The Old Dark House

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NR,1hr 11min

Genre:

Comedy

Released:

January 1, 1932

Distributor:

Kino

Starring:

Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton ... More

Synopsis: It's a wildly varied group that takes shelter from a raging English storm in the forbidding mansion of the Femm family. Among the reluctant guests are stuffed-shirt Philip Waverton (Raymond Massey): Philip's sensitive wife Margaret (Gloria Stuart); their mutual friend, disillusioned war veteran Roger Penderell (Melvyn Douglas); vulgar self-made millionaire Sir William Porterhouse (Charles Laughton); and Porterhouse's no-better-than-she-ought-to-be lady friend Gladys DuCane (Lillian Bond). Under the ... Full Synopsis

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	Karl Williams, AMG Review Although little seen since its original release, The Old Dark House (1932) had by the 1960s attained a grail-like status among fans of director James Whale, whose beloved Universal horror films included Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). The least successful of this quartet of fright classics, The Old Dark House came to be reconsidered a cult gem, part ... Read Review

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	Boris Karloff Morgan Melvyn Douglas Roger Penderell Charles Laughton Sir William Porterhouse Gloria Stuart Margaret Waverton

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