Green Eyes (1934)

The owner of a large mansion in the country throws a costume party for some of his friends. However, the party turns sour when he is found stabbed to death in a closet. The police and a guest try to discover who committed the murder.

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Writers:

H. Ashbrook (novel), Andrew Moses (continuity)

Stars:

Shirley Grey, Charles Starrett, Claude Gillingwater

Cast

Cast overview:
Shirley Grey	...	Jean Kester
Charles Starrett	...	Michael Tracy
Claude Gillingwater	...	Steven Kester
John Wray	...	Inspector Crofton
William Bakewell	...	Cliff Miller
Dorothy Revier	...	Mrs. Pritchard
Stephen Chase	...	Mr. Pritchard (as Alden Chase)
Ben Hendricks Jr.	...	Detective Regan
Arthur Clayton	...	Roger Hall
Aggie Herring	...	Dora, the Kester Housekeeper
Elmer Ballard	...	Lenox, the Kester Butler
Edward Keane	...	Raynor (as Edward Keene)

Storyline

The owner of a large mansion in the country throws a costume party for some of his friends. However, the party turns sour when he is found stabbed to death in a closet. The police and a guest try to discover who committed the murder.

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Plot Keywords:

costume party | mansion | stabbed to death | telephone wires cut | b movie | 

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Taglines:

A Diabolical Tale Of Mystery And Murder!

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Genres:

Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 June 1934 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

68 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Roger Hall: After all, death isn't so terrible to the one it strikes. It's those of us who live on, safe and protected in body and spirit who suffer. Don't you think?

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Connections

Featured in Green Eyes (2013)

User Reviews

I'll admit: I'm a novice with these films

I'm not that familiar with the mystery genre or era (1930s) at all, but I quite liked this murder mystery. Some old guy gets bumped off during a fancy dress party and stuffed in a cupboard, and it's up to the police and a smug murder mystery writer to figure out who the culprit was. Was it the spoiled granddaughter and her boyfriend? Or the secretary and his wife? Or the housekeeper? Or the old business partner? The police try and find out the only way they know – by cornering people in the house and barking rapid fire questions at them for the entire first half of the film. This sounds boring but it kind of got me all fired up too, so much so that I started firing rapid questions at my wife. Where's my dinner? Why don't you shut those kids up? Why are coming towards me with that knife?

It's all pretty brisk stuff as the writer guy snoops around and generally acts like a total pain as he tries to rumble the perp. As this film was made in the 1800s it's not full of blood and gore and sex as we've all come to expect, what with being brought up on Fulci films, but for a glimpse into a by-gone age (30BC) I thought Green Eyes was charming and I'll tip my hat to it.

Are there stand out films of this type? I'd like to know. The Pre-Cambrian explosion mystery film intrigues me.