In the Next Room (1930)
The story starts with a prologue set in 1889 in which we see an angry husband murdering his wife's lover. The setting then moves to 1929, just as an antiques dealer Philip Vantine (John St. Polis) has finished moving into the same house where the 1889 murder occurred.
- Date of release
- 1930-01-26
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Mystery
- Director
- Edward F. Cline
Casting
- Jack Mulhall — James Godfrey
- Alice Day — Lorna
- Robert Emmett O'Connor — Tim Morel
- John St. Polis — Philip Vantine
- Claud Allister — Parks (butler)
- Aggie Herring — Mrs. O'Connor
Interesting facts
In The Next Room is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Edward F. Cline. The movie stars Jack Mulhall and Alice Day. The film was based on the play of the same title by Eleanor Belmont and Harriet Ford, which itself was derived from the book The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet by Burton E. Stevenson.
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