The House of Secrets (novel)

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| publisher = Hodder and Stoughton (UK)
Grosset & Dunlap (US)

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The House of Secrets is a 1926 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Sydney Horler. Horler was a prolific writer known for particularly for his series featuring Tiger Standish, but he also wrote many stand-alone novels. In 1927, he adapted the novel into a stage play of the same name.Reilly p.815

Film Adaptations

In 1929, it was made into an American film of the same title starring Joseph Striker. It was adapted a second time in 1936 as House of Secrets directed by Roland D. Reed and starring Leslie Fenton and Muriel Evans.Goble p.228 Both the original and remake were made by the Hollywood-based Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures.

References

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

External links

{{Internet Archive|id=dli.ministry.14292|name=The House of Secrets}}

Category:1926 British novels

Category:British thriller novels

Category:British mystery novels

Category:Novels set in England

Category:British novels adapted into films

Category:Novels by Sydney Horler

Category:Hodder & Stoughton books