Black Magic (1944 film)

Black Magic
Directed by	Phil Rosen
Produced by	Phillip N. Krasne James S. Burkett
Written by	Earl Derr Biggers (characters) George Callahan (screenplay)
Starring	see below
Cinematography	Arthur Martinelli
Edited by	John F. Link Sr.
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release dates	September 9, 1944 (1944-09-09)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Black Magic, later retitled Meeting at Midnight for television, is a 1944 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.

Plot

Charlie postpones his trip home to Honolulu to help with the investigation of murder involving Number One Daughter (Frances Chan) and an easily spooked chauffeur (Mantan Moreland).

Black Magic is notable for being an early film to feature the exposé of fraudulent Spirit Mediums employing fake spirits, voices and the use of trick spirit cabinets.

Cast

Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown
Frances Chan as Frances Chan
Joseph Crehan as Police Sgt. Matthews
Helen Beverly as Norma Duncan / Nancy Wood (as Helen Beverley)
Jacqueline deWit as Justine Bonner
Geraldine Wall as Harriet Green
Ralph Peters as Officer Rafferty
Frank Jaquet as Paul Hamlin
Oliver Hardy as bystander (uncredited)

External links

Charlie Chan Family
Black Magic at the Internet Movie Database
Black Magic at the TCM Movie Database
Black Magic at AllMovie

Charlie Chan

Creator	Earl Derr Biggers

Inspiration	Chang Apana

Novels	The House Without a Key (1925) The Chinese Parrot (1926) Behind That Curtain (1928) The Black Camel (1929) Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) Keeper of the Keys (1932)

English-language films	The House Without a Key (1926) The Chinese Parrot (1927) Behind That Curtain (1929) Charlie Chan Carries On (1931) The Black Camel (1931) Charlie Chan's Chance (1932) Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) Charlie Chan's Courage (1934) Charlie Chan in London (1934) Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937) Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) City in Darkness (1939) Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) Murder Over New York (1940) Dead Men Tell (1941) Charlie Chan in Rio (1941) Castle in the Desert (1942) Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) The Chinese Cat (1944) Black Magic (1944) The Shanghai Cobra (1945) The Red Dragon (1945) The Scarlet Clue (1945) The Jade Mask (1945) Dangerous Money (1946) Dark Alibi (1946) Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) The Trap (1946) The Chinese Ring (1947) Docks of New Orleans (1948) Shanghai Chest (1948) The Golden Eye (1948) The Feathered Serpent (1948) Sky Dragon (1949) The Return of Charlie Chan (aka Happiness is a Warm Clue) (1973) Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)

Mandarin Chinese-language films	The Disappearing Corpse (1937) The Pearl Tunic (1938) The Radio Station Murder (1939) Charlie Chan Smashes an Evil Plot (1941) Charlie Chan Matches Wits with the Prince of Darkness (1948)

Spanish-language films	Eran Trece (1931) La Serpiente Roja (1937) El Monstruo en la Sombra (1955)

Television	The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1956-57) The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)

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Black Magic (1944 film)

Plot

Cast

See also

External links