The Thirteenth Chair

The Thirteenth Chair is a 1929 film about a phony medium who tries to prove her protege innocent of murder.

Directed by Tod Browning. Written by Elliott J. Clawson and Joseph Farnham, based on the 1916 play by Bayard Veiller.

Try and Guess It! The thrilling mystery play that baffled and gripped Broadway for a solid year is here as a Talking picture with every chill and gasp intact!  (taglines)

Taglines

• THE THRILL SENSATION OF THE YEAR! The celebrated mystery play that ran a year on Broadway! A Talking Picture you mustn't miss!
• Try and Guess It! The thrilling mystery play that baffled and gripped Broadway for a solid year is here as a Talking picture with every chill and gasp intact!

Cast

• Conrad Nagel — Richard Crosby
• Leila Hyams — Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
• Margaret Wycherly — Madame Rosalie La Grange
• Helene Millard — Mary Eastwood
• Holmes Herbert — Sir Roscoe Crosby
• Mary Forbes — Lady Alice Crosby
• Bela Lugosi — Inspector Delzante
• John Davidson — Edward 'Ned' Wales
• Charles Quatermaine — Dr. Philip Mason
• Moon Carroll — Helen Trent
• Cyril Chadwick — Brandon Trent
• Bertram Johns — Howard Standish
• Gretchen Holland — Grace Standish
• Frank Leigh — Professor Feringeea
• Clarence Geldart — Commissioner Grimshaw

External links

• The Thirteenth Chair quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Thirteenth Chair at Allmovie