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The Thirteenth Chair (play)
The Thirteenth Chair can refer to: * ''The Thirteenth Chair'' (play), a 1916 play by Bayard Veiller Bayard Veiller (January 2, 1869 – January 16, 1943) was an American playwright, screenwriter, producer and film director. He wrote for 32 films between 1915 and 1941. Biography He was born on January 2, 1869, in Brooklyn, New York to Phi ... * ''The Thirteenth Chair'' (1919 film), based on the play * ''The Thirteenth Chair'' (1929 film), based on the play * ''The Thirteenth Chair'' (1937 film), based on the play {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thirteenth Chair (play)
The Thirteenth Chair can refer to: * ''The Thirteenth Chair'' (play), a 1916 play by Bayard Veiller Bayard Veiller (January 2, 1869 – January 16, 1943) was an American playwright, screenwriter, producer and film director. He wrote for 32 films between 1915 and 1941. Biography He was born on January 2, 1869, in Brooklyn, New York to Phi ... * ''The Thirteenth Chair'' (1919 film), based on the play * ''The Thirteenth Chair'' (1929 film), based on the play * ''The Thirteenth Chair'' (1937 film), based on the play {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayard Veiller
Bayard Veiller (January 2, 1869 – January 16, 1943) was an American playwright, screenwriter, producer and film director. He wrote for 32 films between 1915 and 1941. Biography He was born on January 2, 1869, in Brooklyn, New York to Philip Bayard Veiller. He was married to English actress Margaret Wycherly from 1901 to 1922; their son, Anthony Veiller, was also a screenwriter. Veiller first broke into Broadway theatre with ''The Primrose Path'', a play that he wrote and produced. It was a failure and left him broke, although it later served as the basis for the 1920 film, '' Burnt Wings''. His first success as a playwright was '' Within the Law'', a hit on Broadway in 1912-1913. It was later adapted as a movie five times. Veiller continued to write plays as he began screenwriting. His later Broadway hits included ''The Thirteenth Chair'' and ''The Trial of Mary Dugan'', which were adapted as films. The play ''The Thirteenth Chair'' had been licensed for production in Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thirteenth Chair (1919 Film)
''The Thirteenth Chair'' is a 1919 American silent mystery film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Yvonne Delva, Creighton Hale and Marie Shotwell.American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 p.568 It was based on a play of the same name by Bayard Veiller. Subsequent film adaptations were made in 1929 as '' The Thirteenth Chair'' and 1937 again under the same title. Plot summary Cast * Yvonne Delva as Helen O'Neil * Creighton Hale as Willy Grosby * Marie Shotwell as Madame LaGrange * Christine May as Mrs. Philip Mason * Suzanne Colbert as Helen Trent * Georges Deneubourg as Edward Wales * Marc McDermott as Stephen Lee * Walter Law as Inspector Donohue * Fraunie Fraunholz Fraunie Fraunholz (1876–1938) was a Canadian film actor active during the silent era. He starred in a number of films directed by the pioneer Alice Guy.McMahan p.335 Selected filmography * '' Matrimony's Speed Limit'' (1913) * ''The Pit and th ... Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thirteenth Chair (1929 Film)
''The Thirteenth Chair'' is a 1929 American mystery film directed by Tod Browning. The picture is based on a 1916 play of the same name by Bayard Veiller. It stars Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams and Margaret Wycherly. The film was one of many released in both sound and silent versions. The initial television airing of the sound version was by TCM on August 22, 2019. An earlier version of the film, starring Creighton Hale, was made in 1919 by ACME/ Pathe Exchange, directed by Leonce Perret. In 1937, the film was again remade by MGM under the same title starring Elissa Landi and Dame May Whitty. Plot Inspector Delzante (Bela Lugosi), investigates a pair of murders near a British mansion in Calcutta. Helen O'Neill (Leila Hyams) becomes a chief suspect based on circumstantial evidence. A fake Irish medium, Madame LaGrange (Margaret Wycherly) is called in to try to help solve the first murder. Cast Production ''The Thirteenth Chair'' was director Tod Browning's first sound film. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |