The Haunted House

The Haunted House (1928)

YOU'LL SHIVER WITH SUSPENSE AND SHAKE WITH LAUGHTER AT THIS MASTER MYSTERY!

Four heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of the will, where they meet the estate's staff, which includes a nurse, a crazed doctor, and a sinister handyman.

Date of release
1928-11-04
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Horror, Comedy, Drama
Director
Benjamin Christensen

Casting

Interesting facts

The Haunted House is a 1928 American mystery film directed by Benjamin Christensen. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. The film stars Larry Kent and Thelma Todd and is based on Owen Davis's 1926 Broadway play of the same name. The UCLA Film & Television Archive has copies of the Vitaphone sound discs but not the film, which remains lost.

Background

After the release of Haxan (1922), director Christensen relocated to Hollywood in 1926, where he directed Norma Shearer in The Devil's Circus. The screenplay for The Haunted House was written by Lajos Biro and Benjamin Christensen who used the name Richard Bee.

Production started on the film on July 26, 1928. The Haunted House was Christensen's first attempt at using sound in film with the feature containing sound effects and a music score, in addition to Eve Southern mouthing two songs in the film which according to an article in Variety, were added in post-production.

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