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The Crooked Circle is a 1932 American pre-Code film, a comedy-mystery directed by H. Bruce Humberstone . In 1933, The Crooked Circle was the first feature film shown on television. In Los Angeles, the Don Lee Broadcasting System showed the film on March 10, 1933, over their experimental station W6XAO, transmitting an 80-line resolution ...
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The Crooked Circle: Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. With Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, Ben Lyon, Irene Purcell. A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.
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- Comedy, Mystery
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- 1932-09-25
Wealthy Brand Osborne resigns from an amateur sleuth group called the Sphinx Club, which has just caused the arrest of a famous thief who is a member of the club's counter-organization, the Crooked Circle. Brand's fiancée, Thelma Parker, whom he has only known for a week, requested he resign.
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- Zasu Pitts
The Crooked Circle is a gang of counterfeiters and thieves who have decided to take revenge on Col. Walters (Berton Churchill) who has sent one of their ranks to prison. They decide he must die that very night. Meanwhile the Colonel's own group, The Sphinx Club, is determined to protect him at all costs.
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The Crooked Circle is a 1932 comedy mystery film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Ralph Spence and Tim Whelan. This film stars Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, and Ben Lyon. It was the first feature film shown on television in 1933. In this film, a group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists. Zasu Pitts as Nora Rafferty ...
Jun 16, 2004 · On the night of March 10, 1933, the Don Lee Broadcasting System in Los Angeles transmitted it over their experiment station W6XAO, sending an 80-line resolution picture to perhaps five receiving sets in the greater L.A. area. W6XAO is now known as KCBS-TV, Channel 2. Reviewer: terracesider - - February 8, 2006.
