 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Sydney Horler |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton (UK) Grosset & Dunlap (US) |
Publication date | 1926 |
| Media type | |
The House of Secrets is a 1926 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Sydney Horler. Horler was a prolific writer known for particularly for his series featuring Tiger Standish, but he also wrote many stand-alone novels. In 1927 he adapted the novel into a stage play of the same name. [1]
In 1929, it was made into an American film of the same title starring Joseph Striker. It was adapted a second time in 1936 as House of Secrets directed by Roland D. Reed and starring Leslie Fenton and Muriel Evans. [2] Both the original and remake were made by the Hollywood-based Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures.
Sydney Horler was a prolific British novelist specialising in thrillers. He was born in Leytonstone, Essex, and educated at Redcliffe School and Colston School in Bristol.
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