''Behind Jury Doors'' is a 1932 American
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship gui ...
mystery film
A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, ...
directed by
B. Reeves Eason and starring
Helen Chandler
Helen Chandler (February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965) was an American film and theatre actress, best known for playing Mina Seward in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''.
Career
Chandler attended the Professional Children's School in New Yor ...
,
William Collier Jr. and
Blanche Friderici
Blanche L. Friderici (January 21, 1878 – December 23, 1933) was an American film and stage actress, sometimes credited as Blanche Frederici.
Early years
Friderici was a native of Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were William E. Friderici and ...
.
[Pitts, p. 329]
Plot
Cast
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Helen Chandler
Helen Chandler (February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965) was an American film and theatre actress, best known for playing Mina Seward in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''.
Career
Chandler attended the Professional Children's School in New Yor ...
as Elsa Lanfield
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William Collier Jr. as Steve Mannon
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Blanche Friderici
Blanche L. Friderici (January 21, 1878 – December 23, 1933) was an American film and stage actress, sometimes credited as Blanche Frederici.
Early years
Friderici was a native of Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were William E. Friderici and ...
as Mrs. Lanfield
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Franklin Parker
Franklin Parker (November 8, 1902 – June 12, 1962), also known as Frank Parker or Franklyn Parker, was an American character actor who appeared in over 100 films during his twenty-five year career. Born in Fillmore, Missouri on November 8, 1902 ...
as Casey
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John Davidson as George Fisher
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Walter Miller as Arthur Corbett
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Richard Cramer
Richard Earl Cramer (July 3, 1889 – August 9, 1960) was an American actor in films from the late 1920s to the early 1950s.
Cramer specialized in villainous roles in many low-budget westerns, but is today best remembered for his several app ...
as Gus Mauger
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Jessie Arnold
Jessie Arnold (December 3, 1884 – May 5, 1955) was an American character and film actress who appeared in more than 150 films from silent shorts to the early 1950s. She starred in the 1916 film ''Cross Purposes'' directed by William Worthington ...
as Ma Mauger
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Louis Natheaux
Louis Natheaux (born Louis F. Natho; December 10, 1894 – August 23, 1942) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films between 1919 and 1942.
Biography
Louis F. Natho was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on December 10, 1 ...
as Halliday
* Patsy Cunningham as Mame
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James Gordon as William Wegand
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Arthur Loft
Arthur Loft (born Hans Peter Loft;["Obituary: Arthur Loft"](_blank)
''The Los ...
as James Collins
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Gordon De Main
Gordon De Main (born Floyd Wood; September 28, 1886 – March 5, 1954)''Who Was Who on Screen'', p. 119 c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt *note his publication claims his date of birth as 1897-March 5, 1967/ref> was an American film actor. He w ...
as Dr. Emil Lanfield
References
Bibliography
* Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
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1932 films
1932 mystery films
1930s English-language films
American mystery films
Films directed by B. Reeves Eason
Mayfair Pictures films
1930s American films
English-language mystery films
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