The Thirteenth Hour (1927 film)

The Thirteenth Hour
1927 lobby card
Directed byChester M. Franklin
Written byEdward T. Lowe Jr.
Screenplay byChester M. Franklin
Douglas Furber
Story byChester M. Franklin
Douglas Furber
Sydney Horler(novelization)[1]
Intertitles:
Wellyn Totman
StarringLionel Barrymore
Jacqueline Gadsdon
Charles Delaney
CinematographyMax Fabian
Edited byDan Sharits
Distributed byMetro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date
  • October 13, 1927 (1927-10-13) (United States)
Running time
6 reels, 5,252 feet
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
(English intertitles)

The Thirteenth Hour (aka:The 13th Hour) is a 1927 American silent mystery film produced and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by Chester Franklin.[2][3] The film stars Lionel Barrymore in a role where, as noted criminologist Professor Leroy, he dons a weird series of disguises to hide a dark secret.[4][5][6] This was the first film where Barrymore was cast opposite talented dogs,[7] and the first where he was cast as a serial killer.[8][9]

A print of this film survives in 16mm.[10]

  1. ^ The 13th Hour, novelization, by Sydney Horler UK 1930
  2. ^ 2012, 1927, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Extract from The 13th hour, illustrated with scenes from the photoplay {electronic resource} (National Library of Australia Trove)
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  9. ^ Al Hirschfeld caricature of The Thirteenth Hour cast (Al Hirschfeld Foundation website)
  10. ^ The Thirteenth Hour at Silent Era Database