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A British heiress marries a murderer and tries to escape with her true love, an explorer, in this globe-trotting adventure. The film features the sound debut of Boris Karloff and the first appearance of Charlie Chan as a detective.
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- Adventure, Crime, Mystery
- Irving Cummings
- 1929-06-30
Behind That Curtain is a 1929 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter, Lois Moran and Gilbert Emery. It was the first Charlie Chan film to be made at Fox Studios .
Behind That Curtain. (film) Behind That Curtain is a 1929 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter, Lois Moran and Gilbert Emery. [1] It was the first Charlie Chan film to be made at Fox Studios. It was based on the 1928 novel of the same name.
- Earl Derr Biggers
- 1928
A 1929 mystery film based on a short story by Earl Derr Biggers. It follows the investigation of a murder and a marriage involving a liar and a drunk.
Due to ill treatment by her scoundrel husband, an heiress (Lois Moran) returns to San Francisco from India with her lover (Warner Baxter).
- 90 min
- 211.8K
- Public Domain Cinema
A thriller film about a woman who escapes from her abusive husband and finds love with an explorer. The plot involves a murder, a blackmailer, a detective, and a mysterious letter in India, Persia, and San Francisco.
A mystery film based on a novel by Earl Derr Biggers, starring Warner Baxter and Lois Moran. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and other crew members on IMDb.