''The Chinese Parrot'' (1927) is a
silent film
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, the second in the
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan was conceived as an alter ...
series. It was directed by
Paul Leni
Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi; 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism, making '' Hintertreppe'' (1921) and '' Waxworks'' (1924) in Germany, and '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927), '' ...
and starred Japanese actor
Sōjin Kamiyama as Chan. The film is an adaptation of the 1926
Earl Derr Biggers
Earl Derr Biggers (August 26, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the United States and China.
Biogr ...
novel ''
The Chinese Parrot
''The Chinese Parrot'' (1926) is the second novel in the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first in which Chan travels from Hawaii to mainland California, and involves a crime whose exposure is hastened by t ...
''. It is considered a
lost film
A lost film is a feature
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Another version of the story was filmed in 1934, entitled '' The Courage of Charlie Chan''.
Cast
*Marian Nixon
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Career
Born in Superior, Wisconsin, to parents of Finnish descent, ...
as Sally Phillmore
* Florence Turner as Mrs. Phillmore
*Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer.
Early life
Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil W ...
as P.J. Madden
*Edmund Burns
Edmund Burns (September 27, 1892 – April 2, 1980 ) was an American actor. He was best known for his films of the silent 1920s, particularly ''The Princess from Hoboken'' (1927), '' Made for Love'' (1926), and ''After the Fog'' (1929), althoug ...
as Robert Eden
*Albert Conti
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Life
Born in the village of Gorizia (now, part of Italy), Conti achieved mode ...
as Martin Thorne
* Sōjin Kamiyama as Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan was conceived as an alter ...
*Fred Esmelton
Fred Esmelton (22 June 1872 – 23 October 1933) was an Australian-born American film actor, as well as a stage actor and director. He appeared in 30 films, usually in supporting roles, between the years 1916 and 1931. He was born in Melbou ...
as Alexander Eden
*Edgar Kennedy
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as Maydorf
*George Kuwa
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as Louis Wong
*Slim Summerville
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Early life
Summerville was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where his mother d ...
as Prospector
* Dan Mason
Dan Mason (born Daniel Grassman; February 9, 1857 – July 6, 1929) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1913 to 1929. He is remembered as the "Skipper" in the " Toonerville Folks" comedy films. as Prospector
*Anna May Wong
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as Nautch Dancer
*Etta Lee
Etta Lee (September 12, 1906 – October 27, 1956) was an American silent film actress, known for supporting roles.
Early life
Lee was born on September 12, 1906, in Kauai, Hawaii. Her father was a Chinese medical doctor and her mother was of ...
as Girl in Gambling Den
*Jack Trent as Jordan
*Frank Toy as number one son
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1927 films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Charlie Chan films
Fictional parrots
Films based on mystery novels
Films directed by Paul Leni
Lost American films
Universal Pictures films
1927 mystery films
Films based on American novels
1927 lost films
1920s American films
Silent mystery films
Silent thriller films
Silent American comedy films
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