Darkened Rooms (1929)

He could control other people's minds; see what happens when a beautiful girl enters his life.

Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evelyn Brent stars as Ellen, a fraudulent medium working in cahoots with genuine clairvoyant Emory Jago (Neil Hamilton). The plotline is secondary; the film's main purpose was to emulate the methods of such professional "de-bunkers" as Mrs. Harry Houdini by exposing the various tricks of the spiritualist's trade.

Genres: Mystery

Stars: Evelyn Brent, Neil Hamilton, Doris Hill, David Newell, Gale Henry

Release Date: 1929-11-23

Country: N/A

Ratings: 6.583 / 10 (6 votes)

Runtime: 66 mins