Summary Alvin Merle, a womanizing Broadway matinée idol, is found strangled in his dressing room. The door is locked from the inside and there is no possible other way into the room. Merle is having an affair with his leading lady, while his wife, actress Ethel Wynn, appearing in another play in a theater around the corner, is doing the same with Frank Murray, the stage manager on Merle's play. Newspaper reporter Jim Ryan is investigating the case and meets Jean Royce, a young actress who had been fired from the play while in rehearsals. Everybody, including Michael, the old actor now relegated to being just a stage-doorman, has a motive. The explanation for the murder lies within the script of the play. View more details
Directed : Richard Thorpe
Written : Arthur Hoerl
Stars : Crauford Kent Barbara Kent John Holland Dorothy Christy
Genres : Mystery Crime Romance Film-Noir
Release date : Sep 30, 1931
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production companies : Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)
Summary Alvin Merle, a womanizing Broadway matinée idol, is found strangled in his dressing room. The door is locked from the inside and there is no possible other way into the room. Merle is having an affair with his leading lady, while his wife, actress Ethel Wynn, appearing in another play in a theater around the corner, is doing the same with Frank Murray, the stage manager on Merle's play. Newspaper reporter Jim Ryan is investigating the case and meets Jean Royce, a young actress who had been fired from the play while in rehearsals. Everybody, including Michael, the old actor now relegated to being just a stage-doorman, has a motive. The explanation for the murder lies within the script of the play. View more details
Genres : Mystery Crime Romance Film-Noir
Release date : Sep 30, 1931
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production companies : Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)
