Chamber of Horrors (1929 film)

Chamber of Horrors
Chamber of Horrors
Directed by	Walter Summers
Written by	Walter Summers
Produced by	H. Bruce Woolfe
Starring	Frank Stanmore ; Elizabeth Hempel
Production; company	British Instructional Films
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	March 1929;
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

Last updated December 28, 2025

Chamber of Horrors is a 1929 British silent horror film directed by Walter Summers and starring Frank Stanmore and Elizabeth Hempel. It was made at Welwyn Studios.^[1] Film historians consider this movie the last major silent film made in England.^[2]

Plot

James Budgeforth spends the night in the Chamber of Horrors of Madame Tussauds. While there, he has a nightmare in which he murders his mistress Ninette, and believing the dream to be real, he loses his sanity during the night.

Cast

Frank Stanmore as James Budgeforth
Elizabeth Hempel as Ninette
Leslie Holland as deaf mute
Joan Maude as lady reporter
Fanny Wright as lecturer

References

↑ Wood p.67
↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 337. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

Bibliography

Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Chamber of Horrors at IMDb

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[1] Wood p.67

[2] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 337. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

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