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The Chinese Parrot (film)

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'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 Sjin Kamiyama as Chan.Charlie Chan, the Untold Story of the Honorable Detective, by Yunte Huang, W W Norton & Company 2010 loc 6036 Kindle Edition The film is an adaptation of the 1926 Earl Derr Biggers novel 'The Chinese Parrot'. It is considered a lost film.[http://fan.tcm.com/_Vault-and-Nitrate-Fires-A-History/blog/346284/66470.html?createPassive=true VAULT AND NITRATE FIRES- A HISTORY, Non-fire destruction]

Another version of the story was filmed in 1934, entitled 'The Courage of Charlie Chan'.

Cast



*Marian Nixon as Sally Phillmore

*Florence Turner as Mrs. Phillmore

*Hobart Bosworth as P.J. Madden

*Edmund Burns as Robert Eden

*Albert Conti as Martin Thorne

*Sjin Kamiyama as Charlie Chan

*Fred Esmelton as Alexander Eden

*Edgar Kennedy as Maydorf

*George Kuwa as Louis Wong

*Slim Summerville as Prospector

* Dan Mason as Prospector

*Anna May Wong as Nautch Dancer

*Etta Lee as Girl in Gambling Den

*Jack Trent as Jordan

*Frank Toy as number one son

References




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