The Black Camel (1931)
- Directed by
- Hamilton MacFadden
- Genre
- crime film, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 38 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Detective Charlie Chan investigates the murder of a film actress on a Hawaiian beach. The case involves a number of suspects and a mysterious fortune teller.
mysteriousdatedinvestigativeold-fashionedslow-pacedcerebralatmospheric
What happens
The Black Camel is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, and Dorothy Revier. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the second film to star Oland as detective Charlie Chan, and the sole surviving title of the first five Chan films starring Oland. The Black Camel marked the film debut of Robert Young. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.