Behind That Curtain (film)

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Behind That Curtain
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Directed by Irving Cummings
Written by Sonya Levien
George Middleton
Wilbur Morse Jr.
Clarke Silvernail
Based on Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers
Produced by William Fox
Starring Warner Baxter
Lois Moran
Gilbert Emery
Cinematography Conrad Wells
Vincent J. Farrar
Dave Ragin
Edited by Alfred DeGaetano
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • June 30, 1929 (1929-06-30)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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Behind That Curtain is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) Pre-Code mystery film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter, Lois Moran and Gilbert Emery. [1] It was the first Charlie Chan film to be made at Fox Studios. It was based on the 1928 novel of the same name. Charlie Chan, who is played by the Chinese American E. L. Park, gets one mention early in the film, then makes a few momentary appearances after 75 minutes. Park, in fact, was the first Chinese American to play Charlie Chan on-screen. [2] Producer William Fox chose this film to open the palatial Fox Theatre in San Francisco on June 28, 1929. It was a sound film.

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Synopsis

In London, fortune hunter Eric Durand is romancing the wealthy Sir George Mannering's niece Eve. He murders the solicitor who is hired by Mannering to investigate him, but is thwarted when explorer and old family friend Colonel John Beetham takes Eve away to British India. Later she leaves Beetham and goes to San Francisco, where she is followed by the dogged Sir Frederick Bruce of Scotland Yard, who has Durand in his sights.

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Production

Two weeks were spent filming on location at Death Valley. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Behind That Curtain". Silent Era. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
  2. ↑ Salisbury, Katie Gee. "The Man Without a Face". The Believer. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ The Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. June 11, 1929. p. 6.

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