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7.5/10   611 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Art Arthur (story) &
Robert Ellis (story) ...
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Release Date:
22 October 1937 (USA) more
Plot:
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Warner Oland ... Charlie Chan
Keye Luke ... Lee Chan, #1 Son
Joan Marsh ... Joan Wendall, Photographer
J. Edward Bromberg ... Murdock, Editor New York Bulletin
Douglas Fowley ... Johnny Burke
Harold Huber ... Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD
Donald Woods ... Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin
Louise Henry ... Billie Bronson
Joan Woodbury ... Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
Leon Ames ... Buzz Moran
Marc Lawrence ... Thomas Mitchell
Toshia Mori ... Ling Tse (as Tashia Mori)
Charles Williams ... Meeker, Burke's Lawyer
Eugene Borden ... Louie, Headwaiter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
68 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (DVD rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #3570) | Finland:K-16 | USA:G (1968)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In an early example of product placement, a bottle of Bayer aspirin is shown on a table. more
Quotes:
Charlie Chan: Camera remember many things human eye forget. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by The Chinese Ring (1947) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Great fun!, 16 April 2000
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Author: admjtk1701 from New York, NY

Another really well done, atmospheric, Warner Oland/20th Century Fox Chan film. Although the film has nothing to do with the theater, as some might expect from the title, it is set amid the exotic night life of Broadway of the late 30's. It begins with Charlie and Lee aboard an ocean liner. Then in New York, the Hottentot Club is the main setting along with the hotel Chan and other notables stay at. This captures the mood of New York in the 30's--at least from a Hollywood perspective. The supporting cast is top notch with J. Edward Bromberg, Harold Huber in his best Chan role, Leon Ames, Marc Lawrence, Donald Woods, Louise Henry and Joan Marsh. The script is very clever. The hunt is on for a missing diary that could blow the lid off the mobs. Loads of fun!

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