Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

JohnHowardReid Under the inspired advertising slogan, "Horler for Excitement", Sydney Horler became an extremely popular and prolific writer in the 1930s. Under his own name and two pseudonyms, he published over 150 books. If this picturization of The House of Secrets represents a fair sample of his plotting and characterization abilities, the public was indeed sold a counterfeit, second-rate product. Not only are Horler's plots outrageously dependent on the most incredible co-incidences, but his characters are the leftovers of impossible melodrama. No attempt is made at vivifying these walking pasteboards with any semblances of credibility - let alone originality. And as for the dialogue, Horler's is so riddled and weighed down with the cliched, the mundane and the flatly ridiculous as to make it all seem as if the author's real intention was to write a spoof of Victorian melodrama, complete with energetic but completely smitten hero, beautiful but darkly mysterious heroine, secretive yet overly protective father, thuggish but stupid gangsters, helpful but simple-minded domestics, well-spoken but devious city men, dumb but implacable policemen, aloof yet timely detectives. Add a cackling lunatic or two, a couple of creepy henchmen and a blackmailing stranger (who disappears from the tale after receiving an elaborate introduction) and you have The House of Secrets. A witless spoof, admittedly, but even this possible glimmer in the Horler darkness is negated by the deadly dull seriousness of all the actors on the screen - except Syd Saylor - who play this stupefying nonsense through from beginning to end with not so much as a twinkle of the eye, let alone tongues firmly in cheeks. No wonder Sidney Blackmer doesn't include this feeble effort in his filmography! 64 minutes - it seemed more like 164!

bkoganbing The House Of Secrets is owned by Leslie Fenton and he's come over to the United Kingdom to claim his legacy. However as it turns out once he gets there he finds it occupied by Muriel Evans a girl he met on the boat coming over and her family and the family runs him off his own property like he was a trespasser.In addition to that American gangster Noel Madison and a pair of henchmen come over on the same boat because they hear that there is pirate treasure at that same estate. Also over in the United Kingdom is Sidney Blacker chasing Madison for a murder he did on this side of the pond.There's a whole lot of people interested in Fenton's newly acquired real estate and that includes the Home Secretary of the United Kingdom himself. A lot of plot for a B picture out of poverty row studio Chesterfield Pictures.It's all quite silly and the various elements don't mix well and no coherent story is ever established. Some good players look very silly in this one.

wes-connors Sailing from the United States to London, chivalrous Leslie Fenton (as Barry Wilding) saves pretty Muriel Evans (as Julie Kenmore) from the advances of brutish Matty Kemp. The lady is grateful, but rejects Mr. Fenton's more mannered advances. After debarking, Fenton learns he has inherited a deceased uncle's estate. But, when he visits his mansion, Fenton is chased off the property, by interloping inhabitants. Surprisingly, Ms. Evans (the woman he saved on the ship) is among the uninvited tenants. During the running time, you go from wondering what's happening in "The House of Secrets", to indifference. Fenton and a good cast, including pal Sidney Blackmer (as Tom Starr), try to keep it simmering.**** The House of Secrets (10/28/36) Roland D. Reed ~ Leslie Fenton, Muriel Evans, Sidney Blackmer

kidboots Leslie Fenton's most famous role (apart from being married to Ann Dvorak) was as "Nails" Nathan the dapper gangster in "The Public Enemy". Shortly after appearing in "House of Secrets" he took to directing and directed a few good westerns.Barry (Leslie Fenton) is sight seeing in London when he gets a call from a lawyer. He finds he has inherited an estate from an uncle he never knew he had. When he goes to look it over, he is set upon by dogs, a disgruntled groundsman and a man with a gun. Julie (Muriel Evans) is also there - coming over on the boat, Barry gets into a fight with a chap who is pestering Miss Kenmore. She comes to his rooms to tell him that the man with the gun is her father, although she didn't know anything about buying the house (Barry has had an offer and the lawyer, oddly, has urged him to sell and leave the country!). Barry's friend Tom Starr (Sidney Blackmer), a detective, has found part of a parchment message he gives to Barry. The crooks have the other half!!Julie won't tell Barry what's going on, her father appears to be mixed up in it and there is a mad uncle that needs particular medication. Even Scotland Yard is against him.The secret is not particularly exciting (the confrontation on the boat between Julie and the crook has a clue in it) but the film is okay.