| Behind That Curtain | |
| Director: | Irving Cummings |
| Producer: | William Fox |
| Based On: | Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers |
| Starring: | Warner Baxter Lois Moran Gilbert Emery |
| Cinematography: | Conrad Wells Vincent J. Farrar Dave Ragin |
| Editing: | Alfred DeGaetano |
| Studio: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Distributor: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Behind That Curtain is a 1929 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter, Lois Moran and Gilbert Emery.[1] It was the first Charlie Chan film to be made at Fox Studios. It was based on the 1928 novel of the same name. Charlie Chan, who is played by the Chinese American E. L. Park, gets one mention early in the film, then makes a few momentary appearances after 75 minutes. Park, in fact, was the first Chinese American to play Charlie Chan on-screen.[2] Producer William Fox chose this film to open the palatial Fox Theatre in San Francisco on June 28, 1929. It was a sound film.
In London a fortune hunter Eric Durand is romancing the wealthy Sir George Mannering's niece Eve. He murders the solicitor who has hired by Mannering to investigate him, but is thwarted when explorer and old family friend Colonel John Beetham takes her away to British India. Later she leaves Beetham and goes to San Francisco, where she is followed by the dogged Sir Frederick Bruce of Scotland Yard who has Durand in his sights.