Directed by:
Paul LeniCinematography:
Hal MohrCast:
Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, Roy D'Arcy, Margaret Livingston, John Boles, Burr McIntosh, Mack Swain, Bert Roach, Carrie Daumery, Slim Summerville (more)Plots(1)
Adapted from Thomas F. Fallon's 1922 Broadway play of the same name, The Last Warning is based on the story The House of Fear by Wadsworth Camp and centres on an unsolved murder that occurs during a live Broadway performance. When the victim's body goes missing, the death remains unsolved and the theatre is condemned. That is, until years later when a suspicious new "producer" arrives to restage the play with the original cast and crew. The Last Warning was Paul Leni's final film before his untimely death, and a prime showcase for Universal's leading lady of the era, Laura La Plante. A visual artist at the peak of his career, Leni's camera never stops shifting, offering cutaways and trick shots involving nervous could-be culprits, a highly suspicious sleuth, and cast members who suddenly disappear in the darkened theatre. The result is a cinematic funhouse that restlessly cross-examines the suspense of the story's stage play against the "real" murder mystery saga, all unfolding amid the outstanding production design of Charles D. Hall. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Laura La Plante
USA
Best movies:
The Last Warning (1929)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
King of Jazz (1930)
Montagu Love
UK
Best movies:
The Wind (1928)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Roy D'Arcy
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Last Warning (1929)
The Temptress (1926)
Margaret Livingston
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
The Last Warning (1929)
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
John Boles
USA
Best movies:
The Last Warning (1929)
Frankenstein (1931)
King of Jazz (1930)
Burr McIntosh
USA
Best movies:
The Last Warning (1929)
Way Down East (1920)
The Racket (1928)
Mack Swain
USA
Best movies:
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Last Warning (1929)
The Eagle (1925)
Bert Roach
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Fury (1936)
Love Crazy (1941)
Carrie Daumery
Netherlands
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Slim Summerville
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Love Is News (1937)
The Front Page (1931)
Charles K. French
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Fred Kelsey
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Love Is News (1937)
Storm Warning (1951)
Pat Harmon
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
King Kong (1933)
Charles McMurphy
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
D'Arcy Corrigan
Ireland
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)