The Wall Street Mystery (1931)
1931 · Short film · 17 min · dir. Arthur Hurley
- Mystery
Synopsis
When the apparent murder of two stockbrokers are discovered in their Wall Street office. Police Inspector Crane summons forensic expert Dr. Crabtree to the crime scene. A beautiful woman found in the closet, a frightened African-American elevator operator, and a suspicious business associate are among the witnesses questioned.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Arthur Hurley
- Writer
- S.S. Van Dine
- Cinematography
- Edwin B. DuPar
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 1931-11-04
- Running time
- 17 minutes
- Language
- English
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Short subjects
- mysteries
- whodunits
- Donald Meek
- John Hamilton
- Frances Dale
- Hobart Cavanaugh
Cast & crew
Arthur Hurley Director
Donald Meek
John Hamilton
Frances Dale
Hobart Cavanaugh
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★ · Early Vitaphone Mystery Short · Poohbah70 · 2019-06-18
According to IMDb, this short mystery is the third of a series based on stories by S. S. Van Dine, starring John Hamilton, who achieved fame at the end of his career as Perry White on the TV Superman series and Donald Meek - you can find him in "My Little Chickadee" with Mae West and W. C. Fields - who usually played - you guessed it - meek characters. Here, true to type Hamilton plays Inspector Carr, while Meek plays the meek, but prescient Dr. Crabtree. Unfortunately the plot is forced, the solution is forced and the acting nothing special. Neither IMDb nor Wikipedia credit the black actor…
