I’ve never seen or indeed heard of Slightly Scarlet, the early talkie before finding an image from it which I’ve recreated.

Frankly, I felt the image was absolutely -and very humorously!- preposterous, with our leads (Clive Brook and Evelyn Brent) examining precious jewelry taken from a wall safe while a shadowy figure with a gun menaces them.  According to IMDB, this film is a comedy/drama, so perhaps the image makes sense.

Both Mr. Brook and Ms. Brent had very long careers which extended from silent films into talkies and appeared in many, many films and TV productions.  Interestingly, the two were also the stars of the 1928 film Interference, which was Paramount’s first “talkie”.