Robert Andrews hosts a large party and there stages his own murder, to keep bank examiner Alfred Austin from examining the records of his bank. Everyone is suspected--especially young Hammond, who is in love with Andrews' ward, Anne Maynard, and Lester Knowles, who has been suspicious of Andrews' friendship with Mrs.


The 1924 silent feature Secrets of the Night stands as a quintessential artifact of the Jazz Age’s fascination with the intersection of high-society decadence and the macabre. Directed with a nimble touch that predates the more rigid conventions of the 'Old Dark House' subgenre, the film manages to weave a narrative...

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Herbert Blaché

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" The 1924 silent feature Secrets of the Night stands as a quintessential artifact of the Jazz Age’s fascination with the intersection of high-society decadence and the macabre. Directed with a nimble touch that predates the more rigid conventions of the 'Old Dark House' subgenre, the film manages to weave a narrative that is simultaneously a biting critique of financial precariousness and a lighthearted romp through the anxieties of the urban elite. Unlike the stark moralism found in The Guilt..."
Edward J. Montagne, Guy Bolton, Edward J. Montaigne, Max Marcin, Marian Ainslee
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