| 00:01:00 60 |
HOUSE SERVANTS COVER THE RECENTLY DEAD PERSON WITH
A SHEET. CORPSE ON BED COVERED WITH SHROUD. LARGE CANDLE NEARBY. WIND BLOWING CURTAINS. COUPLE VISIT BODY. |
| 00:01:30 90 |
WOMAN PULLS BACK SHEET. MAN SHAKES HEAD "NO".
GOTHIC LOOKING HOUSE. THUNDER & LIGHTNING |
| 00:02:30 150 |
OLD MAID-LOOKING WOMAN PEERS AT BODY, CLOSES DOOR
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| 00:02:50 170 |
MAN TALKS WITH OLD MAN IN WHEELCHAIR. HE PUSHES
HIM |
| 00:03:30 210 |
MEN SHAKE HANDS.
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| 00:04:30 270 |
MEN GO DOWN INTO BASEMENT. THEY LOOK AT GORILLA
IN CAGE. HUGE CHIMP JUMPS UP & DOWN. |
| 00:05:45 345 |
MAN LOOKS SUSPICIOUS, ANGRY.
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| 00:06:00 360 |
BUTLER. WOMAN SWEEPS ASHES NEAR HUGE FIREPLACE.
FIRE BURNING. STOKING FIRE. THUNDERSTORM OUTSIDE. |
| 00:07:35 455 |
MAN WARMS HIS HANDS BY FIRE. SINISTER FACE.
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| 00:08:25 505 |
MAN BRINGS IN FIRE WOOD. CHIMP IN CAGE SCREECHES.
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| 00:09:20 560 |
EVIL LOOKING WOMAN FALLS TO HER KNEES NEXT TO
WHEELCHAIR MAN & CRIES. KNEELS. HUGS MAN. HE PATS HER HEAD |
| 00:10:15 615 |
SHE JUMPS UP IN FRIGHT. RUNS TO MAN. THEY HOLD
EACH OTHER. HUG. MAN IN WHEELCHAIR LOOKS SUSPICIOUS SHAKE HANDS. |
| 00:10:50 650 |
MAN TALKS WITH BLACK CHAUFFER, BLACK SERVANT BY
CAR. HOLDING SUITCASES. PUTS LUGGAGE DOWN. UNCLE TOM TYPE. RACIAL STEREOTYPE. MAN REMOVES COAT. |
| 00:11:20 680 |
MAN IN WHEELCHAIR WHEELS HIMSELF AROUND
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| 00:12:10 730 |
YOUNG WOMAN IN BEDROOM LOOKS AT BODY COVERED WITH
SHEET. VISITS DEAD BODY. LIGHTNING & THUNDER OUTSIDE AT WINDOWS. SPOOKY. WOMAN LOOKS SCARED. SHE LAYS HER HEAD ON BEDPOST. SORROW. COMFORTED BY MAID. OFFERS HER A SHOULDER TO CRY ON. LEADS HER OUT OF ROOM |
| 00:13:10 790 |
WOMAN WITH MAN WITH SUITCASES LISTENING AT DOOR.
SCHEMING. SERVANT PICKS UP LUGGAGE, CLOSES DOOR SUSPICIOUSLY |
| 00:14:04 844 |
COUPLE BY FIREPLACE. MAN COMFORTS WOMAN.
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| 00:15:20 920 |
MAN PUTS ON COAT AND LEAVES LADY GOES UPSTAIRS.
BEAR RUG |
| 00:15:50 950 |
BLACK CHAUFFEUR OUTSIDE AT NIGHT LOOKING UP AT SKY
SCARED LOOKING BLACK MAN. |
| 00:16:25 985 |
CHIMP IN CAGE
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| 00:16:45 1005 |
PEOPLE SITTING AROUND PARLOR. MAN RUMMAGES THROUGH
BRIEFCASE |
| 00:17:20 1040 |
OLD-MAID. LAWYER PREPARES TO READ WILL.
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| 00:17:40 1060 |
BLACK CHAUFFER IN LIMOUSINE LOOKS UP TO SKY. WEIRD.
SERVANT WITH LANTERN TALKS TO HIM |
| 00:18:20 1100 |
READING OF THE WILL. WOMAN LOOKS SAD.
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| 00:19:00 1140 |
OLD-FASHIONED MAN WITH GLASSES READING NEWSPAPER.
WOMAN LOOKS AROUND ANXIOUS, UPSET |
| 00:19:30 1170 |
WOMAN LOOKS UNCONCERNED. WITCH WOMAN. LEAVES
ROOM. LISTENING AT DOOR. SERVANT EAVESDROPS. |
| 00:21:30 1290 |
PEOPLE SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO
HAPPEN. MAN IN WHEELCHAIR HOLD'S WOMAN'S HAND. PATS IT. COMFORTS HER. MAN PUSHES HIM AWAY |
| 00:21:50 1310 |
CHIMP JUMPS UP & DOWN IN CAGE. GOING BANANAS!
BLACK MAN SITTING ON DIRTY BED, NIGHTSHIRT. STRONG MAN CARRIES OLD MAN DOWN HALL. PUTS HIM IN CHAIR. REMOVES HIS SHOES. |
| 00:23:15 1395 |
WOMAN COMFORTS OLD MAN. KISSES HIM ON HEAD. MAN
LURKING OVER OTHER MAN. OLD MAN TRIES TO GET UP. |
| 00:25:00 1500 |
MAN LOOKS AT WATCH. MAN BITES END OFF CIGAR.
SMOKES CIGAR. MAN GOES UPSTAIRS. MAN LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. |
| 00:26:20 1580 |
MAN COMFORTS WOMAN. PAINTING ON WALL MOVES. IT
MOVES TO REVEAL PEEP HOLE BEHIND IT. |
| 00:27:20 1640 |
PEOPLE LOOK CONCERNED. HOLD HANDS. MAN KISSES
WOMAN GOODNIGHT. ROMANTIC. SHE GOES INTO ROOM. WALKS DOWN HALL INTO OWN ROOM. |
| 00:27:50 1670 |
MAN REMOVES JACKET, PUTS ON ROBE. SITS DOWN LOOKS
AT BOOK. READS BOOK. |
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Year: 1932
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1930s FEATURE FILMS
Description: TED CLAYTON, VERA REYNOLDS, SHELDON LEWIS, MISCHA AUER, MARTHA MATTOX, SIDNEY BRADY, SLEEP 'N' EAT (WILLIE BEST). AN OLD DARK HOUSE MYSTERY. REYNOLDS INHERITS HER FATHER'S ESTATE INCLUDING THE APE HE KEPT FOR EXPERIMENTS, BUT HER EVIL PARALYZED UNCLE, LEWIS, WANTS HER KILLED SO HE CAN HAVE THE FORTUNE FOR HIMSELF. HE GETS AUER, HIS MORONIC SON, TO KILL REYNOLDS, BUT THE CONFUSED BOY KILLS HIS OWN MOTHER INSTEAD. AUER, UPSET THAT LEWIS'S ORDERS HAVE CAUSED HIM TO KILL HIS MOTHER, TURNS UPON THE CRIPPLED MAN, AND LATER GOADS THE APE INTO ATTACKING REYNOLDS, BUT LEWIS, HER FIANCE, RESCUES HER & THE FRENZIED APE KILLS AUER.
