20th Century Fox
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) Collection
Charlie Chan at the Opera
A fiendish killer lurks at the opera! Weird! Thrilling! The Master Minds of Crime Match Wits Against Each Other!
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
- Original title
- Charlie Chan at the Opera
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 19, 2022 · via TMDB
I think this might well be my favourite outing for our Hawaiian super sleuth. This time, Warner Oland must investigate some very suspicious goings on in a theatre. Unbeknown to all of us, this theatre has it's very own phantom... but whom? Why? Well, that's all rather entertainingly explained over the course of the hour as he - with the help of son "Lee" (Keye Luke) - must stop this from becoming an operatic game of Russian Roulette. Now there is absolutely no jeopardy - it is pretty clear early on who the culprit it; but our journey of discovery is quite cleverly managed by director Bruce Humberstone with engaging efforts from Margaret Irving, Charlotte Henry, Gregory Gaye and, of course, Boris Karloff. Oscar Levant and William Kernell provide us with some operatic numbers that authenticate the process and the thing has a good deal of fun to it, too. Definitely worth watching, this one..
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Artiflix
Warner Oland
Charlie Chan
Boris Karloff
Gravelle
Keye Luke
Lee Chan
William Demarest
Sergeant Kelly
Guy Usher
Inspector Regan
Margaret Irving
Mme. Lilli Rochelle
Gregory Gaye
Enrico Borelli
Nedda Harrigan
Mme. Lucretia Borelli
Frank Conroy
Mr. Whitely
Charlotte Henry
Mlle. Kitty
Thomas Beck
Phil Childers
Maurice Cass
Mr. Arnold
Tom McGuire
Pop Morris - Stage Doorman
Marc Lawrence
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Joan Woodbury
Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
William Bailey
Detective (uncredited)
John Bleifer
Murdered Orderly (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Backstage Cop Who Shoots Gravelle (uncredited)
Frank Fanning
Cop (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Detective (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Benson Fong
Opera Supernumerary (uncredited)
Otto Fries
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Cop (uncredited)
Julia Griffith
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
H. Bruce Humberstone
Director
Sol M. Wurtzel
Executive Producer
Oscar Levant
Music
Charlie Chan's Courage
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Charlie Chan's Chance
Silentium
Murder by Death
Black Magic
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Castle in the Desert
Charlie Chan Carries On
Charlie Chan's Secret
Charlie Chan in Egypt
Charlie Chan in London
Strangler vs Strangler
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Charlie Chan in Panama
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Opera
Charlie Chan in Paris
Dead Men Tell
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
City in Darkness
Charlie Chan in Rio
Charlie Chan in Reno
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Murder Over New York
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
The Black Camel
Birth
The Shanghai Cobra
The Golden Eye
The Climax
Curse of the Black Cat
Madam City Hunter
Behind That Curtain
Easter
dei notturni splendori
Black Lodge
The Naked City
Another Thin Man
Shadow of the Thin Man
Point Blank
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
The Night Stalker
Each Dawn I Die
LaRoy, Texas
The Assault
The Unholy Three
The Glass Key
Indemnity
They Made Me a Fugitive
The Blue Gardenia
M
Time Without Pity
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
The Locket
Quicksand
Woman of Straw
Maniac
The Mirror Crack'd
The Dark Past
5 Against the House
The Quiller Memorandum
Dec 4, 1936
New York City, New York
Jan 8, 1937
