The Clue of the New Pin (novel)
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The Clue of the New Pin is a 1923 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace
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Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....
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Adaptations
The novel has been adapted into film twice:- The Clue of the New PinThe Clue of the New Pin (1929 film)The Clue of the New Pin is a British crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Benita Hume, Kim Peacock, and Donald Calthrop. The film was one of the few filmed in British Phototone, a sound-on-disc system which used 12-inch discs...
(1929) directed by Arthur MaudeArthur Maude-Selected filmography:Director* The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross * Toni * The Ringer * The Clue of the New Pin * The Flying Squad * The Lyons Mail...
. This film was filmed in British Phototone, a sound-on-discSound-on-discThe term Sound-on-disc refers to a class of sound film processes using a phonograph or other disc to record or playback sound in sync with a motion picture...
system using 12-inch discs. In March 1929, Pin was trade-shown with The Crimson Circle made in the PhonofilmPhonofilmIn 1919, Lee De Forest, inventor of the audion tube, filed his first patent on a sound-on-film process, DeForest Phonofilm, which recorded sound directly onto film as parallel lines. These parallel lines photographically recorded electrical waveforms from a microphone, which were translated back...
sound-on-filmSound-on-filmSound-on-film refers to a class of sound film processes where the sound accompanying picture is physically recorded onto photographic film, usually, but not always, the same strip of film carrying the picture. Sound-on-film processes can either record an analog sound track or digital sound track,...
process. - The Clue of the New PinThe Clue of the New Pin (1961 film)The Clue of the New Pin is a British crime film directed by Allan Davis and starring Paul Daneman, Bernard Archard and James Villiers....
(1961) directed by Allan DavisAllan DavisAllan Howard Davis is an Australian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002...