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The Last Warning
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Paul Leni
Cast: Laura La Plante [Doris Terry], Roy D’Arcy [Harvey Carleton], John Boles [Richard Quayle], Margaret Livingston [Evalynda Hendon], Montagu Love [Arthur McHugh], Burr McIntosh [Josiah Bunce], Mack Swain [Robert Bunce], Bert Roach [Mike Brody], Carrie Daumery [Barbara Morgan], Slim Summerville [Tommy Wall], Torben Meyer [Gene], D’Arcy Corrigan [John Woodford], Bud Phelps [Sammy], Charles K. French [the doctor], Francisco Marán [Jeffries], Ella McKenzie [Ann], Fred Kelsey [an inspector], Tom O’Brien [an inspector]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Jewel]. / Screenplay by Alfred A. Cohn and Tom Reed, from an adaptation by Alfred A. Cohn and Robert F. Hill of the play adaptation The Last Warning by Thomas F. Fallon of the story “House of Fear” by Wadsworth Camp. / Released 25 December 1928. / [?] Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format and/or 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format? / Paul Leni’s final film. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Comedy-Drama: Suspense.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 59.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Actors - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 29 January 2022.
References: Bardèche-History p. 259; Drew-Speaking p. 278; Everson-American p. 332; Hirschhorn-Universal pp. 15, 59, 114; Limbacher-Feature p. 137; Marrero-Vintage p. 6; McCaffrey-Guide p. 12 : Website-AFI.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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