Invincible?!

Here's another 1935 entry, this time from Invincible Pictures.  It's Charles Spencer Belden's "Symphony of Living."  In this one, an aging concert violinist, ignored by his own grown offspring, becomes a music teacher.  His most promising student, with whom he intends to make a comeback, turns out to be his own grandson!

This movie was produced by Maury M. Cohen and directed by Frank R. Strayer, with story and adaptation by Charles Spencer Belden and cinematography by M.A. Andersen (A.S.C.) and musical direction by Lee Zahler.

Evelyn Brent, Al Shean, Charles Judels, John Darrow, Albert Conti, Lester Lee, Richard Tucker, Gigi Parrish, John Harron, Ferike Boros, Ferdinand Schuman-Heink, and Carl Stockdale were in the cast.

Enjoy!

Now, On A Cheerier Note...

Time for a 1934 movie from Invincible Pictures (a division of Chesterfield Motion Picture Corporation) entitled "The Ghost Walks."  In this one, three men are stranded when their car gets stuck in the mud on a country road during a storm.  They take refuge in a nearby mansion.  Now this happens to be the anniversary of a death that took place in the mansion and, yes Virginia, there is the palpable presence of his ghost.

This flick stars John Miljan, June Collyer, Richard Carle, Henry Kolker, Johnny Arthur, Spencer Charles, Donald Kirke, and Eve Southern.

With screenplay and dialogue by Charles S. Belden, this movie was produced by Maury M. Cohen and directed by Frank R. Strayer.

Time For A Murder Mystery

From Invincible Pictures in 1936, here is "Murder at Glen Athol."  This motion picture stars John Miljan as Detective Bill Holt, with Irene Ware as Jane Maxwell, Iris Adrian as Muriel Randel, and Noel Madison as Gus Colleti.  With adaptation and screenplay by John W. Krafft from Norman Lippicott's novel of the same name, this movie was produced by Maury M. Cohen and directed by Frank R. Strayer.  Invincible, which was a sister organzation to Chesterfield Pictures, was among several small outfits absorbed into the newly-formed Republic Pictures.