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Easy Pickings

1927 · 60 min

A creaky old-dark-house mystery that trades on shadowy rooms and impostor tension rather than thrills.

Overview
Simeon Van Horne is poisoned by Stewart, his lawyer, who hopes to get a part of the estate to be divided between young Peter Van Horne and Dolores, Peter's cousin. Knowing that Dolores is dead, Stewart, who catches Mary Ryan burglarizing the Van Horne home, induces her to pose as Dolores.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • mystery
    • deception
    • greed
    • identity
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror4
    Humour3
    Realism5
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    mystery
    Directed by
    George Archainbaud
    Written by
    Louis Stevens, William A. Burton
    Starring
    Anna Q. Nilsson, Kenneth Harlan, Philo McCullough, Billy Bevan, Jerry Miley, Charles Sellon
    Cinematography
    Charles Van Enger
    Runtime
    60 min
    Country
    United States of America

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