The Thirteenth Guest (aka Lady Beware)

Ok this film is one of ginger rogers' first films and she did shine in it! It has the old creepy mansion, mysterious deaths with no marks etc. etc.( I'm not going to spoil it,lol) but if you like the old time mystery movies then this is for you! Spoiler alert! Even though I had it figured out 20 mins. Into the movie, I still loved it! So will you! Perfect for those dark dreary days( especially if there's fig in your area,lol

I love this movie! It's dark & atmospheric & a great mystery. Also I love Ginger Rogers.

The transfer is seriously lacking, when the images aren't jumpy or scratched there's an odd intermittent hissing heard throughout. Fortunately, I grew up watching old movies in poor condition so it didn't bother me.The plot involves people working at cross purposes and getting in each others way. A lot of money is at stake. If you pare down the possible inheritors, it makes things so much easier. So someone starts killing them off and posing them around a dinner table. Too bad the first victim was a case of mistaken identity. Someone went to a lot of trouble to make a woman look like someone she's not. The baffled police turn to super sleuth PI Phil Winston to solve the case for them, and save the femme fatale/damsel in distress in the bargain.Naturally, there are secret rooms, peep holes, a means of electrocution (don't pick up that phone!!!). Their best clue, 13 - 13 - 13 isn't much of a help. Played mostly for laughs, this entertaining (but muddled) mystery is enjoyable thanks to the actors involved.

This is the best Old Dark House movie I have ever seen, creepy and mysterious.Other reviews have outlined the story so i shall just remark on what I personally like about it. I love the way it so completely recreates the period, the women's hairdos, their cloche hats and dresses, automobiles like the Dusenberg sports cars with their whitewall tires, the spares stuck on both sides, their massiveness with maybe a 12 cylinder engine, the twenties vehicles dominating the scene in 1932 because you used things till they were worn out.Ordinary city men wore suits and felt hats, Summer and Winter. The old mansion itself covered in dust but with ornate stairways paneled walls and old fashioned telephones with dials and operators you talked to. To me this is the next thing to a time machine trip to the past.

The movie is a bit slow once in a while but then most B movies from the era are but if you like old movies, you'll appreciate this one, too. I'm so glad to have a who-done-it to watch that doesn't have unnecessary gore, violence, nudity and sex that this show gets an extra star!

I'm sorry to say that I just don't like this version. This is the 1932 version and almost identical script to the 1943 adaption "Mystery of the 13th Guest". The 1943 version is wonderful! The dialogue seemed to come alive more and didn't seem as dry with the 1932 version. There are slight differences but overall same plot.Specific to this version, the father dies leaving a strange will behind. His daughter receives the will on her 21st birthday and must go back to the family home. When the girl is found dead in the exact chair she sat in during a dinner 13 years prior. The cops and private detective begin their investigation only to end up with another dead body. Throughout the movie, there is dry humor, twists, and an interesting murder weapon for the time period.

Big clue is that it's one of Ginger Rogers' early movies and no one has ever heard of it - with good reason! Based on a really spooky book from the 30's, it doesn't do the book justice, but who could know that ahead of time? Oh well, it's fun to have a Ginger movie when she was really new & without Fred! Very good quality film, arrived right away, great service!

Love it, probably because it has one of Ginger Rogers' first screen appearances (she looks so young!) and she plays a dramatic role. The plot is somewhat predictable but well done. One of those old movies I love in spite of technical issues.