Chamber of Horrors (1929 film)
| Chamber of Horrors | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walter Summers |
| Written by | Walter Summers |
| Produced by | H. Bruce Woolfe |
| Starring | Frank Stanmore Elizabeth Hempel |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation |
Release date | March 1929 |
Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Chamber of Horrors is a 1929 British silent horror film directed by Walter Summers and starring Frank Stanmore and Elizabeth Hempel. It was made at Welwyn Studios.[1] Film historians consider this movie the last major silent film made in England.[2]
Plot[edit]
James Budgeforth (Frank Stanmore) spends the night in the Chamber of Horrors of Madame Tussauds. While there, he has a nightmare in which he murders his mistress Ninette (Elizabeth Hempel), and believing the dream to be real, he loses his sanity during the night.
Cast[edit]
- Frank Stanmore as James Budgeforth
- Elizabeth Hempel as Ninette
- Leslie Holland as deaf mute
- Joan Maude as lady reporter
- Fanny Wright as lecturer
References[edit]
- ^ Wood p.67
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 337. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
Bibliography[edit]
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links[edit]
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Categories:
- 1929 films
- British horror films
- British silent feature films
- 1929 horror films
- 1920s English-language films
- Films directed by Walter Summers
- Films shot at Welwyn Studios
- Films set in London
- British black-and-white films
- Silent horror films
- 1920s British films
- 1920s British film stubs
- Pre-1960 horror film stubs
- 1920s film stubs