''Chinatown Charlie'' is a 1928 silent film comedy directed by Charles Hines for release by

First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count ...

. It stars actor

Johnny Hines John F. Hines (July 25, 1895 – October 24, 1970) was an American actor who had numerous film roles during the silent era, including many starring ones. He appeared in more than 50 films and numerous film shorts. But he did not succeed in trans ...

Status

One source states that a fragment and/or video copy survives of this picture at UCLA Film and Television Archive. Another source claims that it is lost.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Archive:''Chinatown Charlie''
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Cast

*Johnny Hines - Charlie * Louise Lorraine - Annie Gordon *

Harry Gribbon Harry Peter Gribbon (June 9, 1885 – July 28, 1961) was an American film actor, comedian and director known for '' The Cameraman'' (1928), '' Show People'' (1928) and '' Art Trouble'' (1934). He appeared in more than 140 films between 191 ...

- Red Mike *

Fred Kohler Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor. Career Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself ...

- Monk * Sojin Kamiyama - The Mandarin * Scooter Lowry - Oswald *

Anna May Wong Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese-American actress to gain interna ...

- Mandarin's Sweetheart *

George Kuwa George Kuwa (born Keichii Kuwahara) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1931. He was the first actor to portray Charlie Chan on-screen in the 19 ...

- Hip Sing Toy *John Burdette - Gyp

References

External links

* * 1928 films American silent feature films First National Pictures films American black-and-white films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films with screenplays by John Grey 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub