Movie - "The House of a Thousand Candles" (1936) **

The novel was filmed a few times - I'd never heard of it. This version feels like it was influenced by Hitchcock's early British thrillers though I may be wrong. There's spys running around Europe - Philip Holmes (who later died in a plane crash) is the Brit trying to crack a spy ring. He has a squabbling relationship with an heiress who chases him across Europe - that sounds more fun than it is, I think mostly due to casting. Mae Clarke is the girl - she was a star in the early thirties but was now on the slide. She's okay so is Holmes I just wanted someone really fun.