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.

A Scarlet Week-End
Directed byGeorge Melford
Written byOliver Drake
Based onThe Woman in Purple Pajamas by Wilson Collison
Produced byWillis Kent
StarringDorothy Revier
Theodore von Eltz
Phyllis Barrington
CinematographyWilliam Nobles
Edited byRuth Wright
Production
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Willis Kent Productions
Distributed byMaxim Productions
Release date
  • September 23, 1932 (1932-09-23)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ Fetrow p.573
  2. ^ Pitts p.203

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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