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The Charlatan (1929)

1h 3m

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The Charlatan (1929)

Name: The Charlatan
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1929-04-13

1h 3m

Running Time

April 13, 1929
Release Date

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Plot.

A woman goes to a sideshow fortune-teller to have her fortune told, and is astonished when the man looks into his crystal ball and goes into great detail about events in her past that few people ever knew about. Shaken, she leaves and later tells her girlfriend about the incident. The girlfriend insists that she invite the fortune-teller to a party they're having at her house. What the woman doesn't realize is that the "fortune-teller" is actually the ex-husband she abandoned years ago, when she took their daughter and ran off with her lover. When the "charlatan" is invited to the party, he sees an opportunity to take his revenge on his faithless ex-wife.

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Cast & Crew.

Holmes Herbert

Peter 'Count Merlin' Dwight

Margaret Livingston

Florence Talbot

Rockliffe Fellowes

Richard Talbot

Philo McCullough

Walter Paynter

Anita Garvin

Mrs. Paynter

Crauford Kent

Frank Deering

John George

Count Merlin's Assistant (uncredited)

George Melford

Director

Rose Tapley

Mrs. Deering

Fred MacKaye

Jerry Starke

Dorothy Gould

Ann Talbot

Wilson Benge

The Talbots' Butler

Ernest Pascal

Writer

Leonard Praskins

Writer

J.G. Hawks

Writer

Robert N. Lee

Writer

George Robinson

Cinematographer

Robert Jahns

Editor

Maurice Pivar

Editor

Details.

Release Date
April 13, 1929

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 3m

Genres
Thriller

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

The Charlatan is a 1929 sound part-talkie film directed by George Melford for Universal Pictures. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film starred Holmes E. Herbert, Margaret Livingston and Rockliffe Fellowes. The film is based on the 1923 play The Charlatan by Leonard Praskins and Ernest Pascal.