A Scarlet Week-End

A Scarlet Week-End
A Scarlet Week-End
Directed by	George Melford
Written by	Oliver Drake
Based on	The Woman in Purple Pajamas by Wilson Collison
Produced by	Willis Kent
Starring	Dorothy Revier ; Theodore von Eltz ; Phyllis Barrington
Cinematography	William Nobles
Edited by	Ruth Wright
Production; company	Willis Kent Productions
Distributed by	Maxim Productions
Release date	September 23, 1932;
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Scarlet Week-End is a 1932 American mystery film directed by George Melford and starring Dorothy Revier, Theodore von Eltz and Phyllis Barrington.^[1] It was made as a second feature on Poverty Row by the independent producer Willis Kent.^[2] It is an adaptation of the 1931 novel The Woman in Purple Pajamas by Wilson Collison.

Plot

A couple host a weekend party at their country estate. Their guests include two married lovers of the womanizing host. When he begins flirting with another young woman all become jealous of him. The wife's former fiancée begs her leave her husband and come away with him. Later that evening her husband is murdered, and his bloody pyjamas in her bedroom seems to point to her guilt.

Cast

Dorothy Revier as The Wife
Theodore von Eltz as The Husband
Phyllis Barrington as The Girlfriend
Douglas Cosgrove as The Police Inspector
Sheila Terry as Marjorie Murphy
Niles Welch as The Wife's Former Fiancée
Nora Hayden as Maid
Virginia Roye as Alma McGregor

References

^ Fetrow p.573
^ Pitts p.203

Bibliography

Fetrow, Alan G. . Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1992.
Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.