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The Old Dark House: Directed by James Whale. With Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond. Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
- (12K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- James Whale
- 1932-10-20
The Old Dark House is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy horror film directed by James Whale. Based on the 1927 novel Benighted by J.B. Priestley , the film features an ensemble cast that includes Boris Karloff , Melvyn Douglas , Gloria Stuart , Charles Laughton , Lilian Bond , Ernest Thesiger , Raymond Massey and Eva Moore .
- $250,000 (est)
- October 20, 1932
- David Broekman
- Carl Laemmle Jr.
Horace is neurotic; mute butler Morgan (Boris Karloff) is an alcoholic; and Horace's sister, Rebecca (Eva Moore), raves about chastity. ... The Old Dark House was based on a J B Priestley novel ...
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- Boris Karloff
- James Whale
- Universal Pictures
The Old Dark House (1932) The Old Dark House (1932) Storyline: Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travelers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. Trying to make the best of it, the guests must deal with their sepulchral host, Horace Femm and his ...
- 72 min
- 6.9K
But there's another, less celebrated Whale movie from the same period that's arguably even a little funnier than those pictures. The Old Dark House (1932), which co-stars Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, and Charles Laughton is just plain loopy, although Whale filmed it well before the haunted house genre was ripe for such a sarcastic deconstruction.
- James Whale
- Boris Karloff
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Apr 27, 2018 · They hammer on the door of a forbidding and gaunt old house, and find themselves confronted by the bizarre butler (Boris Karloff) whose employers are spindly, sinister old Horace Femm and his ...
