When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charlie Chan, the detective and number one son Lee, team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring. The Chinese government calls famed Detective Charlie Chan to investigate, as the Drug dealers kidnap Charlie and attempt to have him killed! "Spider does not spin web for single fly."

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While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.

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Ace Chinese detective Charlie Chan and his son Lee who is an Olympic swimmer at the 1936 Summer Olympics face murder, intrigue and mystery! When an experimental plane is hijacked and its pilot murdered, the new guidance system that will allow it to fly unmanned is stolen. Charlie traces the strategically important invention to the current summer Olympic games in Berlin, where myriad spies, enemy agents, and hard-core criminals are ruthlessly pursuing it in order to sell it to another government. Charlie's number one son Lee, a member of the US Olympic Swim Team, is on hand to help his father recover the device and solve the mystery. Actual footage of the 1936 Berlin Olympics is rabbeted into the action of this superior Charlie Chan entry. Assigned by the US Navy to track down a gang of international spies, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) heads to Berlin, where as luck would have it his son Lee (Keye Luke) is representing the United States as a member of the Olympic swimming team. Among Lee's teammates is Richard Masters (Allan Lane), who has unfortunately fallen under the spell of the alluring Yvonne Roland (Katherine De Mille), much to the dismay of his sweetheart Betty Adams (Pauline Moore). What no one knows (but Chan suspects) is that Yvonne is one of the spies, in league with the mysterious Arthur Hughes (C. Henry Gordon). Yvonne hides a stolen secret weapon in Betty's luggage, leading to a not-so-merry chase through Berlin, and the ultimate kidnapping of Lee Chan by the <b>...</b>

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The Black Camel (1931) The earliest surviving of the Charlie Chan films (there were two silents and two other talkies between 1926 and 1931, which have since been lost to studio fires) stars Warner Oland as the inscrutable sleuth, who investigates the murder of a young actress in Honolulu and finds there's a connection with an unsolved murder from a few years before and an enigmatic psychic, Tarneverro (Bela Lugosi), who may know more than he's letting on. Shelah Fane, a motion picture star who is filming in Honolulu, consults the mystic Tarneverro, her spiritual advisor, to decide if she should marry Alan Jaynes, a wealthy globetrotter whom she met on the ship to Hawaii. During a crystal ball session, Shelah confesses to Tarneverro that three years earlier she fell in love with her co-star, Denny Mayo, and that she was in his house on the night he was murdered. Agitated following her consultation, Shelah tells Julie O'Neill, her protégé, that she cannot marry Alan. Anna, Shelah Fane's maid, is greatly upset when, as she brings Shelah an orchid corsage from stage actor Robert Fyfe, who is currently appearing in town, she sees Shelah tearing up a photograph of Denny Mayo. That evening, just before a dinner party that Shelah Fane is giving, Julie, along with Jimmy Bradshaw, a tourist bureau employee who wants to marry Julie, find Shelah stabbed to death in her pavilion. Without explaining why, Julie has Jimmy remove Shelah's emerald ring. During his investigation, Inspector <b>...</b>

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1945 directed by Terry Morse starring Sidney Toler, Gloria Warren, Victor Sen Young, Rick Vallin, Joseph Crehan, Willie Best. A Monogram Chan.

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Warner Olands final outing in film as the venerable sleuth Detective Charlie Chan before his untimely death in 1938. Monte Carlo Police Inspector Joubert (Harold Huber) pays for the room of Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) and his son Lee Chan (Keye Luke). Gordon Chase (Robert Kent) tells Joan Karnoff (Kay Linaker) to bring him bonds worth $25000 that are missing. Joan tells bartender Al Rogers (George Lynn) that she needs the bonds, and he asks for cash. Joan hands the bonds to Gordon before her husband Victor Karnoff (Sidney Blackmer) can learn they are gone. Chan and Lee have car trouble and walk. They see a sports car drive off and find a man shot in a car. Police arrest them when Lee's French fails. Joubert releases them, and Chan gives him a rhinestone they found. Joubert calls Victor about his car. Victor says the dead messenger was carrying a million in bonds. They note that bartender Al tried to sell $25000 in bonds. They see the sports car and call on Evelyn Gray (Virginia Field), finding Paul Savarin (Edward Raquello), Victor's competitor. From evidence Chan suspects they were at the scene. Evelyn says she saw the dead man. Victor and Gordon come in, and Victor accuses Paul. Victor admits the bonds are insured. Rogers arrives, but a fire in the trash burns the bond records. Joubert learns that the chauffeur Ludwig was found dead near the crime scene. Honours for this video (6) #26 - Most Discussed (Today) - Entertainment - New Zealand #13 - Top Favourited (Today <b>...</b>

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The Ace Detective and his number one Son Lee, detective in training, find themselves in New York City to attend a police testimonial in Chan's honor, The famed Honolulu detective sleuth runs head long into another murder! The victim is a blackmailing nightclub singer who had listed the names of all known criminals in Manhattan in her diary. The diary disappears, and Charlie joins a glib newspaper reporter (Donald Woods) and a photojournalist (Joan Marsh) in hunting down the killer. Several false leads and red herrings later, Charlie puts the pieces together and fingers the killer--who true to form is the least likely suspect (especially for a "typical" New York murder case). Charlie Chan on Broadway marked the 15th appearance by Warner Oland as the wise and aphorism knowing Chinese Detective. Cast and Crew: Director: Eugene Forde Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Date Release: 1937 Audio & Video: Mono -- Black & White Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke and Joan Marsh

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"Waiting for tomorrow, waste of today." Charlie Chan's international travels take him to an archeological dig in Egypt in this episode. During the unearthing of an ancient pyramid, an archeologist disappears, eventually turning up dead. The mystery in this one is particularly good, although the identity of the killer seems slightly arbitrary. The sinister plot is complex and full of exciting twists. Rita Hayworth in an early role for her is the guest star of note in this Chan entry; she's billed as Rita Cansino.

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Charlie Chan mystery set in a wax museum.

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1944 Monogram Pictures produced by Philip Krasne and James S. Burkett directed by Phil Rosen starring Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Frances Chan and Joseph Crehan. Birmingham Brown takes a job as a butler for the Bonner family not realizing they're con artists who specialize in phony seances. A murder occurs and Charlie's daughter becomes a suspect...

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1945 Monogram Pictures directed by Phil Karlson produced by James S. Burkett starring Sindey Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, James Cardwell and Joan Barclay. Assisted by Birningham Brown and Number Three Son Tommy, Charlie is on the trail of an escaped convict who intends to steal some radium. And people are being murdered by cobra venom!

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1945 directed by Phil Rosen starring Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter and Benson Fong. Chan goes sleuthing in a radio station, aided by the ever-capable Birmingham Brown. A Monogram Chan.

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San Francisco becomes the scene of Detective Chan's newest and most baffling mystery as an ocean liner sinks off Honolulu and Allen Colby, heir to millions, is presumed dead...but Ace sleuth Charlie Chan is not so sure, and flies to San Francisco to investigate further. Somehow, the missing Colby is there ahead of him...but is knifed in the back before seeing anyone. Further events revolve around spiritualist Mrs. Lowell, her family of suspicious characters, and the spooky, untenanted Colby mansion, where the body turns up during a seance! Warner Oland is considered by many to be the Definitive Charlie Chan Some interesting points regarding Warner Oland (1879-1938): 1) Born Johan Verner Öhlund in Sweden of a Russo-Mongolian mother and Swedish father; For this reason then and today he is considered the most authentic Chan portrayal because of his true Asian blood by the large following of his Chan films in the Chinese community round the world. 2) Spoke fluent Swedish and English; translated plays of August Strindberg; 3) Emigrated to Boston at 13 years of age; attended Boston schools; 4) After stint on Broadway, he debuted in silent films in 1912; acted alongside Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer," one of earliest "talkies"; 5) Played an Oriental character in a 1919 silent film leading in 1929 to starring role as Dr. Fu Manchu in four talking features; 6) Complemented the acting of Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong as the mysterious Henry Chang in Sternberg's tour de force <b>...</b>

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After receiving congratulations from the Home Secretary for solving his most recent case, Detective Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a beautiful and desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor. She is so convinced of his innocence that she is distraught when she overhears Neil Howard, her brother's lawyer and her fiancee, confide to Detective Chan his belief in his client's guilt. Angered at this disclosure, she returns his ring and breaks off the engagement. Although the execution will take place in 65 hours, Detective Chan pledges to expose the murderer. Charlie has all potential suspects reassembled in the country mansion of family friend Geoffrey Richmond, where the murder took place, as Chan uses his great expertise to expose the real murderer before time runs out! Cast and Crew: Date Release: 1934 Director: Eugene Forde Writers: Earl Derr Biggers (character), Philip MacDonald Stars: Warner Oland, Ray Milland and Drue Leyton

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Ace Chinese detective Chan is back on the case and this one is regarded by most as one of the best in the entire Detective Chan series. The opera star Gravelle suffers amnesia. He is a recent escapee from an insane asylum, accused of murdering fellow performers (his wife and her lover). Included in the movie is the opera "Carnival", composed for the picture by Oscar Levant. Generally, when a horror star appears in a mystery movie they turns out to be an obvious red herring. I'm not going to say whether Karloff is one or not but will say that the movie does take the care not to make him an obvious one and in fact, the movie seems to take quite a bit of care all around; it looks like a lot of work went into the opera sequences, and the characters are a little more fleshed out than they usually are. Karloff's definitely is, and his presence is definitely a highlight of the movie, as are Warner Oland's (in the title role, of course) and William Demarest's, who makes several appearances as a police detective. The presence of Karloff definitely inspired a bit of the horror touches at the beginning of the movie, and there is an honourary reference to FRANKENSTEIN that seems to que into nearly every Karloff event or film he made during this time period. Also there's a quite amusing bit where the City Det.(William Demarest) tries to pick out Chan's son Lee (Keye Luke) from among a number of Asian knights in shining armor just off stage. A++++!

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1944 directed by Phil Rosen starring Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong and Joan Woodbury. With the aide of Birmingham Brown and Number Three Son, Charlie investigates the murder of a chess expert, shot while in a supposedly locked room.

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1945 Monogram Picture produced by James S. Burkett directed by Phil Rosen starring Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke and Hardie Albright. Aided by Birmingham Brown and Number Four Son, Charlie investigates the murder of a scientist who had invented a gas that makes wood as hard as steel.

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Theatrical trailer for one of the best of the Monogram - Charlie Chan programmers, THE CHINESE CAT (1944) starring Sidney Toler as Chan. A wealthly businessman/chess expter is murder in a locked room. His dead hands hold three chess pieces which are clues to identify his killer! Tobuy classic movies, westerns, serials and vintage television shows on DVD -- plus original movie posters, golden & silver age comics, celebrity autographs and collectibles, be sure to visit www.captainbijou.com.

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Traveling Detective Chan and his number one son Lee, investigate murder at sea in a horses stall, and corruption over fixed horse racing at the famed Santa Anita Horse Track! When a favored horse loses an Australian race under suspicious circumstances, the sportsman-owner, a friend of Charlie's, returns to the States with the thoroughbred via steamship. After he is found kicked to death in the horse's stall, Chan investigates when the liner stops off in Honolulu and discovers evidence of foul play. When Charlie discovers fraud involving other races at a famous track near Los Angeles he may be able to expose an international gambling ring as well as the murderer! #1 - Top Favourited (Today) - Entertainment - New Zealand

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1946 directed by Howard Bretherton starring Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland and Victor Sen Yung with Anne Nagel. Two showgirls are garrotted at a Malibu resort. Charlie investigates, aided by Birmingham Brown and Number Two Son...

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Theatrical trailer for the 1946 Charlie Chan mystery, SHADOWS OVER CHINATOWN, starring Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland and Victor Sen Yung. While the Charlie Chans released by Monogram may have been a notch below the earlier 20th Century-Fox entries starring Warner Oland and Toler, the inexpensive programmers -- usually with of around $75000 -- continued to both popular and profitable for the small studio. By 1946, Toler had been diagonosed with intestinal cancer and his deteriorating health was apparent in the last three Mongroam entries -- SHADOWS OVER CHINATOWN, DANGEROUS MONEY and THE TRAP. Following his death on February 12, 1947, the Charlie Chan series continued for six additional films, with Roland Winters in the the title role, ending with SKY DRAGON in 1949. Tobuy classic movies, serials, westerns and vintage television shows on DVD -- plus original movie posters, golden & silver age comics, celebrity autographs and collectibles, be sure to visit www.captainbijou.com.

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1948 directed by William Beaudine starring Roland Winters, Wanda Mckay, Mantan Moreland and Victor Sen Yung. The owner of a profitable gold mine in Arizona believes someone is out to get him.

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This Charlie Chan in Paris series entry is distinguished by the presence of the young actor Keye Luke making his first appearance as Charlie Chan's (Warner Oland) Number One Son Lee Chan. When Ace Detective Chan is urgently summoned to Paris by undercover agent Nardi (Dorothy Appleby), Detective Chan hopes to solve the case of an international counterfeiting ring. sadly Nardi is murdered, but not before she can leaving behind a clue with her dying last words. With the eager but still not quite-expert assistance of son Lee, Charlie puts the pieces together and exposes the identity of the head counterfeiter. More action-oriented than some other films in the series, Charlie Chan in Paris makes excellent use of the Fox Studios backlot, which doubled over the years for Paris, London, Prague and any number of European capitals. This film was long believed lost, Charlie Chan in Paris was restored and released to video in the early 1980s, providing a ray of hope that such earlier "Chan" installments as Charlie Chan Carries On and Charlie Chan's Courage may also resurface as well. Cast and Crew: Director: Lewis Seiler Production Company: Fox Film Corp. Date Release: 1935 Audio & Video: Mono -- Black & White Cast: Warner Oland -- Keye Luke -- Mary Brian -- Thomas Beck

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Birmingham Brown sequence in the 1946 Charlie Chan film, Dark Alibi.

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Eventuals in 1961 on Okeh Records. Doo Wop Novelty.

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When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.

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DJ Charlie Chan (24 Scientists/Core DJs/Run DMC/Da Brat Tour DJ) breaks down the plaques, displaying one from Ying Yang Twins and some of the highlights of his St. Louis collection before dipping into local support for and against Nelly, summing it up "he got his people on".... (and you may be surprised to hear what he thinks Nelly's biggest mistake is) and drops some REAL TALK for up & comin artists, what other djs won't tell you!!!

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all the "Gee, Pop!" clips I could find... films used for this video: Charlie Chan in Paris Charlie Chan in Shanghai Charlie Chan at the Circus Charlie Chan at the Opera Charlie Chan at the Racetrack Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo Charlie Chan at the Olympics Charlie Chan on Broadway

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Now that I found a working beta VCR I'm finally able to see all the tapes my parents recorded. This one was recorded sometime in 1984 just before our move from Vineland, New Jersey. My Dad and I would always watch Charlie Chan theater during the weekend.

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Before she moved to Hong Kong and became known during the 1950s as "Miss Color Beauty" (because she appeared in more color movies than any other Hong Kong actress), Chinese American Lai Yee (麗兒) made three Hollywood films under her birth name Marianne Quon. One of the films was "Charlie Chan in the Secret Service" (1944), where she plays one of the famous detective's daughters. For more information, visit Soft Film: Vintage Chinese Cinema softfilm.blogspot.com

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Had a chance to enter the legendary DJ Charlie Chan's Hot 104.1 Bat Cave and got him to break us of with a lil som som on the 1s & 2s...REAL DJS SCRATCH! Chan is Hot 104.1's afernoon mix dj (better known as official Run DMC DJ, The Brat tour dj)... Sick wit it!

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New Adventures of Charlie Chan "Airport Murder Case" Pt 1/2. Chan helps No. 1 Son in a murder investigation in Italy. J. Carrol Naish, James Hong

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