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The Greene Murder Case
Also known as Das Haus des Schreckens in Austria; De gaadefulde Mord in Denmark; L’affaire Greene in France; グリーン家の惨劇 in Japan; Greene-mysteriet in Sweden
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 69 minutes
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Cast: William Powell [Philo Vance], Florence Eldridge [Sibella Greene], Ulrich Haupt [Doctor Arthur Von Blon], Jean Arthur [Ada Greene], Eugene Pallette [Sergeant Ernest Heath], Captain E.H. Calvert (E.H. Calvert) [District Attorney John F.X. Markham], Gertrude Norman [Mrs. Tobias Greene], Lowell Drew [Chester Greene], Morgan Farley [Rex Greene], Brandon Hurst [Sproot], Augusta Burmester (Augusta Burmeister) [Mrs. Gertrude Mannheim], Marcia Hariss (Marcia Harris) [Hemming], Charles E. Evans [Lawyer Canon], Mildred Golden [Barton], Mrs. Wilfred Buckland (Veda Buckland) [the nurse], Helena Phillips Evans [Miss O’Brien, the police nurse], Shep Camp [the medical examiner], Harry Strang [the cop in house]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by B.P. Schulberg. Screenplay by Louise Long, with dialogue by Bartlett Cormack, from the novel The Greene Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright). Costume design by Travis Banton. Costume jewelry by Eugene Joseff. Casting by Fred A. Datig. Casting assistant, Dick Stockton. Music score by Karl Hajos. Cinematography by Henry W. Gerrard. Film editor, Verna Willis. Intertitles written by Richard H. Digges Jr. / Released 11 August 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (Movietone prints) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent prints). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Powell’s 39th film. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version by Paramount Pictures Corporation in 1929. The film was released in Austria as Das Haus des Schreckens in 1930. The film was released in Denmark as De gaadefulde Mord on 3 March 1930. The film was released in Ireland on 16 May 1930. The film was released in France as L’affaire Greene on 5 September 1930. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Mystery.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Characters: Philo Vance - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 9 April 2020.
References: Everson-Detective pp. 87-89; Maltin-Classic p. 269; Quirk-Powell pp. 22, 102, 103, 104; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 400; Sweeney-Coming p. 138 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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