The Locked Door (1929)





This rip-snorting melodrama would have been better had the dialogue stood up. It marks the talkie début of the brilliant and beautiful young actress, Barbara Stanwyck, who gives a grand performance as the harassed heroine. Others — not so good — are Rod La Rocque, William Boyd (of the theater) and Betty Bronson. Exciting, but slowed by weak speeches. All Talkie.

Photoplay February 1930



Vintage magazines

Photoplay , July 1929
Photoplay , February 1930
Photoplay , February 1930


Books with an entry on The Locked Door

Larry Langman and Daniel Finn
A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1995