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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1485

The Charlatan

192962 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 62:17
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · arkiver@archive.org · Public domain

Synopsis

A wealthy hostess hires a carnival performer called Count Merlin to entertain at a party. A murder interrupts the gathering and brings a secret from the supposed magician's past into view.

Cast

Holmes Herbert

Margaret Livingston

Rockcliffe Fellowes

DirectorsGeorge Melford

Inspirations

The film adapts Leonard Praskins and Ernest Pascal's play. Its part-talking format combines English intertitles and silent passages with scenes of recorded dialogue.

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Holmes Herbert — Terry O. Morse; From the public domain movie British Intelligence · Public domain
Margaret Livingston — produced by Universal pictures and supplied to Cinelandia magazine · Public domain

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