The Old Dark House (1932) with Jason Kravits

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It’s a stormy night somewhere in Wales, and three travelers are having a rough go of it: married couple Phillip and Margaret Waverton, and their passenger in the back seat, the dapper Penderel. That’s when they come upon a house, which is, shockingly, old… and dark. They manage to gain entrance after convincing the mute, lumbering butler, Morgan, that they are indeed in distress, and are soon greeted by the house’s main occupants, the elderly Femms, Horace and his hard of hearing sister Rebecca. The Femms offer the travelers supper, but as the sternly religious Rebecca finds it inappropriate, no beds. As they sit down to eat a meal of meat and potatoes, two more travelers burst in – the jolly Sir William Porterhouse and his personal companion, Gladys Duquesne. Or is it Perkins? As the evening wends from dinner to conversation to an interest in the rest of the house, things take a turn for the weird, and soon, all are ensnared in a trap – not just to make it through the storm, but to get out of the house alive.
Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 0:00-27:40
Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 27:41-1:06:53
Superlatives (so. many. spoilers.) 1:06:54-1:26:09

Director James Whale
Screenplay Benn W. Levy, with additional dialogue by R.C. Sherriff, based on the novel Benighted by J.B. Priestley
Featuring Lilian Bond, Melvyn Douglas, Elspeth Dudgeon, Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, Raymond Massey, Eva Moore, Gloria Stuart, Ernest Thesiger, Brember Wills
Jason Kravits has been appearing on stages and screens, large and small, for over 30 years. Best known for his long-running role as ADA Richard Bay on ABC’s “The Practice,” he has appeared in dozens of shows, including memorable roles on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The Kominsky Method,” “30 Rock,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Young Sheldon,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “B Positive,” “NCIS,” and “Gilmore Girls.” He recently appeared opposite Nicole Kidman on HBO's “The Undoing” and Ewan McGregor in Netflix's Halston. Kravits has appeared in several Broadway shows, including The Drowsy Chaperone, Relatively Speaking, and City Center Encores production of The Golden Apple. In 2015, Jason created Off the Top!, a “one-man, completely improvised cabaret.” Since then he has performed the show over a hundred times to sold out crowds in London, Edinburgh, Adelaide, Melbourne, Amsterdam, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, and regularly plays the world-famous Birdland Theater in New York City.
Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with embellishments by Edward Elgar. Music under the synopsis is “A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet” by Gus Kahn and Harry Woods, performed by Isham Jones and His Orchestra.
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