The Spider (1931 film)

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The Spider
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Directed by Kenneth MacKenna
William Cameron Menzies
Screenplay by Barry Conners
Philip Klein
Leon Gordon
Based onThe Spider by Fulton Oursler and Lowell Brentano
Produced by William Sistrom
Starring Edmund Lowe
Lois Moran
El Brendel
John Arledge
George E. Stone
Earle Foxe
Cinematography James Wong Howe
Edited by Alfred DeGaetano
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 27, 1931 (1931-09-27)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Spider is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and William Cameron Menzies and starring Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, El Brendel and John Arledge. It was released on September 27, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3] It was based on the 1927 play The Spider by Fulton Oursler and Lowell Brentano.

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Plot

A celebrated magician Chatrand the Great announces at the end of a performance in a radio broadcast that he is searching for the real identity of his assistant, a victim of amnesia who apparently lost his memory after suffering a head wound two years earlier. Beverly Lane answers the appeal, as she believes the man in is her brother. A murder soon follows.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Spider (1931) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. September 4, 1931. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hall, Mordaunt (September 5, 1931). "Movie Review - The Bargain - THE SCREEN; A Triumphant Servant. Magic and Murder. Art vs. Commerce". NYTimes.com. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Spider". Afi.com. Retrieved October 11, 2015.


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