The Penguin Pool Murder [SEP] cast member
The Penguin Pool Murder
The Penguin Pool Murder is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy/mystery film starring Edna May Oliver as Hildegarde Withers, a witness in a murder case at the New York Aquarium, with James Gleason as the police inspector in charge of the case, who investigates with her unwanted help, and Robert Armstrong as an attorney representing Mae Clarke, the wife of the victim. Oliver's appearance was the first film appearance of the character of Hildegarde Withers, the schoolteacher and sleuth based on the character from
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- Jackie Searl as Leland Stanford Jones
- Barbara Fritchie as Louise Halloran
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Dr. Max Von Immen
- Jed Prouty as Dr. Levine
Cast notes:
- Oliver had played Hildegarde Withers in a previous film, "The Penguin Pool Murder" (1932), and would play the part again in another sequel "Murder on a Honeymoon" (1935). For the next sequel, "Murder on a Bridle Path" (1936), the character was played by Helen