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The Chinatown Mystery
Also known as Kineserkvarterets Mysterier in Denmark; Kiinalaiskorttelin salaisuudet in Finland
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by J.P. McGowan
Cast: Joe Bonomo [Joe Masters], Ruth Hiatt [Sally Warren], Francis Ford [‘The Sphinx’], George Chesebro, Sheldon Lewis, Ernest Shields, Jack Richardson, Grace Cunard, Rosemary Theby, Peggy O’Day, Duke Worne, Helen Gibson, Al Baffert [a criminal], J.P. McGowan, Billy Lord, Paul Panzer, Harry Myers, William Clifford, Sybil Grove, Spencer Bell, Duke Green, Carl Sepulveda, Tom Curson, Rolfe Sedan, Frank Moran, James B. Leong
[?] Syndicate Pictures Corporation? production; distributed on State Rights basis by [?] Syndicate Pictures Corporation? / Produced by Trem Carr. From a screen story by Francis Ford. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Chinatown Mystery,” released 1 September 1928; [2] “The Clutching Claw,” released 8 September 1928; [3] “The Devil’s Dice,” released 15 September 1928; [4] “The Mysterious Thirteen,” released 22 September 1928; [5] “Galloping Fury,” released 29 September 1928; [6] “The Depth of Danger,” released 6 October 1928; [7] “The Invisible Hand,” released 13 October 1928; [8] “The Wreck,” released 20 October 1928; [9] “Broken Jade,” released 27 October 1928; [10] “The Thirteenth Hour,” released 3 November 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Bonomo’s final silent serial. The serial was released in the United Kingdom by Ideal Films, Limited, in 1929. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive (Joe Bonomo film collection) [35mm nitrate positive]; and in the Amsterdam Filmmuseum film archive [unidentified chapters].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Automobiles - Chinese - Secret service - Secret service agents - Serials
Listing updated: 7 November 2023.
References: Lahue-Bound pp. 64, 87-88; Lahue-Continued pp. 263-264, 284 : ClasIm-204 p. 33; ClasIm-225 p. C8 : Website-GEM; Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq : with additional information provided by Robert Youhouse.
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