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Behind That Curtain

1929, Movie, NR, 91 mins

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A crackerjack melodrama that has a few interesting sidelights to it. This movie introduced Karloff to sound (in a role so small that it didn't have a character name), and, in a small cameo, we see the detective who would last longer than just about any other on the screen, Charlie Chan, in his third screen appearance. In this version, the redoubtable Chan is a lieutenant with Scotland Yard and is played by Park, one of the many Occidentals who did the role. King hires Shaw t... read more leave a comment
Year: 1929
Rated NR

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Cast
Warner Baxter: John Beetham
Lois Moran: Eve Mannering
Gilbert Emery: Sir Frederic Bruce
Claude King: Sir George Mannering
Philip Strange: Eric Durand
Boris Karloff: Sudanese Servant

 

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