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Charlie Chan film 1929 silent "His Captive Women"

Dear/Sirs:
I do apologize for the previous typing errors I just now noticed.
I am trying to find out if the 1929 silent Charlie Chan film "His Captive Women" is available or was it a "LOST" film. This film title appeared on the information sheet that is provided in Volume 1 of Charlie Chan films. I have searched everwhere to see if it also was published as a novel.
The Charlie Chan novel "Keeper of the Keys" I do have in book form therefore does anyone know if this title was ever put on film.

Sincerely Ralph Antonelli
rantonelli@cox.net

Re: Charlie Chan film 1929 silent "His Captive Women"

His Captive Woman
(1929) American
B&W : Eight reels / 8305 feet
Directed by George Fitzmaurice

Cast: Milton Sills [Officer Thomas McCarthy], Dorothy Mackaill [Anna Janssen], Gladden James [Alastair De Vries], Jed Prouty [Fatty Fargo], Sidney Bracey [Means], Gertrude Howard [Lavoris Smythe], Marion Byron [Baby Meyers], George Fawcett [Howard Donegan], William Holden [the court judge], Frank Reicher [the district attorney], August Tollaire [the governor of the island], Doris Dawson

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production. / Scenario by Carey Wilson, with dialogue by Paul Perez, from the short story “Changling” by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne. Cinematography by Lee Garmes. Intertitles by Paul Perez. Edited by Stuart Heisler. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 11 February 1929 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP105]. Released February? 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in eight reels (at 7692 feet) by First National Pictures, Incorporated, on 3 February 1929. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival Status UNKNOWN)
Listing updated: 17 October 2009



Hopefully this will turn up with the lost Chan films.
It was a story written by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne the story "Changeling"

here is a link to the book: The Changeling

Re: Charlie Chan film 1929 silent "His Captive Women"

Sheesh. That woman in the photo is wearing a bunch of bananas for a skirt. And here thought Carmen Miranda wearing a fruit salad on her head was a bit odd. Does Lady GaGa know about this?

Re: Charlie Chan film 1929 silent "His Captive Women"

Dear Mr. Antonelli,

Thank you for your interest. As Virginia noted below, "His Captive Women" is not a Charlie Chan film or book. I think that a little research on the Internet will result in more information for you on that particular title.

Sincerely,
Rush Glick

Re: Charlie Chan film 1929 silent "His Captive Women"

Hello Rush Glick:

Thank you so very much for your kind and quick reply.

Most Sincerely Ralph