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The Chinese Parrot
(1927) American
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Paul Leni

Cast: Marian Nixon, Florence Turner, Hobart Bosworth, Edmund Burns, Captain Albert Conti, Sojin Kamiyama, Fred Esmelton, Edgar Kennedy, George Kuwa, Slim Summerville, Dan Mason, Etta Lee, Jack Trent, Anna May Wong

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by J. Grubb Alexander, from a screen story by Earl Derr Biggers. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The second Charlie Chan film. Leni’s second American film. / Silent film.

Drama: Mystery.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Asians - Chinese

Listing updated: 29 April 2009.

References: Everson-Detective pp. 73, 75; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 57; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 72.

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