''In The Next Room'' is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film released by

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, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and directed by

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. The movie stars Jack Mulhall and

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. 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

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Cast

* Jack Mulhall as James Godfrey *

as Lorna * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Tim Morel * John St. Polis as Philip Vantine * Claud Allister as Parks (the butler) *

Aggie Herring Agnes Herring (February 4, 1876 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1939. She was born in San Francisco and died in Santa Monica, California.