Secret of the Blue Room

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Gloria Stuart and Paul Lukas in Secret of the Blue Room (1933)

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Twenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to prove their bravery to her.Twenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to prove their bravery to her.Twenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to prove their bravery to her.

Director
- Kurt Neumann
Writers
- Erich Philippi
- William Hurlbut
Stars

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6.4/10

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Director
- Kurt Neumann
Writers
- Erich Philippi
- William Hurlbut
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
Secret of the Blue Room (1933), set almost entirely within the walls of the grand old mansion, was in part shot on sets from James Whale's The Old Dark House (1932), which coincidentally co-starred Gloria Stuart. According to the actress, Secret of the Blue Room recycled exterior shots from the original UFA production Secret of the Blue Room (1932), which adds to the expressionist atmosphere of the film.

Goofs
When Tommy goes to open the Blue Room door to find Irene there, a shadow of the boom microphone is plainly visible on the door.

Quotes
Betty, the maid: Mary! Mary, did you hear what happened last night?
Mary, the cook: Don't tell me the old cat went and had kittens again.
Betty, the maid: No, silly, it's Mr. Thomas!
Mary, the cook: What?
Betty, the maid: He disappeared.
Mary, the cook: Where to?
Betty, the maid: If we knew where he was, he wouldn't be disappeared, stupid. He slept... in the Blue Room!
Mary, the cook: [suddenly afraid] The ghost room?
Betty, the maid: And he's gone!
Mary, the cook: Oh...
Betty, the maid: Paul? Is it really true about Mr. Thomas?
Paul, the Butler: Yes. I warned them. But they laughed at me. But I tell you that anybody who sleeps in the Blue Room is never heard of again!

Crazy credits
[before the end credits] A Good Cast Is Worth Repeating.

Connections
Edited from Secret of the Blue Room (1932)

Soundtracks
Swan Lake
(uncredited)
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
[main title music]

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7/10

A MUST for fans of classic mystery!

This is certainly one of THE classic 'old mansion murder mysteries' that were so popular in the 30s; and it can contend with most of the very best of them. A great challenge for every mystery fan who likes to guess the murderer, because the plot takes so many turns and twists that it's really hard to follow even for a 'murder expert'! The settings are excellent, following the classic scheme of the old, elegant but somehow frightening isolated country house, with solid wooden stairs, long dark corridors with knight's armors in every corner, distinguished old-fashioned furniture - and a dark room with an old DARK mystery...

The cast is magnificent, headed by mystery expert Lionel Atwill, and beautiful Gloria Stuart (who had also played in "The Old Dark House" a year before) as the object of desire for no less than three young men; Edward Arnold, well-known to friends of more down-to-earth gangster movies and comedies, as the blunt detective, Paul Lukas as the suave foreign 'officer and gentleman' - even every bit part was casted just perfectly! In my opinion, an absolute 'must' for any fan of the classic mysteries of the 30s - and a good opportunity for others, who are not too familiar yet with the genre, to get to know it WELL and at its BEST!