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The House of a Thousand Candles (1915)

The House of a Thousand Candles poster
Directed by
Thomas N. Heffron
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man inherits a strange old house that is lit by a thousand candles. He discovers secrets and faces dangers within its walls.

mysteriousquietold-fashionedslow-pacedintriguingshadowyatmospheric

What happens

The House of a Thousand Candles is a 1915 American silent mystery film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Harry Mestayer, Grace Darmond and John Charles. Based on a novel of the same name by Meredith Nicholson, it was remade twice, in 1919 as another silent film Haunting Shadows and a 1936 sound film The House of a Thousand Candles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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