Midnight Phantom [SEP] director
Midnight Phantom
Midnight Phantom is a 1935 American film directed by Bernard B. Ray.
Cast.
- Reginald Denny as Prof. David Graham
- Claudia Dell as Diana Sullivan (misspelled Diane Sullivan in opening credits)
- Lloyd Hughes as Police Lt. Dan Burke
- Jim Farley as Police Chief James A. Sullivan
- Barbara Bedford as Kathleen Ryan
- Mary Foy as Mary Ryan
- John Elliott as Capt. Bill Withers
- Francis Sayles as Police Surgeon Kelly
- Al St. John as Radio
The film is also rooted on the tradition of the horror film genre. Marina plays the lead in the horror film "Midnight Phantom", in which she defeats the Phantom's attempt to kill her, overcoming him and thus subverting the horror film tradition of a woman as victim in a way that parallels Marina's relationship with Ricky. While filming "The Midnight Phantom", Lola notes that the film they are working on is "more a love story than a horror story", to which Maximo the director replies