The Chinese Parrot (film)

The Chinese Parrot
Directed byPaul Leni
Written byJ. Grubb Alexander (scenario)
Walter Anthony (intertitles)
Based onThe Chinese Parrot
by Earl Derr Biggers
StarringMarian Nixon
Florence Turner
Hobart Bosworth
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 23, 1927 (1927-10-23)
Running time
7 reels; 7,304 feet
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Chinese Parrot is a 1927 American silent mystery film, the second in the Charlie Chan series. It was directed by Paul Leni and starred Japanese actor Sōjin Kamiyama as Chan.[1] The film is an adaptation of the 1926 Earl Derr Biggers novel The Chinese Parrot.[2] Another version of the novel was filmed in 1934 entitled Charlie Chan's Courage.

  1. ^ Huang, Yunte (2010). Charlie Chan, the Untold Story of the Honorable Detective. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 191, 195. ISBN 978-0-393-07916-6.
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Chinese Parrot". silentera.com. Retrieved February 26, 2013.