The Unholy Night

The Unholy Night (1929)

When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.

Date of release
1929-09-13
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Director
Lionel Barrymore

Casting

Interesting facts

The Unholy Night is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Lionel Barrymore and starring Ernest Torrence.

Production

According to Exhibitors Herald-World published on April 20, 1929, the film began production under the working title The Green Ghost on 1 March 1929. Initially, Rupert Julian was signed to direct the film as his first 100% dialogue feature. The film's screenplay was written by Edwin Justus Mayer and adapted by Dorothy Farnum based on the short story The Green Ghost by Ben Hecht. The films intertitles were by Joe Farnum.

According to an article in Motion Picture News, Julian voluntarily withdrew from the production stating he was not comfortable directing a sound film, and wanted to earn more experience with shorts first. It has not been determined if any of Julian's work was retained in the released film. Lionel Barrymore took over as director, which would be his second sound film as a director.

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