Chandu the Magician (film)

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

Chandu the Magician is a 1932 American pre-Code fantasy horror mystery film and starring Edmund Lowe, Irene Ware, Bela Lugosi and Herbert Mundin. Based on the radio play of the same name, written by Harry A. Earnshaw, Vera M. Oldham and R.R. Morgan. 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.