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Murder on a Honeymoon (
1935-Events:*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .* Six year old Shirley Temple wins a special Academy Award.-Academy Awards:*Best Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty - MGM*Best Actor: Victor McLaglen - The Informer...
) is a
mystery filmMystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film. It focuses on the efforts of the Detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction....
starring
Edna May OliverEdna May Oliver was an American film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the American screen's best-known character actresses often playing tart-tongued spinsters.-Early life:...
and
James GleasonJames Gleason was an American actor born in New York City. He was also a playwright and screenwriter.-Career:...
. This was the third and last time Oliver portrayed astute schoolteacher
Hildegarde WithersHildegarde Withers is a fictional character who appeared in several films and novels. She was created by Stuart Palmer.Miss Withers is a fiftyish schoolteacher who is an amateur sleuth on the side. Her adventures are usually comic but are nevertheless straightforward mysteries. She is a sort of...
, who in this film witnesses the death of an airplane passenger. The film was based on the novel
The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree by
Stuart PalmerStuart Palmer was a popular mystery novel author and screenwriter, best known for his character, Hildegarde Withers....
.
Cast
- Edna May Oliver
Edna May Oliver was an American film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the American screen's best-known character actresses often playing tart-tongued spinsters.-Early life:...
as Hildegarde Withers
- James Gleason
James Gleason was an American actor born in New York City. He was also a playwright and screenwriter.-Career:...
as Inspector Oscar Piper
- Lola Lane as Phyllis La Font
- George Meeker
George Meeker was an American character movie and Broadway actor who became more of a legend off-camera than on. Meeker made several movies such as Crime Inc. , and Thief in the Dark and played an uncredited part in All Through the Night .Meeker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....
as Tom Kelsey / Roswell T. Forrest
- Dorothy Libaire as Kay Deving
- Harry Ellerbe as Marvin Deving
- Chick Chandler as Pilot Dick French
- Willie Best
William "Willie" Best was an American television and film actor. Best was one of the first well-known African-American film actors, although his work, like that of Stepin Fetchit, is today sometimes reviled because he was often called upon to play stereotypically lazy, illiterate, and...
as Willie, the porter
- Leo G. Carroll
Leo Gratten Carroll was an English actor, best known for his roles in several Hitchcock films and The Man from U.N.C.L.E..-Life and career:...
as Director Joseph B. Tate
- DeWitt Jennings
DeWitt Jennings , was an American film actor. He appeared in 153 films between 1915 and 1937.He was born in Cameron, Missouri and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Little Man, What Now?...
as Captain Beegle
- Spencer Charters
Spencer Charters was an American film actor. He appeared in over 220 films between 1920 and 1943.He was born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, and died in Hollywood, California by suicide, from a mix of sleeping pills and carbon monoxide poisoning.- Selected filmography :* Silver Queen * The Boys from...
as Chief Britt