Secrets of the Night

Herbert Blaché
1924-11-12


6
64 min

At a lavish house party, bank president Robert Andrews stages his own “murder” to distract a visiting bank examiner from uncovering a shortage, setting off a whodunit where nearly everyone has a motive. The investigation spirals until Andrews is found alive and admits the frame-up—after the deficit is repaid. A silent black-and-white Universal mystery-melodrama-comedy directed by Herbert Blaché; long thought lost, a print resurfaced in 2017.

Cast

Name Character Team
James Kirkwood Robert Andrews Unowned
Madge Bellamy Anne Maynard Unowned
Zasu Pitts Celia Stebbins Unowned
Rosemary Theby Margaret Knowles Unowned
Tom Wilson Thomas Jefferson White Unowned
Tom Ricketts Jerry Hammond Unowned
Arthur Stuart Hull Lester Knowles Unowned
Tom Guise Col. James Constance Unowned
Edward Cecil Alfred Austin Unowned
Frederick Cole Freddy Hammond Unowned
Joseph Singleton Charles Unowned
Otto Hoffman Coroner Unowned
Anton Vaverka Joshua Brown Unowned