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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn But Mathias' conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man's spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad. The victim's brother calls for an inquest and brings with him a sideshow mesmerist supposedly able to read minds. Mathias, as burgomaster, is called upon to conduct the inquest, but under the intuitive eye of the mesmerist cannot resist torment of his own conscience.
Title: Bells, The
Release Date: July 30, 1926
Runtime: 92 mins
Genre: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Silent
IMDB Rating: 6.9
Buried.com Rating: 7.9 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With B
MPAA Rating: A
Director(s):
James young
Cast:
Lionel Barrymore ...Mathias
Caroline Frances Cooke ...Catharine
Gustav von Seyffertitz ...Jerome Frantz
Lorimer Johnston ...Hans
Eddie Phillips ...Christian (as Edward Phillips)
Lola Todd ...Annette
Laura La Varnie ...Fortune teller (as Laura Lavarnie)
Boris Karloff ...The Mesmerist
E. Alyn Warren ...Jethro Koweski / Baruch Koweski
George Austin ...Old man at inn with glasses
John George ...Mesmerist Announcer
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Producer(s):
I.E. Chadwick
Writer(s):
Alexandre Chatrian
Emile Erckmann
Leopold Lewis
James young
Movie Trivia:
- Immediate inspiration for the Sept. 1926 film seems to have been the April 1926 New York stage adaptation (one of many). On Broadway that April, director Rollo Lloyd also acted the lead role of Mathias (which became Barrymore's film role) and Edward Loeffler played the mesmerist (Karloff's film role). J M Kerrigan (later seen in a number of John Ford films) on Broadway '26 played Father Walter.
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Rating: 7.9 out of 10.0 - 74 votes cast total
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