Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)

“Seven Keys to Baldpate” is a 1929 pre-Code sound comedy mystery film directed by Reginald Barker, written by Jane Murfin, based on the 1913 novel of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers and the 1913 play by George M. Cohan.

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. Peace and quiet are last things he gets, though, as there are some very strange things going on at the establishment.

Cast:

• Richard Dix – William Halliwell Magee
• Miriam Seegar – Mary Norton
• Margaret Livingston – Myra Thornhill
• Lucien Littlefield – Thomas Hayden
• Joseph Allen Sr. – Peters, the Hermit
• DeWitt Jennings – Mayor Jim Cargan
• Nella Walker – Mrs. Irene Rhodes
• Carleton Macy – Police Chief Kennedy
• Alan Roscoe – Bland
• Crauford Kent – Hal Bentley
• Harvey Clark – Elijah Quimby
• Edith Yorke – Mrs. Quimby