michaelRokeefe Review of Charlie Chan at the Opera

Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)

Will amnesia protect a murderer?

[7/10 · 2 September 2010]

Murder at the opera house; and yes acclaimed detective Charlie Chan(Warner Oland)is available for investigation. Chan along with Number One son Lee(Keye Luke)find odds with the local constabulary Sgt. Kelly(William Demarest). A renown opera singer Gravelle(Boris Karloff)is confined to an insane asylum with amnesia and is assumed to be a murderer. Gravelle manages to escape and is expected to return to profess his quilt or go on a murderous rampage. Chan will ask for a little leniency to trap the real killer. Director H. Bruce Humbertone takes strides in making this Chan tale of mystery better than the last. Also in the cast: Margaret Irving, Gregory Gaye, Charlotte Henry and Guy Usher.