The Preview Murder Mystery
1936Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
Acted in
Frances Drake
as Peggy Madison
Reginald Denny
as Johnny Morgan
Gail Patrick
as Claire Woodward
George Barbier
as Jerome Hewitt
Ian Keith
as E. Gordon Smith
Rod La Rocque
as Neil Du Beck
Conway Tearle
as Edwin Strange
Thomas E. Jackson
as Detective McKane
Jack Raymond
as George Tyson
Colin Tapley
as Studio Manager
Jack Mulhall
as Jack Rawlins
Bryant Washburn
as Karl Jennings
Franklyn Farnum
as James Deley
Lee Shumway
as Chief of Police
Spencer Charters
as Jones - Watchman
Chester Conklin
as Comedian
Hank Mann
as Comedian
William Arnold
as Theatre Manager (Uncredited)
William Bailey
as Studio Commissary Chief (Uncredited)
Bobby Barber
as Prop Man (Uncredited)
George Barton
as Technician (Uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
as Du Beck's Valet (Uncredited)
Henry Brandon
as The Bat Man (Uncredited)
Bob Card
as Cowboy (Uncredited)
F.O. Collings
as Sound Man (Uncredited)
Nell Craig
as Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Reporter (Uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Tub Wilson (Uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
as Hewitt's Secretary (Uncredited)
Matty Fain
as Reporter (Uncredited)
Hyman Fink
as Photographer (Uncredited)
John George
as The Gnome (Uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Policeman (Uncredited)
Edward Hearn
as Officer (Uncredited)
Isabel La Mal
as Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)
Frank Losee Jr.
as Assistant Manager (Uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as Director (Uncredited)
Carl McBride
as Still Photographer (Uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Policeman (Uncredited)
Torben Meyer
as Briggs - Smith's Butler (Uncredited)
Frances Morris
as Script Girl (Uncredited)
Jack Norton
as Comedy Director (Uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn
as Assistant Director (Uncredited)
Franklin Parker
as Cutter (Uncredited)
Jack Paul
as Newsboy (Uncredited)
Earl Pingree
as Officer (Uncredited)
Ralph Rainger
as Himself (Uncredited)
Craig Reynolds
as Actor (Uncredited)
Charles Ruggles
as Himself (Uncredited)
Dick Rush
as Detective (Uncredited)
Ed Schaefer
as Detective (Uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
as English Officer (Uncredited)
Charles L. Sherwood
as Jovial Cop (Uncredited)
Phillips Smalley
as Ben (Uncredited)
Claude Stroud
as Monk Gibbons (Uncredited)
Hatto Tappenbeck
as Cameraman (Uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
as Watchman (Uncredited)
Luz Vasquez
as Dancer (Uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Supervisor (Uncredited)
Neil Wheeler
as Boom Man (Uncredited)