The Haunted House is a 1928 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Benjamin Christensen. Christensen also wrote the script under the name "Richard Bee". The film stars Larry Kent and Thelma Todd and is based on Owen Davis's 1924 Broadway play of the same name. The Haunted House is now presumed lost, but the entire Vitaphone soundtrack featuring music and sound effects survives and can be heard at archive.org as part of the Vitaphone Varieties lineup.
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Directed by | Benjamin Christensen |
Produced by | Richard A. Rowland Wid Gunning |
Written by | "Richard Bee" (Benjamin Christensen) Lajos Bíró Cornell Woolrich (titles) |
Based on | The Haunted House (1924 play) by Owen Davis |
Starring | Larry Kent Thelma Todd |
Music by | Max Bergunker Gerard Carbonara Karl Hajos |
Cinematography | Sol Polito |
Edited by | Frank Ware |
Production company | First National Pictures |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
- Larry Kent as Billy
- Thelma Todd as The Nurse
- Edmund Breese as Uncle Herbert
- Sidney Bracey as Tully
- Barbara Bedford as Nancy
- Flora Finch as Mrs.Rackham
- Chester Conklin as Mr. Rackham
- William V. Mong as Caretaker
- Montagu Love as Mad Doctor
- Eve Southern as Sleepwalking girl
- John Gough as Chauffeur