| Charlie Chan's Courage | |
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| Directed by | Eugene Forde George Hadden |
| Written by | Earl Derr Biggers (novel) Seton I. Miller |
| Produced by | John Stone |
| Starring | Warner Oland |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Charlie Chan's Courage (1934) is the fifth film in which Warner Oland played detective Charlie Chan. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Chinese Parrot, based upon the novel by Earl Derr Biggers. Both are considered lost films.[1][2]
An audio recreation accompanied by still photographs from the original film is included as a special feature on some DVD collections.[3]
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Plot
Hired to deliver a valuable necklace for Sally Jordon (Virginia Hammond), a wealthy Honolulu resident for whom Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) had worked as a houseboy decades earlier, the detective shows up at the desert ranch estate of P.J. Madden (Paul Harvey), posing as a servant. In his servant guise, Charlie monitors the comings and goings of a number of suspects as it becomes apparent that a murder has taken place at the Madden estate.[4]
Cast
- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Drue Leyton as Paula Graham
- Donald Woods as Bob Crawford
- Paul Harvey as P.J. Madden / Jerry Delaney
- Murray Kinnell as Martin Thorne
- Reginald Mason as Alexander Crawford
- Virginia Hammond as Mrs. Sally Jordan
- Si Jenks as Will Holley
- Harvey Clark as Professor Gamble
- Jerry Jerome as Maydorf
- Jack Carter as Victor Jordan
- James Wang as Wong
- DeWitt Jennings as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
- Francis Ford as Hewitt
References
- ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Chinese Parrot
- ^ Miller, Seton I. (2010). Charlie Chan's Courage: The Screenplay for the Lost Charlie Chan Film. Wildside Press. ISBN 978-1-5574-2706-9.
- ^ Tooze, Gary. "Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 4". DVDBeaver.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Charlie Chan's Courage". The Charlie Chan Family Home. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
External links
- Charlie Chan's Courage at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Charlie Chan's Courage at IMDb
- Charlie Chan's Courage at the TCM Movie Database
- Charlie Chan's Courage at AllMovie
- Charlie Chan's Courage Recreation from Script and Stills on YouTube
- Illustrated Script
- Charlie Chan’s Courage film details at The Charlie Chan Family Home
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