I can't deal with politics or the condition of this country anymore. Escapist fare like this keeps me going. Thanks for these films which transport us back to a different time.

One of my favorite things about these old movies is the interior design and the clothing fashions of that era. We also have to remember that this film was made in the great depression which is amazing in itself.

Opening line: “I’m sorry, Sir, but you can’t send any swear words in a telegram.” It’s hard to remember an America like that.

I love the lack of music in these old movies. its great to just enjoy the story without being battered by a soundtrack, after all i believe real life doesn't have a soundtrack playing all the time ;)

Have you noticed how the more prominent American actresses of the 30s all spoke with english accents. Hillary Brooke was advised to do just that in order to get the better parts of sophisticated society ladies,so she came to England for a year and learnt to adopt the accent and as a result she never looked back.

Considering this is 86 years old, it's pretty good. I liked that pendulum clock. Great idea.

I LOVE THE TELEGRAM OPERATORS' SCENE AT THE BEGINNING. *THEY ARE AWESOME LADIES !!!*

Covid 19 got me watching these great old movies since we all now have,no movie theaters to go to anymore and my own hot popcorn to boot.

Love these glamorous 30's flicks. Men in tuxedos , women in sparkling evening gowns. "Depression Era" audiences could forget their problems.

Very captivating and best of all no musical noises that drown out voices.

This is not a documentary, nor social realism, but an amazing movie in so many ways from 1934. I never saw this before and like many other movies from the early 30's, I'm so impressed. And a bit puzzled why we salute still more and still worse movies and tv-series. Sure, the colors and the sound have improved, and computer animations etc. gives so many more opportunities, but in 99,9 percent, the manuscripts, acting and purpose to make each movie and tv-serie haven't improved equally. In fact just the opposite!! Thank you, Brandon (and others) to share these great old movies with all of us and keep them alive. :)

FROM THE BEGINNING THEY COULD'VE SHORTED OUT THE GATE AND BE ON THEIR MERRY WAY, BUT THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE A MOVIE.

An ingenious, stylish mystery that remains as fascinating as ever. Director Roy William Neill's camera work and editing are themselves something else.

Thank you for sharing this film made when acting was based on talent without gimmicks like nudity and foul language to attract the adolescent mind.

Thank you for posting this film

I saw this movie a few years ago, well worth watching again. A good director good actors, great movie

This predates Agatha Christie just showing that there is nothing new under the sun. Thank you for this great, old movie - I love to go back in time and see how people acted in the movies and the way they used whatever they could to spin an interesting tale. 😊

It has a slow beginning, but once it gets going you can't stop watching! Really good movie; I love all the twists & turns! Thanks for this great ride!

I'm seeing a lot of petty complaints about the movie. Remember that this was the early 1930's, and sound films were still quite new. There was also a shortage of good screenwriters. Not a problem. Even if this reminds you of another movie, relax and enjoy something from a better period of American history than what we're going through now. There are no nude scenes, no sex scenes, no obscene language, and just enough violence to keep things rolling.

I love watching these old mystery movies! This was good! Thank you for sharing :)

I have to admit, I'd always assumed that Agatha Christie had invented this format with "And Then There Were None" but this film predates that novel by five years!

I remember watching this movie with my grandparents when I was a child. Thank you for uploading it.

my wee granny was born in 1910 we used to watch the old black&white films at 2pm on channel 4,its nice trying to see if i recognise any of them i used to fall asleep myself watching them sometimes and i was only 18 lol

Great fun - lovely deco set.

This was so well directed, incorporating elements of German Expressionism, and straight drama to give the entire movie its atmosphere. Some shots are still used to this day.

Wow!! The Forefather of Ten Little Indians, And Then There Were None, Fog Island, House on Haunted Hill and a dozen more. I like that the couple were the survivors and you got to love a drunk butler!

thanks for upload i also watched it some where else and it cut off on me as well im glad i found yours i got to find out who was the 9th guest

What a great movie, l love the fact that it's black and white, so much better than the junk out there today. Please down load more, murder mysteries are the best for rainy weekends in fact any Day!

Wow great film. I LOVE old black and white films. Thanks for sharing it.

This is one of my favorite movies. It's like Saw but without the gore, which I like, so I can snack while watching without getting grossed out.

WOW! This was a great movie! Superbly directed is right! The camera told the story, speaking wordlessly as it moved across each scene. Especially at the beginning when the entire process of sending telegrams was filmed in rapid motion. Amazing for that time period! And the acting! Real horror, real tension. And the glamorous wardrobe! To say nothing of the sets with the soaring doorways, angled shots, and stark contrasts between light and dark. Very satisfying. Thank you very much for the upload.

Good movie! Love these mystery thrillers!!

*The story was written by Owen Davis who based it on a book he'd read by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning. For its conversion to screenplay, the studio likely already had Garnett Weston on its payroll as a staff writer and assigned him to it. *Weston seems to have had experience writing for the stage. As with most playwrights of that era, thinking he might have more success in the ever-climbing film industry, he'd likely gone to Hollywood from New York or Chicago. Though Weston stuck to his stage writing background, he scripted various "location" scenes early in the setup. Otherwise, the bulk of the drama unfolds on just three primary sets: the main room with entry, the kitchen and the balcony. *The story is along the lines of a "parlor drama" more than a whodunit, because the characters are winning or failing according to their personas and their past sins, even the perpetrator when finally revealed. The dialogue consciously steers the progression of the story for the audiences as much as does the voice on the radio. The voice lends a phantom-like aura that has power over them all. Though there are established stars acting, its otherwise an ensemble cast. There is very little musical overlay. Altogether, these make for a compelling yet economical film.

It’s a pretty good mystery in the time-honored tradition of an unknown host inviting people to a dinner party when they get locked inside and die one by one. However I didn’t care for the moments of attempted slapstick comedy sprinkled about - as when one man struggles with a giant block of ice for the ice box, or the drunk looking for his pencil that rolled under the ice box.

That was a REAL wall clock, it was actually IN the wall. Folks in the 30's were really into women's backs. This is a well written, superbly directed movie for any time. It suffered a bit from not having themed murders that we became used to from later films. Agatha Christie used the Ten Little Indian Verse, and speaking of verse, there are poetic justice murders, Alphabet Murders, and the The Abominable Dr. Phibes used the Plagues of Egypt. This did have a "challenge," identify and defeat the host and it would all be over. Not suggesting plagiarism, but I'd say Christie had read the novel 1930 The Invisibe Host by Gwen Brislow and Bruce Manning. And I'd say she improved on it with the themed murders. Christie's novel came out 9 years after The Invisible Host and 5 after the movie so maybe she did see this flick. The two stories have similar histories, made into plays with considerable input from the authors and then into movies with more changes approved or suggested by authors. And of course in movie tradition, after a lot of mistrust, the love interests escape and the villain dies. Would I watch it again? Yeah, there's some camera work and direction that's worth seeing and thinking about.

Loved this! So this is where my love for this genre all began? Very cool. Thanks for uploading.

THIS IS SO GOOD TO REFLECT ON THE OLDIES...😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

excellent acting and direction, production design too...

If you enjoyed this film you may also like Roy William Neill's Black Angel, his last film made in 1946, starring Dan Duryea, Peter Lorre and Constance Dowling, who is interesting for a variety of reasons. I believe it is also on KZfaq somewhere.

So glad an watch the old ones because I cant stand the new ones

Quite a suspenseful movie - in 1 h! Don't get impatient and miss the end. With all our modern advancements in electronics, it will be hard for us to imagine how anything like these murders can be done. As someone said elsewhere, it must have been an afternoon (matinee) movie - short, and potent - and no time to waste. Apparently housewives and other such bound to looking after the family, took short breaks and went to matinees in the US in those days.... Thanks for putting it on youtube - such a little gem!

One of Woody Neill's early triumphs of director over script: Film students should watch it twice -- with sound and without-- to appreciate its lighting effects and camera angles.

Man this was a roller coaster ride! Wow!

Such a Great Movie with the complete ending, i enjoyed this very much. Thanks.

Pretty good mystery movie, and from 1934 how cool is that, thanks Brandon Siddall for bring us more good movies from the past.

I really enjoyed this movie after I watched it again on youtube. Brandon Siddall , thank you so much for posting it! After my initial viewing I was mad at Agatha Christie for basically putting her name on the plot from this film with 'Ten Little Indians' aka 'And Then There Were None'. But both films stand on their own. She improved on the idea and her twist was a better one. Every year my love of old B&W movies from all countries grows stronger. The actors are amazing. I truly love "the old dark house" films. The older the better!

I think its a really good movie for the time it was written in. Good plot. I think the script was good too. I enjoyed it.

"10 little Indians"- and "And Then there Were None" still like it

Thank You for sharing this movie Mr Siddall, it is very appreciated and I have bookmarked the Horror Movie Project website. Take care and Have a Nice day.

Dear folks who complain, you don’t HAVE to watch these ya know?! 🤐

A blueprint for "And Then There Were None"? - I enjoyed this film very much...well acted and interesting, it's definitely worth watching!

Thank you. This was a good suspense/murder mystery. I liked it a lot.

Such a great little movie! Unusual and intruiging . The fact I knew none of the cast didn't matter, they were all good . Thanks for downloading, I love old movies especially the good mystery and horror ones. :)

I am so glad I found you. This is a marvelous film. Much better than most today. Thanks for posting.

I've been searching for this movies for weeks. I just had to watch it again. Thanks

Very good movie especially for the time. Funny how during the Great Depression when so many were dirt poor the entertainment of choice was often stories about the very rich in glamorous outfits.

Great film thanks for sharing it.

Terrific film. Love Love Love oldies. Nothing like them. I watch them over & over again. They are all so good. Keep them coming.

i love this old movies i have been watching t hem since i was in my twenties i'm 78 now , the thing i love about this movies is thier dialogue , it's precious the way the actors talk to each other , did they really talk that way back in 30 's and 40's love it '' thank you so much for preservlng this old movies for the future generation, i truly hope that they enjoy this old movies as much i have. thank you so much. j.

Neill was a skilled director who really knew how to make a movie.

Thank you for sharing this.

Great film for the movie buff. Thanx for posting. --M

great film it really had me going all the way til the end😉

'You think I'm mad don't you? I can see it in your eyes; me mad? I'm not mad. Is a man mad because he kills his enemies?' I love the way the actor delivers these lines and feel like they should be lines people quote even if they don't remember where they come from.

Brilliant film - thanks for sharing. So many twists and turns.

Pity none of the victims had any basic knowledge of electricity - It wouldn't have been a great deal of trouble to short out the electrified gate so you could climb over it - But I suppose that wouldn't have made a good plot for a suspense picture !

Oh my this was a wonderful movie. I enjoyed it very much thank-you.

Thank you for sharing this. The other site that has this movie left off the end. Didn't subcribe to them,but I will for you!

Thank you for putting this up. Great movie.

Riveting! Can't think of a better thriller to come out of the 30's.

Thank you for the old movies. Better than Netflix.

This is a SCREEN GEMS copy of the 50's. We want coming soon this movie restored with the original titles, beginning with the MPPDA certificate, and of course, with a good finishin' touches at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA.More than 80 years later, it's a good classic. A good thriller.

Great movie...thank you for sharing

Great find, thank you.

Awesome on so many levels....

I wish movies/films were made in black and white a lot of the time now. It's more atmospheric, surely film makers can see that? Thanks for the film.

Wow.....This was a very good movie, considering the year it was made. But it did leave me guessing who the killer really was. Thanks for posting this.

Well done mystery. Thanks for posting.

this film deserves to be restored. yes, the comedy doesn't work and is unnecessary, the radio speaking on cue is absurd. The acting is above standard. Clothing and especially the modern architectural sets are outstanding. as is the cinematography and the often unusual perspective and rakish angles. In a crisp restoration of its original black and white contrasts it would be breathtaking.

Thank you! I really appreciate the older films; even in this one, there are manners and civility---even in murder. Quite the lesson!

"trials are such messy things" indeed they are, nice movie

Thank you, I love these kinds of movies and I've never seen this one before.

Great to find so many enjoy a well crafted storyline.

My rating is 3.5 stars on 4, has the same ambiance as Then There Were None and the B Movie with George Zucco and Lionel Atwill Fog Island, those who like those kind of movies can watch the two I just mentioned here, there is more that my mind escape and All of You have a Nice day and enjoy those Great Classics and The Culture to Cultivate the mind. Take good care. P.S. No Vulgar language, this is what I Like. Those movies at that time the language was pure. But at times rough though.

Love these old movies. People haven't changed a bit.

Since I actually live in Puerto Rico and I have made the original popcorn for my community as we sit out the PANDEMIC. We close down the street and I bring out my Flat screen TELEVISION and we eat popcorn and hotdogs as we watch the old time movies. We even take a large bedsheets to use as a movie screen for showing my reels of old movies that just have music and no talking. But with the PANDEMIC it makes everything really scary.

Great little movie, actually the sound of the optical track puts me to sleep (one of my favorite noises) so I had to finish the film during the day :D

Hi! Yes I agree with You Mr Siddall of Your assessment of this movie, You are right on and for Mr Leonard Maltin to rate it 2.5 stars on 4, it say its all, because He is the most hard movie Critique there is, 2.5 You might say it is not much, but with the type of movies it is, it is honest. Edward Ellis played in The Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy and Genevieve Tobin was a very good Actress at that time, the cast was good not excellent but good, but I agree it was superbly Directed.

Beautifully filmed and satisfying in its own way.

Very good mystery. Thanks.

Thankyousomuch Forupload ..

In this one, the Butler really was Innocent.

Has parallels to "AND THEN THERE WERE NONE" also known as "TEN LITTLE INDIANS" from a story by Agatha Christie. I did the play in high school. Love these old films and the art deco decor! Thanks for uploading it!

As far as I know this movie based on Gwen Bristows novel "The invisible host" - indeed the blueprint for Agatha Christie's "And then there were none".

I really enjoyed this movie ! Thanks so much for uploading it :)

Neil directed the Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies, thanks for the upload

Watched this movie a couple years ago. I forgot my boyfriend watched it with me until he tried to recall it just based on a few details today-- we both breathed such a sigh of relief when we finally found it again!! Love this movie!

What a movie! Great watch, and the Saw comparison was spot on!

Have watched it several times and always enjoy it. Hope you do too. March, 2023.

Just brilliant.Till date many movies are made on this story line. Tightly woven and makes the viewer to sit on the edge.