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The House on the Marsh (1920)

The House on the Marsh poster
Directed by
Fred Paul
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A governess moves into a new house and discovers its owner is a criminal. She works to expose his secret.

mysterioustensesuspensefulold-fashioneddramaticintriguinggothic-tinged

What happens

The House on the Marsh is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Fred Paul and starring Cecil Humphreys, Peggy Patterson and Harry Welchman. It follows a Governess who unmasks the owner of her house as a criminal. It was based on an 1884 melodramatic novel by Florence Warden. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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