Chandu the Magician (film)

Chandu The Magician
Directed byWilliam Cameron Menzies
Marcel Varnel
Written byBarry Conners
Philip Klein
StarringEdmund Lowe
Bela Lugosi
Irene Ware
Virginia Hammond
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Edited byHarold D. Schuster
Music byLouis De Francesco
Production
company
Fox Film Corporation
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 18, 1932 (1932-09-18)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Irene Ware and Bela Lugosi

Chandu the Magician is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery-fantasy film starring Edmund Lowe as Frank Chandler and Bela Lugosi as the villain Roxor that he must stop. Based on the radio play of the same name, written by Harry A. Earnshaw, Vera M. Oldham and R.R. Morgan.[1] The radio series was broadcast from 1932 to 1933, and Fox obtained the rights hoping the film would appeal to a ready-made audience. In 1934 Chandu returned in a twelve part serial, The Return of Chandu, with Bela Lugosi playing the title role.[2]

  1. ^ "Chandu the Magician (1932) - Screenplay Info". TCM.com. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  2. ^ "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved October 31, 2016.