Dark Stairways

1924 film directed by Robert F. Hill

  • Herbert Rawlinson
  • Ruth Dwyer
  • Hayden Stevenson
CinematographyWilliam Thornley
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 22, 1924 (1924-06-22)
Running time
5 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Dark Stairways is a 1924 American silent mystery film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Ruth Dwyer, and Hayden Stevenson.[1][2]

Cast

  • Herbert Rawlinson as Sheldon Polk
  • Ruth Dwyer as Sunny Day
  • Hayden Stevenson as Frank Farnsworth
  • Robert Homans as 'Dippy' Blake (credited as Robert E. Homans)
  • Walter Perry as Chris Martin
  • Bonnie Hill as Rita Minar
  • Kathleen O'Connor as Geraldine Lewis
  • Dolores Rousse as Madge Armstrong (credited as Dolores Rousse)
  • Emmett King as Henry Polk
  • Lola Todd as Stenographer
  • Tom McGuire as Police Chief
  • Betsy Ann Hisle as Little Girl (uncredited)

Preservation

With no prints of Dark Stairways located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ^ Munden p. 171
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Dark Stairways at silentera.com
  3. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Dark Stairways

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

  • Dark Stairways at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Synopsis at AllMovie
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