Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
July 20, 1933Release Date
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
July 20, 1933Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Lionel Atwill
Robert von Helldorf
Gloria Stuart
Irene von Helldorf
Paul Lukas
Captain Walter Brink
Edward Arnold
Commissioner Forster
Onslow Stevens
Frank Faber
William Janney
Thomas Brandt
Elizabeth Patterson
Mary, Cook
Robert Barrat
Paul, Butler
Muriel Kirkland
Betty, Maid
Russell Hopton
Max, Chauffeur
Anders Van Haden
The Stranger
James Durkin
Kruger, Commissioner's Assistant
Kurt Neumann
Director
Heinz Letton
Original Music Composer
Philip Cahn
Editor
Henry Henigson
Producer
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Vera West
Costume Design
Charles J. Stumar
Director of Photography
Stanley Fleischer
Art Direction
Jay Marchant
Assistant Director
Fred Parkinson
Grip
Gilbert Kurland
Music Supervisor
Tommy Valdez
Electrician
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Release DateJuly 20, 1933
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 6m
Content RatingNR
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The Secret of the Blue Room is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Paul Lukas, and Edward Arnold. A remake of the German film Geheimnis des blauen Zimmers (1932), it concerns a group of wealthy people who stay at a European mansion that features a blue room that is said to be cursed, as everyone who has stayed there has died shortly after. Three people suggest a wager that each can survive a night in the blue room.
Filmed over a six-day period in June 1933, The Secret of the Blue Room was Universal Pictures' least-expensive production that year. It was released theatrically in July 1933, and was met by mixed reviews from critics, receiving praise for its performances, but criticism for its formulaic plot devices. Universal later remade the film as The Missing Guest (1938) and Murder in the Blue Room (1944).