The Thirteenth Guest (1932) [Remastered Edition]
by Albert Ray
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Actor: Erville Alderson, Ginger Rogers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lyle Talbot, Paul HurstDirector: Albert Ray
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 77 minutes
Published: 2005
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Tapeworm
DVD Reviews of The Thirteenth Guest (1932) [Remastered Edition]
DVD Review: "Well, you told me to tail her."
Summary: 5 Stars
"You're going for a ride with me." -- Winston
"Where to?" -- Marie
"My apartment." -- Winston
"She'd be safer in jail." -- Captain Ryan
This fun "B" mystery from Monogram has Lyle Talbot as playboy detective Phil Winston and Ginger Rogers as Marie Morgan. Armitage Trail's story, as adapted by Frances Hyland is a blend of spooky old house mystery and early 1930's detective fun, making this one perfect to put in your pile for a rainy night. Trail also wrote Scarface, filmed the same year as this one. Albert Ray directs a cast which also includes J. Farrell Macdonald, Paul Hurst, Erville Alderson, and Frances Rich.
Marie Morgan (Ginger) shows up at an old spooky house one night, arriving by taxi. Supposedly deserted for 21 years, she is shocked to discover the phone working. Dust, cobwebs, and furniture still covered would indicate that it isn't inhabited, yet something lurks. After opening a mysterious letter from her father, she recalls the dinner party from her childhood when 13 relatives were summoned by her father, but the last never arriving. Leaving her a numerical clue of 13--13--13, she has little time to ponder its meaning before she realizes she isn't alone in the spooky old house. A shot rings out in the dark, the waiting taxi driver skedaddling out of there and heading for the police.
To reveal more of the plot would ruin much of the fun, and one of the surprises in this enjoyable little "B" mystery. Lyle Talbot is excellent as the cool playboy detective Phil Winston called upon by his uncle on the force, Captain Ryan (J. Farrell Macdonald), for help every time there's a tough case. A hooded killer, secret passages, an ingenious method of murder, and a nice cast make this one worth the trip to 122 Old Mill Road with Ginger, already displaying an adorable moxie. As the hooded creeper attempts to line the dinner table with stiffs, references to a Packard Touring, a rather dumb cop who happens to be the mayor's nephew, and some rather frank pre-code elements make this "B" stand out for fans. Ginger and Talbot make it fun, and on a rainy night, this one will do the trick. A must for Ginger's fans.
Description of The Thirteenth Guest (1932) [Remastered Edition]
Marie Morgan (Ginger Rogers) takes her flashlight and key and opens the door of an old, dark and shuttered, overgrown with decay abandoned house. She is amazed to see on a cobweb-covered table, a new telephone, and as she enters the dining-room, where rats are gnawing the decayed remains of a sumptuous feast laid out years ago for thirteen guests, she is also surprised to find that electric lights have been installed. She sits in the thirteenth chair and resconstructs the scene of thirteen years before, when she, as a young girl, sat at the side of her father (Charles Meecham) who died at the table after reading a mysterious will. Outside two people climb out of an unlighted car and enter the house. Screams pierce the night air, and her cab driver (Harry Tenbrook) goes for the police. The police find Marie dead at her place at the table. Police Captain Ryan (J. Farrell MacDonald) calls in criminologist Phil Winston (Lyle Talbot) to assist him in the investigation. Police officers bring in Harold 'Bud' Morgan (James Eagles), brother of the girl, and his friend, Thor Jensen (Eddie Phillips), both also guests at the fatal meal thirteen years before. They identify the body and cast suspicions upon family lawyer Robert Barksdale (Robert Klein. ) Order are given to pick up Barksdale who is later found dead at his original place at the table. Winston is called, and as he arrives, police officers bring in Marie Morgan, the supposedly dead girl, who explains that she was frightened away by the screams when she was there and has just come out of hiding. Winston determines that a double was substituted for her at the table, and takes her to his apartment where he persudaes her to call the surviving members of the dinner to come to his apartment. First to arrive is Uncle John Adams (Erville Alderson), who Marie describes as mean enough to kill anybody, followed by Aunt Jane (Ethel Wales) and Uncle Dick Thornton (Phillips Smalley) and their daughter Marjorie (Frances Rich. ) Harold and Thor also arrive. Finding them unwilling to assist and inclined to make a joke of the whole affair, Winston orders their confinement, but later has them released with a police officer ordered to shadow each one. The trail leads back to the old house, when Marie is given a false message to meet Winston there. Winston rescues her from a secret room and the clutches of the killer, and finds that the motive had been the attempted theft of a combination in her possession which unlocked a vault containing keys to a safe-deposit box disclosing her as the beneficiary of a will made prior to the dinner party 13 years before. Written by Les Adams {longhorn3708@windstream.net}Bestsellers in DVD
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