The Chinese Parrot (film)
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| The Chinese Parrot | |
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| Directed by | Paul Leni |
| Written by | J. Grubb Alexander (scenario) Walter Anthony (intertitles) |
| Based on | The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers |
| Starring | Marian Nixon Florence Turner Hobart Bosworth |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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7 reels; 7,304 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
The Chinese Parrot (1927) is a silent film, the second in the Charlie Chan series. It was directed by Paul Leni and starred Japanese actor Sōjin Kamiyama as Chan.[1] The film is an adaptation of the 1926 Earl Derr Biggers novel The Chinese Parrot. It is considered a lost film.[2][3]
Another version of the story was filmed in 1934, entitled The Courage of Charlie Chan.
Cast
- Marian Nixon - Sally Phillmore
- Florence Turner - Mrs. Phillmore
- Hobart Bosworth - P.J. Madden
- Edmund Burns - Robert Eden
- Albert Conti - Martin Thorne
- Sōjin Kamiyama - Charlie Chan
- Fred Esmelton - Alexander Eden
- Edgar Kennedy - Maydorf
- George Kuwa - Louis Wong
- Slim Summerville - Prospector
- Dan Mason - Prospector
- Anna May Wong - Nautch Dancer
- Etta Lee - Girl in Gambling Den
- Jack Trent - Jordan
- Frank Toy - number one son
References
- ↑ Charlie Chan, the Untold Story of the Honorable Detective, by Yunte Huang, W W Norton & Company 2010 loc 6036 Kindle Edition
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- ↑ VAULT AND NITRATE FIRES- A HISTORY, Non-fire destruction
External links
- The Chinese Parrot at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Chinese Parrot at IMDb
- The Chinese Parrot at AllMovie
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- 1927 films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Charlie Chan films
- Fictional parrots
- Films based on mystery novels
- Films directed by Paul Leni
- Lost films
- Universal Pictures films
- 1920s mystery films
- Films based on American novels
- American films
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