I Cover Chinatown is a 1936 American crime film directed by Norman Foster (in his directorial debut) and starring Foster, Elaine Shepard and Theodore von Eltz.Pitts p.130 A San Francisco Chinatown tour guide gets mixed up with a murder. It was Foster's debut as a director and one of his final appearances as an actor.
Cast Norman Foster as Eddie Barton Elaine Shepard as Gloria Watkins Vince Barnett as Puss McGaffey - the Bus Driver Theodore von Eltz as Clark Duryea Arthur Lake as Insurance Salesman Polly Ann Young as Myra Duryea Eddie Gribbon as Truck Driver Edward Emerson as Victor Duryea George Hackathorne as Head Waiter Bruce Mitchell as Police Detective Robert Love as Policeman Charita Alden as Rae - Hawaiian Dancer
Impact In his 1973 book, B Movies, film historian Don Miller noted that, for an independent (non-studio) production, I Covered Chinatown "showed a bit of class, rare then," and led directly to Foster's contract with 20th Century-Fox and his later notable career as a film director.
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Bibliography Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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