Charlie Chan's Courage

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]

Charlie Chan's Courage
Directed byEugene Forde
George Hadden
Written byEarl Derr Biggers (novel)
Seton I. Miller
Produced byJohn Stone
StarringWarner Oland
Production
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Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • July 6, 1934 (1934-07-06)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

An audio recreation accompanied by still photographs from the original film is included as a special feature on some DVD collections.[3]

Plot

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Chinese Parrot
  2. ^ Miller, Seton I. (2010). Charlie Chan's Courage: The Screenplay for the Lost Charlie Chan Film. Wildside Press. ISBN 978-1-5574-2706-9.
  3. ^ Tooze, Gary. "Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 4". DVDBeaver.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Charlie Chan's Courage". The Charlie Chan Family Home. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  5. ^ "Frank Mills". AllMovie. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
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