Product Details

• Actors: Erville Alderson, Lynton Brent, Al Bridge, William B. Davidson, Adrienne Dore
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009XT8KG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,599 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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A legend in her own time, Ginger Rogers became one of Hollywood’s youngest heartthrobs in the 30s. Better known for her musicals such as Top Hat and Swing Time, Ginger added to her repertoire by starring in a variety of dramas and comedies. Her genius won her a coveted Oscar for her dramatic performance in Kitty Foyle. In The Thirteenth Guest, Rogers teams up with the dashing Lyle Talbot to produce a memorable mystery which a2zcds.com has preserved on DVD.

THE PLOT: Thirteen years after Morgan was murdered, his creepy, deserted mansion suddenly becomes a beehive of activity. Murder follows murder in quick succession in the abandoned manor, bringing Police Captain Ryan (J. Farrel MacDonald) and private eye Winston (Lyle Talbot) scurrying to the scene. Everybody is on the lookout for the mysterious 13th guest who failed to put in an appearance at the dinner, because it is this 13th guest that stands to inherit Morgan’s enormous wealth. Who will lift the veil off the mysterious killings? Will it be the debonair wisecracking Winston or the gritty Captain Ryan?.

Product Description

Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 04/06/2010

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Spoilers ***** Alpha-The Thirteenth Guest aka Lady Beware, November 19, 2006

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SLMB "PEANUT" (Iowa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Thirteenth Guest (DVD)

While I agree with the previous reviewer about the overall summary of this film in general, the transfer is extra hazy, even for Alpha and being a 1932 film. This is one of the worst transfers I have ever seen from the company. This is a British print of the American made movie. Very distracting buzzing throughout as occurs with some other Alpha titles, even to the point where it distorts the actor's voices a couple of times. People, Beware of this print! Don't waste your money!
P.S. I don't know anything about the "new" Tapeworm company version. I have never before heard of the Tapeworm company, so buy at your own risk.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A real shocker, February 17, 2006

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bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Thirteenth Guest (DVD)

Thirteen years later one of 13 guests returns to the Morgan mansion to the scene of a last supper of which the last guest never appeared and ended in the death of the host.

There is a big bang and a hideous scream. When the police captain Ryan, (J. Farrel MacDonald), arrives they find a creepy old dusty mansion with a new telephone and a girl (Ginger Rogers) sitting at the table. As is his habit Captain Ryan calls on his intuitive friend Phil Winston (Lyle Talbot when he was still young and hansom) to sort out the clues.

Who is the dead woman?
How did she die?
Why was she there?
What is the secret of the "Thirteenth Guest?"

The length of the movie is too short to set up the proper environment and has to move too fast to enjoy the anticipation and speculation. However it is well acted and will keep you guessing even if the audience gets more of the inside track than Phil Winston.

We get all the regular suspects and the standard gathering of suspects while Phil fills in the holes and if we are lucky may beat him to the conclusion.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Remastered? Really?, October 8, 2008

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troobrit "troobrit" (Oswego, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Thirteenth Guest (1932) [Remastered Edition] (DVD)

I bought this DVD expecting the video quality on this "re-mastered" version to be an improvement on the much cheaper original version I had bought a few years ago. No so. [The one star is for the quality of the product, not the movie. Ginger Rogers rocks].