The Monkey Talks (1927)
- Directed by
- Raoul Walsh
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, melodrama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A traveling circus performer uses a talking monkey act to hide a secret. The story follows the unusual relationships and deceptions that form around this central trick.
melodramaticsilent-eracircus-liketheatricalemotionalperiod-piecefocused-on-performance
What happens
The Monkey Talks is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. The film stars Olive Borden, Jacques Lerner, Don Alvarado, Malcolm Waite, Raymond Hitchcock, and Ted McNamara. Based on the play Le Singe qui parle by René Fauchois, the film was released on February 20, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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