Ramshackle House (1924)
To all seasoned "fans" longing for mystery, romance and thrills novel enough to stir a jaded picture palate, is offered this film.
Don Counsel, a New Yorker who is traveling through southern Florida, is being framed by Ernest Riever for a murder he did not commit. Riever is holding the real killer captive on his yacht while detectives are searching for Counsel. Pen Broome, who lives with her father (Henry James) on their rundown estate, tries to help Counsel out. Riever's men find Counsel and trap him in a ballast bulkhead, but Pen rescues him.
- Date of release
- 1924-08-31
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- F. Harmon Weight
Casting
- Betty Compson — Pen Broome
- John Davidson — Ernest Riever
- Josephine Norman — Blanche Paglar
- Robert Lowing — Don Counsell
- Henry James — Pendleton Broome
- William Black — Keesing
- Duke Pelzer — Spike Talley
- Joey Joey — Alligator wrestler
Interesting facts
Ramshackle House is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring Betty Compson. It was adapted for the screen by Coolidge Streeter from the novel of the same name by Hulbert Footner. The film was shot at Tilford's studio in Miami. It was released by Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC).
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