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Charlie Chan at the Opera
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Writers:
Scott Darling (screen play) and
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Release Date:
8 January 1937 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Mystery | Thriller See more »
Tagline:
A fiendish killer lurks at the opera! Weird! Thrilling! The Master Minds of Crime Match Wits Against Each Other!
Plot:
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. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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The man who dubs Karloff's singing See more (28 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Warner Oland ... Charlie Chan

Boris Karloff ... Gravelle

Keye Luke ... Lee Chan
Charlotte Henry ... Mlle. Kitty
Thomas Beck ... Phil Childers
Margaret Irving ... Mme. Lilli Rochelle
Gregory Gaye ... Enrico Barelli
Nedda Harrigan ... Mme. Anita Barelli
Frank Conroy ... Mr. Whitely
Guy Usher ... Inspector Regan

William Demarest ... Sergeant Kelly
Maurice Cass ... Mr. Arnold
Tom McGuire ... Morris
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Bailey ... Detective (uncredited)
Charles Bancroft ... Soldier in Opera (uncredited)
John Bleifer ... Murdered Orderly (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... Backstage Cop (shoots Gravelle) (uncredited)
Myrta Bonillas ... Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Raymond Brown ... Guard (uncredited)
Carita Crawford ... Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
Patrick Cunning ... Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Zari Elmassian ... Mme. Rochelle (uncredited) (singing voice)
Frank Fanning ... Cop (uncredited)
Jim Farley ... Detective (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer ... Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Larry Fisher ... Cop (uncredited)
Benson Fong ... Opera Supernumerary (uncredited)
J.C. Fowler ... Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Otto Fries ... Innkeeper (uncredited)
Bud Geary ... Cop (uncredited)
Milton Gowman ... Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Herschel Graham ... Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Harrison Greene ... Detective (uncredited)
Julia Griffith ... Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Cliff Herd ... Stagehand (uncredited)
Charles Anthony Hughes ... Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson ... Hudson - Wire-Photo Technician (uncredited)
Gladden James ... Regan's Secretary (uncredited)
Jane Keckley ... 2nd Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey ... Dugan, Policeman (uncredited)

Marc Lawrence ... Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Karl Malden ... Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Leonard Mellon ... Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Tony Merlo ... Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Dodo Newton ... Barmaid in Opera (uncredited)
Eddie Parker ... Cop (uncredited)
Richard Powell ... Cop (uncredited)
Enrique de Rosas ... Florist (uncredited)
Tony Roux ... Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Dick Rush ... Detective (uncredited)
Alexander Schoenberg ... Prompter (uncredited)
Eddie Shubert ... Guard (uncredited)
Lee Shumway ... Sanatarium Guard (uncredited)
Mary Louise Smith ... Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Harry Strang ... Cop (uncredited)
Eddie Tamblyn ... Call Boy (uncredited)
Marjorie Timm ... Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Harland Tucker ... Private Detective (uncredited)
Hilda Vaughn ... Agnes - Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan ... Smitty - Wire-Photo Technician (uncredited)
Billy Wayne ... Electrician (uncredited)
Tudor Williams ... Gravelle's Singing Voice (uncredited) (voice)

Joan Woodbury ... Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
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Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone 
 
Writing credits
Scott Darling (screen play) and
Charles Belden (screen play) (as Charles S. Belden)

Bess Meredyth (from a story by)

Earl Derr Biggers (based on the character created by: "Charlie Chan")

Produced by
John Stone .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Charles Maxwell (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Lucien N. Andriot (photography)
 
Film Editing by
Alex Troffey (film editor)
 
Art Direction by
Duncan Cramer 
Lewis H. Creber  (as Lewis Creber)
 
Costume Design by
Herschel McCoy (costumes) (as Herschel)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sol Michaels .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Harry M. Leonard .... sound
George Leverett .... sound
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sam Benson .... wardrobe (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Samuel Kaylin .... musical director
William Kernell .... librettist
Oscar Levant .... composer: Opera "Carnival"
Charles Maxwell .... orchestrator
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Runtime:
68 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Unrated (certificate #2796)
Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The sixteenth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies starring Warner Oland.See more »
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When they characters are all gathered in the dressing room after the murders and they are questioning Childers, he says he knew Madame Barelli well. What he actually meant to say Madame Rochelle (or Madame Lilli as she was being referred to).See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Sanitarium Guard 1:What's the mater Joe? Nervous?
Sanitarium Guard 2:Aw this job gives me gooseflesh. You're new here, but in a couple of months you'll get as jumpy as me.
Sanitarium Guard 1:Hey I've worked around sanitariums before, it's not so bad. I like the cuckoos myself. They're the same as anyone else only they're smart enough to admit they're nuts.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000) (V)See more »
Soundtrack:
Carnival, Then FarewellSee more »

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The man who dubs Karloff's singing, 20 October 2011
Author: (richard@berrong.fr) from United States

According to the extended credits on here, Boris Karloff's singing is dubbed by someone named Tudor Williams.

He sounds very much like Lawrence Tibbett, the most popular baritone at the Metropolitan Opera in the mid-1930s, and a singer who would have been known to general movie-going audiences then through radio, recordings, and his own movies. One of the other posters mentions that the dumpy costume worn during the performance by Boris Karloff and the baritone he replaces was a costume of Tibbett's. Tibbett's movie studio was Fox, and he made what was probably his most successful movie for them, Metropolitan, the same year as CC at the Opera.

Is it possible that "Tudor Williams" was a cover for Lawrence Tibbett?????

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