The White Cockatoo
1935 | 73m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Alan Crosland |
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| Writer: | Ben Markson, Lillie Hayward, Mignon G. Eberhart |
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| In a spooky hotel on the coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the other in an attempt to steal the inherited fortune of an American girl, Sue Tally. Along the way the heiress is kidnapped, three murders are committed, a girl appears in two places at once, mysterious persons roam about the old hotel at night and mysteriously disappear, and there is a hidden room without any doors. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 29, 1935 |
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| Director: | Alan Crosland |
| Writer: | Ben Markson, Lillie Hayward, Mignon G. Eberhart |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | hotel, amateur detective, inheritance, old dark house, heiress, long lost relative, impersonation, doppelgänger, clocks, concealed identity, cockatoo, attempted kidnapping, hotelier |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jean Muir | Sue Talley |
| Ricardo Cortez | Jim Sundean |
| Ruth Donnelly | Mrs. Byng |
| Minna Gombell | Grete Lovscheim |
| Walter Kingsford | Marcus Lovscheim |
| John Eldredge | Francis Talley |
| Gordon Westcott | Dr. Roberts |
| Addison Richards | David Lorn |
| Pauline Garon | Marianne |
| Arnaud de Bordes | Marcel |
| Ben Hewlett | Michael Stravsky |
| André Cheron | Commissaire of Police |
| Georges Renavent | Pierre |
| Noel Francis | Elise |
| Paul Panzer | The Chef (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ben Markson | Screenplay |
| Alan Crosland | Director |
| Lillie Hayward | Screenplay |
| Maxwell Arnow | Casting Director |
| Mignon G. Eberhart | Novel |
| Arthur Greville Collins | Dialogue Coach |
| Clarence Kolster | Editor |
| Tony Gaudio | Director of Photography |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |
| Lee Katz | Assistant Director |
| William Maybery | Casting Assistant |
| Russel Trost | Casting Associate |
| John Hughes | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
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| Henry Blanke | Producer |
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