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The Circular Staircase
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Edward J. Le Saint (Edward LeSaint)
Cast: Guy Oliver [Halsey Innes], Eugenie Besserer [Aunt Ray], Stella Razeto [Gertrude Innes], Edith Johnson [Louise Armstrong], William Howard [Jack Bailey], Anna Dodge [Liddy], Jane Watson [Mrs. Watson], F.J. Tyler [Old Tom], Fred Huntly [Detective Jamieson], Clyde Benson [Arnold Armstrong], George Hernandez [Paul Armstrong], Bert Grasby [Doctor Walker]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated [Selig Red Seal Plays]. / From the novel The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Technical director, Gabriel Pollock. / © 25 August 1915 by The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated [LP6248]. Released 20 September 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was adapted as the play The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood in 1920, which became the basis for the film The Bat (1926).
Drama: Mystery.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0695.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Disguises - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Vaudeville
Listing updated: 18 July 2009.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0695; Everson-Detective p. 30; Lahue-Selig p. 211; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 343; Tarbox-Lost pp. 222, 252 : ClasIm-224 pp. 53, 54 : Website-AFI.
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