions. The initial television airing of the sound version, minus commercials, was by TCM on August 22, 2019. The sound version aired previously, with commercials, in the early 1990s on TNT. An earlier version of the film, starring Creighton Hale, was made in 1919 by ACME/ Pathe Exchange, directed by Leonce Perret. In 1937, the film was again remade by MGM under the same title starring Elissa Landi and Dame May Whitty. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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