The 13th Hour
Also known as [The Thirteenth Hour]
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5252 feet
Directed by Chester M. Franklin
Cast: Lionel Barrymore [Professor Leroy], Jacquelin Gadsdon (Jacqueline Gadsden) [Mary Lyle], Charles Delaney [Matt Gray], Fred Kelsey [Detective Shaw], Polly Moran [Polly], Lucy Beaumont [the woman strangled at the mansion], Sôjin Kamiyama [the Asian menace], Napoleon Bonaparte the dog
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Scenario by Douglas Furber and Chester M. Franklin, with continuity by Edward T. Lowe Jr., from a screen story by Douglas Furber and Chester M. Franklin. Set design by Eugene Hornbostel (Eugene Hornboestel). Cinematography by Maximilian Fabian (Max Fabian). Film editor, Dan Sharits. Intertitles written by Wellyn Totman. / © 24 October 1927 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP24548]. Released 13 October 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Paris sets by Ben Carré (from another MGM production). / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives
Listing updated: 4 January 2025.
References: Eames-MGM p. 39; Everson-Detective p. 28-29, 35; Limbacher-Feature p. 248 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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