The Locked Door
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Written by C. Gardner Sullivan from a play by Channing Pollock
1929/US
Feature Productions
IMDb page
First viewing/YouTube
Ann Carter: You won’t gain anything by keeping me here!
Frank Devereaux: Oh, I like you in a temper. I want to hold you close, knowing you don’t want to be held.
Continuing my Barbara Stanwyck pre-Code retrospective with a rewatch of this creaky early talkie, which contains her first starring role.
I’ll point you at my original review for the plot summary. Couldn’t find much media at that time. Here’s a couple of photos that illustrate the high melodrama of the piece.
This is not a good movie but Stanwyck is pretty good in it. She has a couple of scenes where she lets loose with her fire and reveals a glimpse of things to come.
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