Chandu the Magician (1932)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1932
Running Times: 71 mins 75 mins
Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Fox Film Corporation

SCRIPT
Script: Barry Conners, Philip Klein
Radio Series: Harry A. Earnshaw, Vera M. Oldham, R.R. Morgan

DIRECTION
Directors: William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: James Wong Howe

EDITING
Editor: Harold D. Schuster

MUSIC
Music Director: Louis de Francesco
Music: R.H. Bassett (uncredited), Peter Brunelli (uncredited), Louis De Francesco (uncredited), Glen Knight (uncredited), Felix Mills (uncredited), J.S. Zamecnik (uncredited)

MAKE-UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Earl Luick

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Max Parker

CAST
Edmund Lowe (Frank Chandler (Chandu))
Irene Ware (Princess Nadji
Bela Lugosi (Roxor)
Herbert Mundin (Albert Miggles)
Henry B. Walthall (Robert Regent)
Weldon Heyburn (Abdullah)
June Vlasek (Betty Lou Regent)
Nestor Aber (Bobby Regent)
Virginia Hammond (Dorothy Regent)

Madman Roxor kidnaps scientist Robert Regent and steals his revolutionary death ray, planning to use it to revert humanity to the levels of primitives. Regent's brother-in-law, the mystic yogi Chandu, determines to use his powers to find the missing scientist and save the world from Roxor.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Fox Film Corporation

1933
January
9: Denmark - theatrical release

SEQUEL
The Return of Chandu (1934)

SEE ALSO
Shampoo the Magician (1932)

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.69
credits, review

Horror and Science Fiction Films II p.56
credits

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.61
credits

magicians; scientists; super weapons; megalomania; world domination