Grief Street (1931)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Release: 1931-10-01
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writers: Arthur Hoerl
Language: English
Stars: Barbara Kent , John Holland , Dorothy Christy , Crauford Kent , Lillian Rich , James P. Burtis , Larry Steers , Lloyd Whitlock , Lafe McKee , Creighton Hale
Runtime: 64 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Sombras de Broadway (Spain) , Stage Whispers , Grief Street , Grief Street (United States of America) , Stage Whispers (United Kingdom)
Plot: Alvin Merle, a womanizing Broadway matinée idol, is found strangled in his dressing room. The door is locked from the inside and there is no possible other way into the room. Merle is having an affair with his leading lady, while his wife, actress Ethel Wynn, appearing in another play in a theater around the corner, is doing the same with Frank Murray, the stage manager on Merle's play. Newspaper reporter Jim Ryan is investigating the case and meets Jean Royce, a young actress who had been fired from the play while in rehearsals. Everybody, including Michael, the old actor now relegated to being just a stage-doorman, has a motive. The explanation for the murder lies within the script of the play.
IMDB:tt0142340