1929
6.7 (5 votes)
1h 6m
Genres
Mystery
Darkened Rooms
He could control other people's minds; see what happens when a beautiful girl enters his life.
Overview
Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evelyn Brent stars as Ellen, a fraudulent medium working in cahoots with genuine clairvoyant Emory Jago (Neil Hamilton). The plotline is secondary; the film's main purpose was to emulate the methods of such professional "de-bunkers" as Mrs. Harry Houdini by exposing the various tricks of the spiritualist's trade.
Key Crew
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Director of Photography: Archie Stout
Writer: Patrick Kearney, Melville Baker
Story: Philip Gibbs
