Charlie Chan's Courage
Encyclopedia
Charlie Chan's Courage is the fifth film in which Warner Oland
played detective Charlie Chan
. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Chinese Parrot; both are considered lost film
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Warner Oland
Warner Oland was a Swedish American actor most remembered for his screen role as the detective Charlie Chan.-Biography:He was born Johan Verner Ölund in the village of Nyby, Bjurholm Municipality,...
played detective Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1919. Loosely based on Honolulu detective Chang Apana, Biggers conceived of the benevolent and heroic Chan as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes, such as villains like Fu Manchu...
. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Chinese Parrot; both are considered lost film
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Plot
Chan is hired to transport a pearl necklace. When his employer is murdered, he sets out to unmask the killer.Cast
- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Drue Leyton as Paula Graham
- Donald WoodsDonald Woods (actor)Donald Woods was a Canadian-born American film and television actor whose career spanned six decades....
as Bob Crawford - Paul HarveyPaul Harvey (actor)Paul Harvey was an American actor who appeared in at least 177 films.-Selected filmography:*They Shall Have Music *Behind the News *Moonlight Masquerade *Spellbound...
as J.P. Madden / Jerry Delaney - Murray KinnellMurray KinnellMurray Kinnell was an English actor. He appeared in 71 films between 1930 and 1937. He was best known as the two-timing petty-larceny hood Putty Nose in The Public Enemy...
as Martin Thorne - Reginald Mason as Alexander Crawford
- Virginia Hammond as Mrs. Sally Jordan
- Si Jenks as Will Holley
- Harvey ClarkHarvey Clark (actor)Harvey Clark was an American actor on stage and screen. He appeared in 198 films between 1915 and 1938.He was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack....
as Professor Gamble - Jerry Jerome as Maydorf
- Jack Carter as Victor Jordan
- James Wang as Wong
- DeWitt JenningsDeWitt JenningsDeWitt Clarke Jennings was an American film actor. He appeared in 153 films between 1915 and 1937.-Biography:...
as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings) - Francis FordFrancis Ford (actor)Francis Ford was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the older brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man.He starred in the 1912 two-reeler The Deserter by Thomas H. Ince and acted in over 400...
as Hewitt