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Chandu the Magician (1932) Facts
| Director(s) | William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel |
| Producer(s) | No producer listed for this movie |
| Featured Cast | Edmund Lowe, Béla Lugosi, Herbert Mundin, Henry B. Walthall, June Lang |
| Total Facts | 5 |
Nigel De Brulier's yogi was the model for the sorcerer in Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
Henry B. Walthall replaced Ralph Morgan as Regent.
Cost-conscious Fox studios paid $40,000 for the rights to Chandu. Lugosi received $2500, Ware $1250, Hammond $100, Walthall $1000, and Stuart $300.Filming was completed July 1932.
In the subsequent Chandu serial, producers promoted Lugosi to the role of the magician-yogi.
This movie was based on "Chandu the Magician," a radio show that was airing at the time. Chandu was the basis for many of the later magician characters, including DC's Sandor the Mystic and Marvel Comics's Dr. Strange.