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- The film is an adaptation of the 1930 Broadway play The Ninth Guest by Owen Davis, which in turn is based on the 1930 novel, The Invisible Host, by Bruce Manning and Gwen Bristow.
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The Ninth Guest, sometimes abbreviated as The 9th Guest, is a 1934 American pre-Code murder mystery film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Donald Cook and Genevieve Tobin .
The stage version, "The Ninth Guest", was written by Owen Davis. The Broadway production opened at the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre in New York on August 25, 1930, and ran for 72 performances.
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Roy William Neill
- 1934-01-31
Aug 20, 2016 · The ninth guest is . . . death! US / 67 minutes / bw / Columbia Dir: R. William Neill Scr: Garnett Weston Story: The Invisible Host (1930) by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, and The Ninth Guest (1930 play) by Owen Davis Cine: Benjamin Kline Cast: Donald Cook, Genevieve Tobin, Hardie Albright, Edward Ellis, Edwin Maxwell, Vincent Barnett, Helen ...
Eight people, all of whom have reason to hate at least some of the others, are invited by a mysterious unknown host to spend the night in a penthouse apartment. After the five men and three women are wined and dined, they're greeted by their host's voice via a radio broadcast.
Sep 27, 2021 · The novel enjoyed some popularity, and it was adapted to be a 1930 Broadway play, The Ninth Guest, by the prolific playwright Owen Davis, who also staged it. In a long career, Davis wrote or adapted more than 200 plays, and this one ran for 72 performances at the Eltinge 42 nd Street Theatre. [2]
Owen Davis. Writer. Written by on 13 June 2022. Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's voice via the radio, who explains that before the night is over each one will be die unless they manage to outwit the ninth guest, Death.
The Ninth Guest is a 1934 Pre-Code murder mystery film starring Donald Cook and Genevieve Tobin as two of the eight guests at a deadly party who are informed by the voice of their unknown host from the radio that they are his enemies ... and will all meet his ninth guest: Death.
