Chandu the Magician (W.C.Menzies-M.Varnel, 1932) [RePoPo]

******************************************************************************* Chandu the Magician (William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel, 1932) ******************************************************************************* To watch this movie you need to have installed H.264 and AC3 codecs. You can also use VLC Player, without installing any extra codecs. Also, enclosed in this release is the 15-minute documentary Masters of Magic: The World of "Chandu". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type..................: Movie Container file........: AVI Video Format..........: H.264 Total Bitrate.........: 2739kbps Audio format..........: AC3 192kb/s (untouched DVD audio) Audio Languages.......: English 1.0 Subtitles Ripped......: English, Spanish Subtitles in Subpack..: English HoH, Spanish, French Resolution............: 640x464 Aspect Ratio..........: 1.37:1 Original Aspect Ratio.: 1.37:1 Color.................: Black & White FPS...................: 25.000 Source................: DVD Pal Duration..............: 01:11:23 Genre.................: Fantasy, Adventure IMDb Rating...........: 6.1 Movie Information.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022753/ Allmovie..............: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAST: Edmund Lowe - Chandu, Frank Chandle Irene Ware - Princess Nadji Bela Lugosi - Roxor Herbert Mundin - Albert Miggles Henry B. Walthall - Robert Regent Weldon Heyburn - Abdullah Virginia Hammond - Dorothy Regent Nestor Aber - Bobby Regent June Lang - Betty Lou June Viasek - Betty Lou CREW: William Cameron Menzies - Director Marcel Varnel - Director Barry Connors - Screenwriter Philip Klein - Screenwriter James Wong Howe - Cinematographer Harold D. Schuster - Editor Max Parker - Art Director SYNOPSIS: Based on the radio serial of the same name, Chandu the Magician is a veritable rollercoaster ride of thrills and terror, boasting some of the best special effects of its period. Edmund Lowe stars as suave Frank Chandler, better known to his enemies as Chandu the Magician. Though he tries to keep his supernatural powers a secret from his beloved sister Dorothy (Virginia Hammond), niece Betty Lou (June Vlasek, aka June Lang) and nephew Bobby (Nestor Aber), Chandu's hand is forced by megalomaniacal villain Roxor (Bela Lugosi at his ripest). Holding Dorothy's scientist husband Robert Regent (H. B. Walthall) captive, Roxor hopes to force Regent to reveal the secret of his death ray (created, of course, "for the good of mankind") by kidnapping the scientist's wife and kids. Chandu manages to remain one step ahead of Roxor, performing all manner of miraculous magical feats to confound his enemy, but even our hero temporarily falls victim to the villain's machinations when Roxor abducts Chandu's sweetheart, Princess Nadji (Irene Ware). The production-design expertise of co-director William Cameron Menzies is never so obvious than when Chandu and his friends are subjected to the various serial-like perils imposed upon them by Roxor; some of these cliffhangers would seem to have been the inspiration for similar situations in Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark. Counterpointing the excitement is the comedy relief of Herbert Mundin, cast as a bibulous valet who is bedeviled by a remonstrative, pint-sized "alter ego." Two years after Chandu the Magician, the film's villain, Bela Lugosi, was offered the rare opportunity to play the heroic Frank Chandler himself in the exhilarating 12-part serial The Return of Chandu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRIVIA: * This movie was based on "Chandu the Magician," a radio show that was airing at the time. Chandu was the basis for many of the later magician characters, including DC's Sandor the Mystic and Marvel Comics's Dr. Strange. * Nigel De Brulier's yogi was the model for the sorcerer in Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." * In the subsequent Chandu serial, producers promoted Lugosi to the role of the magician-yogi. * Henry B. Walthall replaced Ralph Morgan as Regent. * Cost-conscious Fox studios paid $40,000 for the rights to Chandu. Lugosi received $2500, Ware $1250, Hammond $100, Walthall $1000, and Suart $300. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOME REVIEWS: A.D.S, New York Times, October 1, 1932 This is hocus-pocus week at the Roxy, where most of the photographic tricks known to Hollywood have been assembled to startle and confound the enemies of Chandu. Under the persuasive eyes of the quondam magician of the radio, good English rifles crumple and turn into snapping vipers, ropes up-end themselves in the air, souls rise out of bodies and bodies absent themselves out of their clothes. For Chandu—Edmund Lowe in Oriental dress—is an adept in the mystic arts of the Yogi, and not all the powers of darkness, abetted by tear gas, poison, trapdoors, collapsible dungeon floors and the great mad Roxor himself, can prevail against those eyes. On the radio the nightly recital of Chandu's adventures contrived, in the well-remembered manner of Pauline and Elmo the Mighty, to open with an escape from an impossible dilemma and to close with a plunge into a more impossible one. Not unexpectedly, this screen version has the same clutter of climaxes from which the great Chandu emerges every five minutes with the same facility. The result is whooping entertainment for the children and a series of naïvely juvenile escapades for the grown-ups. Roxor, a baleful character whose behavior may be described with the simple information that Bela Lugosi plays the part, is a madman who wants to possess himself of a death ray and destroy the world. The ray is the invention of a certain Robert Regent, traveling in Egypt with his family. Chandu, an adventurer turned Yogi, shows up in time to prevent the annihilation of the entire family and to battle Roxor all over Egypt in the process of saving the world from extinction. Although Chandu, like a good Yogi, is indifferent to all earthly things, his indifference does not keep him from loving and ultimately wedding the Princess Nadji, another imperiled damsel. In one episode Chandu is manacled, bundled into a weighted coffin and dropped to the bottom of the Nile, whence he rises safely after a sufficiently harrowing struggle. Herbert Mundin, as the drunken and gullible orderly of the mystic, provides some badly needed humor. Mr. Lugosi's familiar tactics of terrorization seem overstated. Irene Ware, a newcomer, makes a charming juvenile as the Princess. A feature of the stage show is an effective arrangement of Kol Nidre, rendered by William Robyn and a large chorus. "Box o' Tricks" and "Dance Away the Night" are the other stage pageants. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Valinoti, Jr. IMDB, May 27th 2000 If you like old-fashioned cliffhanger thrills, you'll enjoy CHANDU THE MAGICIAN. It has everything you could want in a serial adventure- a dashing hero, a megalomaniacal villain, an exotic setting, and a series of hair-raising perils that keeps the scenario rolling until the end. CHANDU's plot which concerns the title character's supernatural efforts to prevent the fiendish Roxor from taking over the world is trite and simplistic. However, the story's very triteness and simplicity is part of CHANDU's corny charm. CHANDU boasts dazzling set design and fluid cinematography that create a fascinating, mysterious Egyptian milieu with majestic temple sets and an atmospheric desert locale. CHANDU's sense of adventure and mystique is further enhanced by special effects illustrating the powers of both Chandu and a death ray Roxor plans to employ in his world-domination plot. Even by today's Industrial Light and Magic standards, these effects look impressive. Edmund Lowe is acceptable in the title role of Chandu but Bela Lugosi in the role of Roxor steals the film. Lugosi tackles his part with a demonic zeal, displaying odious glee over his scheme in both his facial expressions and line deliveries. There is little restraint or subtlety in his performance, but Lugosi projects such persuasive charisma that one can forgive his indulgences. Overall, CHANDU is no classic, but it's fun escapist entertainment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check you have installed the right codecs, as listed in this .nfo file, before trying to play it. VLC will play this file without having to install any codec. To watch this movie you need to have installed H.264 and AC3 codecs. If you don't like the codec(s), container, resolution, file size, languages or any technical aspect on this rip, keep it to yourself and go and do your own. 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