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Creaking Stairs

1919 · 60 min

A hushed, creaky old melodrama where a secret weighs on a marriage and every stair seems to whisper it.

Directed by
Rupert Julian
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Mary MacLaren, Herbert Prior, Jack Mulhall
Overview
Dearie Lane refuses to marry Fred Millard, whom she loves, because of her previous affair with roué Mark Winfield. When she confesses, Fred forgives her, and they marry and live happily in a modest home until the owner, who turns out to be Winfield, comes to collect a delinquent payment and suddenly dies. Dearie, afraid that the absent Fred will misunderstand, hides the body with the help of a boarder and a cook until midnight when they carry it down the stairs to the countryside, but the creaking of the steps is heard by Fred.

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Directed by
Rupert Julian
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Mary MacLaren, Herbert Prior, Jack Mulhall
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • guilt
    • deception
    • betrayal
    • fate
    Places
    • home
    • countryside
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror3
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension6
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Genres
    drama, mystery
    Directed by
    Rupert Julian
    Written by
    Evelyn Campbell
    Starring
    Mary MacLaren, Herbert Prior, Jack Mulhall, Clarissa Selwynne, Lucretia Harris
    Runtime
    60 min

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