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Chandu the Magician (1932)

Director(s) William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel
Producer(s)

No producer listed for this movie
Top Genres Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
More Films Directed by William Cameron Menzies More Films from 1932 More Films from the 1930s Top Classic Movies of the 1930s

Chandu the Magician Overview:

Chandu the Magician (1932) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by William Cameron Menzies and Marcel Varnel .

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Classic Films in Focus: CHANDU THE MAGICIAN (1932)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 11, 2013 From Virtual Virago

In the 1930s, Chandu the Magician was a popular radio program with a supernatural twist that lent itself to eerie sound effects, replete with the creaking doors, ringing bells, and ominous footsteps that made such programs so delightfully spine-tingling for their listeners. The movie version sought ... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: CHANDU THE MAGICIAN (1932)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 11, 2013 From Virtual Virago

In the 1930s, Chandu the Magician was a popular radio program with a supernatural twist that lent itself to eerie sound effects, replete with the creaking doors, ringing bells, and ominous footsteps that made such programs so delightfully spine-tingling for their listeners. The movie version sought ... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: CHANDU THE MAGICIAN (1932)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 11, 2013 From Virtual Virago

In the 1930s, Chandu the Magician was a popular radio program with a supernatural twist that lent itself to eerie sound effects, replete with the creaking doors, ringing bells, and ominous footsteps that made such programs so delightfully spine-tingling for their listeners. The movie version sought ... Read full article

Thrillers and Chillers: Chandu the Magician (1932)

By Dawn on Oct 8, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Chandu the Magician (1932) is a mystery film. Cast: Edmund Lowe, Frank Chandler and Bela Lugosi. Based on the radio play of the same name, written by Harry A. Earnshaw, Vera M. Oldham and R.R. Morgan. The radio series ran from 1932 to 1933 and Fox obtained the rights hoping the film would appeal to ... Read full article

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Chandu the Magician Quotes:

Roxor: [to Abdullah] If Nadji opposes me, and you serve me well, there shall be a new slave in your harem.
Yogi Teacher: Thou has done well, my son. To few, indeed, of thy race have the secrets of the yogi been revealed.
Chandu - aka Frank Chandler: To you, my teacher, I express my thanks. What more can I learn?
Yogi Teacher: Nothing now. The world needs thee. Go forth in the youth and strength and conquer the evil that threatens Mankind.
Princess Nadji: Have you been married since you last saw me?
Chandu - aka Frank Chandler: That's one feat of magic that requires a beautiful assistant.
Princess Nadji: So, unless my people will join in making you a modern pharaoh, you will annihilate them?
Roxor: [laughing] Pharaoh? I shall be greater than any pharaoh! Civilization and all its works shall be destroyed! Men shall return to savagery following only one supreme intelligence... me!
Chandu - aka Frank Chandler: I love the looks of the desert but hare the taste of it.
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Chandu the Magician Facts
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.
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.
Henry B. Walthall replaced Ralph Morgan as Regent.
Nigel De Brulier's yogi was the model for the sorcerer in Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
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