Murder by the Clock Blu-ray

Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Edward Sloman's Murder by the Clock (1931), starring William 'Stage' Boyd, Lilyan Tashman, Irving Pichel, Regis Toomey, and Sally O'Neil. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 19.

Description: A marvelous murder-mystery from Hollywood's golden pre-Code years, Murder by the Clock revolves around the neurotic matriarch Julia Endicott (Blanche Friderici), who harbors such a deep fear of being buried alive that she installs a blaring safety alarm inside the family mausoleum. When Julia rewrites her will to leave the massive Endicott fortune to her drunken nephew, it triggers a series of eerie deaths and seemingly supernatural shenanigans around the old, dark estate. As the burial alarm mysteriously echoes from within the crypt, Lieutenant Valcour (William "Stage" Boyd) steps in to untangle the Endicott family mystery.

Chock-full of shocks and laughs, Murder by the Clock features a delightful cast of oddball characters; Irving Pichel (Dracula's Daughter) makes a memorable mark as Julia's deranged son, and Lilyan Tashman (Girls About Town) scorches the screen as one of filmdom's first femmes fatales.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 4K MASTER FROM A 35MM COMPOSITE FINEGRAIN
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and Film Historian/Archivist Stan Shaffer
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Tom Weaver and Gary L. Prange