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The Barton Mystery (1932 film)

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The Barton Mystery
Directed by Henry Edwards
Based on The Barton Mystery
by Walter Hackett
Produced by Herbert Wilcox
Starring Ursula Jeans
Ellis Jeffreys
Lyn Harding
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures
Release date
  • November 1932 (1932-11)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

The Barton Mystery is a 1932 British crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Ursula Jeans, Ellis Jeffreys and Lyn Harding. [1] [2] It was written by Walter Hackett based on his 1916 play The Barton Mystery.

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Plot

Cast

Production

The film was made at British and Dominions Studios, Elstree, as a second feature for release by Paramount Pictures. [3] At the time Paramount was spending more on its quota films than other Hollywood companies.[ citation needed ]

Reception

Film Weekly wrote: "Thin and unbelievable murder mystery, devoid of the necessary element of suspense and with ridiculous slices of broad farce interpolated. Everybody concerned with The Barton Mystery must take a share of the blame for a poor production. The story is weak in the extreme, and not one of those involved in the unravelling of what plot there is does anything to help by his or her acting, which is without depth of feeling." [4]

Kine Weekly wrote: "The story is ingeniously constructed, but the development is too leisurely for suspense to be built up with full dramatic effect, and the continuity is uneven. However, a strong and amusing performance by Lyn Harding, as a charlatan, helps to hold the loose ends firmly together and make the film a useful supporting attraction." [5]

Picturegoer wrote: "Slow development and rather ragged continuity militate against the effect of an otherwise ingeniously constructed and strongly dramatic story." [6]

References

  1. ↑ "The Barton Mystery". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database The Barton Myatery (1932)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  3. ↑ Chibnall, Steve. (2007). Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute. p. 266. ISBN   978-1844571550.
  4. ↑ "The Barton Mystery". Film Weekly . 9 (238): 38. 5 May 1933. ProQuest   1771132545.
  5. ↑ "The Barton Mystery". Kine Weekly . 189 (1336): 35. 24 November 1932. ProQuest   2322715757.
  6. ↑ "The Barton Mystery". Picturegoer . 2: 20. 2 May 1933. ProQuest   1771130166.


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