Three tales of mystery (The living dead)

Duration: 63

Year Published: 1932

Creator: directed by Richard Oswald.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Black cat.; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether.; Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Suicide club.; Oswald, Richard, 1880-1963.; Goldberg, Heinz.; Szatmari, Eugen.; Gertner, Heinrich.; Wegener, Paul, 1874-1948.; Kloepfer, Eugen.; Paulsen, Harald, 1895-1954.; Reisfeld, Bert, 1906-1991.; Bahn, Roma.; Parker, Mary.; Gottowt, John, 1882-1949.; Henckels, Paul, 1885-1967.; Feurstenberg, Ilse.; De Kowa, Victor.; Roto Film.; Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether.; The black cat.; The suicide club.

Description: Production date and direction credit taken from print.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Credits.; Paul Wegener, Harald Paulsen, Bert Reisfeld, Roma Bahn, Mary Parker, John Gottowt, Paul Henckels, Ilse Feurstenberg, Viktor de Kowa.; A film adaptation of three short stories: "The black cat," "Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether," and "The suicide club." A scientist murders his wife and conceals her corpse behind a cellar wall. The cat he accidentally entombed meows and reveals her body to a good samaritan who heard her screams and came to the house to offer help. He flees and runs into an asylum, where he feigns insanity and is taken in as a patient. The scientist later imprisons the asylum wardens, releases the patients, and takes charge of the institution. He turns the asylum into a suicide club, but he is finally captured after a dramatic confrontation with the reporter who has been pursuing him.; PFA 1616-108-8618. D0108; PFA 1616-108-8618. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: August 5, 2002, difficulty holding frame line periodically ; slightly scratched.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE