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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1340

Behind That Curtain

192991 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 90:51
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Irving Cummings · Public domain

Synopsis

A woman discovers the violent character of the fortune hunter she has married and seeks help from an explorer. Her flight across several countries draws both her husband and a persistent investigator after her, until the case reaches San Francisco.

Cast

Warner Baxter

Lois Moran

Gilbert Emery

DirectorsIrving Cummings

Historical context

Charlie Chan appears only briefly in this early Fox adaptation of an Earl Derr Biggers mystery. Chinese American performer E. L. Park plays the detective, before the studio's later Chan series.

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Warner Baxter — Unknown author Unknown author; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
Lois Moran — Unknown author Unknown author; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
Gilbert Emery — DVD (Selznick Studio - United Artists); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 film) · Public domain

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