The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930)
- Original title
- Le Mystère de la chambre jaune
- Directed by
- Marcel L'Herbier
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 4 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 young woman is attacked in her locked room, and a journalist investigates the baffling case. This French film follows the search for a culprit who seems to vanish without a trace.
mysterioussuspensefulwhimsicaltalkymethodicaldatedintriguingclassic
What happens
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (French: Le mystère de la chambre jaune) is a 1930 French mystery film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Roland Toutain, Huguette Duflos, and Léon Belières. It is based on the 1907 novel of the same title by Gaston Leroux. L'Herbier made a sequel, The Perfume of the Lady in Black, the following year. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lazare Meerson and Lucien Jaquelux. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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When we were two (1930)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.