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Apr 8, 2020 · 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.
Brief Synopsis. Regarded by many as the best of the Charlie Chan series. The opera star Gravelle suffers amnesia. He is a recent escapee from an insane asylum, accused of murdering fellow performers (his wife and her lover).
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Charlie Chan at the Opera. The Chinese detective (Warner Oland) and his No. 1 son (Keye Luke) solve murders blamed on an asylum-escaped opera star (Boris Karloff).
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Gravelle, a former baritone believed dead after an opera house fire, has been languishing in a mental institution for the past seven years, an anonymous amnesiac. When he fortuitously sees a news story about his former wife's current appearance at the local opera, his memory returns.
Sep 10, 2012 · Charlie Chan at the Opera 1936, directed by H Bruce Humberstone | Film review. Film. Time Out says. One of the best in the series featuring Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese detective with the...
Charlie Chan at the Opera is considered by many to be the best Warner Oland Charlie Chan film, probably due to the presence of Boris Karloff as the principal suspect, as well as faux operatic music composed by Oscar Levant. This is the 13th film starring Oland as Chan; it was directed by H. Bruce Humberstone for 20th Century-Fox in 1936.
