Behind Closed Doors (1929 film)

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Behind Closed Doors
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Directed by Roy William Neill
Screenplay by Howard J. Green
Story by Lillian Ducey
H. Milner Kitchin
Produced by Harry Cohn
Starring Virginia Valli
Gaston Glass
Otto Matiesen
Cinematography Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by Ben Pivar
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • February 24, 1929 (1929-02-24)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Behind Closed Doors is a lost 1929 American silent mystery film directed by Roy William Neill. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. [1]

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Plot

According to an April 1929 edition of Harrison's Reports, the film revolves around the efforts of the royalists to attempt to raise enough money to overthrow the ruling power of the newly made republic. An agent of the republic (hero) is sent to America to find out where the leaks were occurring whereby the royalists knew what was going on. He meets the heroine, a singer, entertaining the Ambassador’s party, arranged by his aunt (the real spy) and falls in love with her. But the compromising situations in which she is found by the hero led him to believe that she was the spy until she disclosed her identity and she proved to be a Department of Justice employee, trying to find the leaks in the embassy, too. After the mystery is solved, they resume their friendship and all is well. [2]

Cast

Reception

A reviewer in an April 1929 edition of Variety gave the film a negative review, criticizing the acting, and a perceived lack of a film plot. [3]

A 1929 edition of Harrison's Reports was also critical of the acting in the film. [2] On the other hand, a 1929 review in the Palladium-Item praised the acting. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Behing Closed Doors (1929)". American Film Institute. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 ""Behind Closed Doors" — with Gaston Glass and Virginia Valli". Harrison's Reports. Vol. 11, no. 14. 6 April 1929. p. 55. Retrieved 1 October 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ "Behind Closed Doors". Variety (magazine). Vol. 95, no. 2. 24 April 1929. p. 26. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "'Behind Closed Doors" Stirring Ritz Film". Palladium-Item. 1929-05-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
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