“The Female of the Species is More Deadly Than the Male!”
In 1910 Manhattan, Victoria Van Brett, a bitter spinster heiress lives an isolated life with her sister Caroline. Her domineering urges go into overdrive when their half-brother Rip brings a new bride home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion, built by their late industrialist father. The title refers to a secret soundproofed chamber that the villainess uses to entrap her enemies.
Charles Vidor
E. Lloyd Sheldon
Jack Cunningham
Gladys Lehman
Elizabeth A. McFadden
Harry Fischbeck
Evelyn Venable
Anne Darrow
Mary Morris
Victoria Van Brett
Anne Revere
Caroline Van Brett
Kent Taylor
Rip Van Brett
Guy Standing
Mortimer Neff
Colin Tapley
Dr. John Lucas
Virginia Howell
Avery
Halliwell Hobbes
Mr. Chase
Frank Dawson
Telson
Helen Shipman
Louise
Leonard Carey
William
Burr Caruth
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“The play that made Broadway Gasp!” This is a gripping melodrama, anchored by a fearsome performance by Morris as a controlling, maniacal mother to Taylor, determined to sabotage his marriage to winsome Venable. It was to be her only film appearance, although she had a fruitful stage career. Her sim...
Paramount Pictures