| Welcome to the Charlie Chan Page! |
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| Please accept this lei as an honored guest and enjoy your stay! |
| Becky Truesdale's Watercolor |
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| In the Chinese Manner |
Welcome to the Charlie Chan Annex!!
Maven has been a great fan of the rotund Chinese detective from Hawaii,
both in the movies and original books, for years.
Please keep checking back for more goodies as they are added!
AND TO QUOTE WALTER WINCHELL:
Sex can’t
be important in films.
Remember,
the world’s leading film attractions remain
Charlie
Chan, Boris Karloff and Shirley Temple.
Maven and I would like to thank Douglas Wulf over on Rush
Glick's Message Board* for bringing to our attention how to translate "Charlie Chan" into Chinese (traditional - we aren't
sure just what dialect it's supposed to be!):
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MAGIC IN MOVIES . . .
There has been magic in the movies since
George Melies made his seminal
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
. . . But what of . . . magic . . .
the illusions of Magicians . . . as they have practiced it over the millenium?!
Maven has been very lucky to get an
interview with a couple who know . . . and inspired this page in Maven's website.
Rich and Karen Rogers have not only
practiced that fine art but strive to spread the tradition of Houdini and Harry Blackstone in their website at www.moviesandmagic.com. This on top of being fellow Chan Fans!
Please enjoy their interview!
Rick and Karen Rogers
| "The Chinese Parrot" (1927) |
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| With Sojin as Charlie Chan and Anna May Wong |
In case you haven't read it lately . . . and always
a good way to prepare for one of the Chan spooky movies and/or Halloween:
CHARLIE CHAN . . . Psychic?
Maven has added the marriage of Hamilton MacFadden,
director of several early Charlie Chan films, and his co-star in The Black Camel, Violet Dunn, over in
You won't believe who else is over there!
What does Charlie Chan have
to do with horror/science fiction movies?! That is beyond the fact that both Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff were in early
entries in the series?! Try Maven's page
at
The Chan - Horror-Sci Fi Link!
And if that's not enough . . . :
Bela Lugosi's "Wong" Turn
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Maven has received a recommendation
of Hawaii Steve's
Charlie Chan Tour by Lou Arnagbo,
Hawaii. . . .
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| Soundies |
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| The Music Videos of the Forties |
SOUNDIES:
'Soundies' were an early version of
the music video, displayed on a Panoram (a coin-operated film jukebox) in nightclubs, bars, restaurants, factory lounges and
amusement centers during the early-mid 1940's.
For Charlie Chan Fans . . .
Dorothy Lamour - The Moon Of Manakoora,
1943
[This is from The Hurricane
[1937] that also had Layne Tom, Jr., as Mako]:
A Hawaiin Hula Song:
Tony Pastor and Henry "Riggs" Guidotti
on
drums doing the "Hawaiian War Song":
| Warner Oland |
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| In "Charlie Chan's Courage: (1934) |
HOTCHA!!
Maven has scored another one!
Check out a synopsis with Warner Oland in the new Charlie Chan film!
Charlie Chan's Courage at Paramount
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For lovers of vintage mysteries and
those made into movies:
"A Bizarre Musical Number From
1934" is the title of a clip on Youtube.com that has "Philo Holmes" (played by Charles Jubels) and Watkins (Franklyn Pangborn).
It's from a film called My Grandfather's Clock (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025538/fullcredits#cast).
The clip
is at
And this clip looks like it came from
the same movie . . . either part or maybe at the end?!
The Mills Brothers sing "My Little
Grass Shack."
What a great way to get ready for
a Charlie Chan movie!
http://ia300010.us.archive.org/3/items/MillsBrothers-21-30/MillsBrothers-MyLittleGrassShackInKealakekuaHawaii1933.mp3
Here's a link to the Mills Brothers
singing "Nagasaki" from 1937.
What does it have to do with Charlie
Chan?
Maybe not much but why not here as
well as any place on this website with a name like "Nagasaki"?!
| Raul Roulien |
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| Click on His Picture to Hear Him Sing "Orchids in the Moonlight" |
Charlie Chan Carries
On (1931) is, of course, one of the
"lost Chans." Fortunately, we
at least have the
Spanish language version
in Eran Trace (1931).
But American audiences couldn't be
denied a talent!
Raul Roulien went from playing Max
Minchin with his
party entertainment in Eran Trece
to a starring role in
Flying Down to Rio
(1933): Orchids in the Moonlight
(click on the picture or on the link
here
(with Delores del Rio; just don't
ask Maven
to be able to translate the introduction!).
Roulien was in a clip also from 1931:
"You're So Delicious"
Warning: It's immediately followed
by another number,
Janet Gaynor singing "Sweet and Cute"
from 1931.
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Maven is pleased to announce
that she has an interview with Oden Fong, # 1 son of Benson and Maylia Fong! He is a pastor at the Cavalry Chapel out
in California. Read more right here!
Oden Fong
A new page has been added
to Maven's Charlie Chan Annex:
You'll find some of Kurt Schmidt's
old CCMB Archives and Chan Soundbytes!
| "Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture" (1949) |
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Boston Blackie's Chinese
Venture (1949)
This is the last entry in a very enjoyable series with Chester Morris as Boston Blackie. But what will
interest Charlie Chan fans is the number of Chan Faces you'll find in this movie!
Joan Woodbury (from Opera, Broadway and The Chinese Cat) is older but not any nicer in this movie.
Philip Ahn (Charlie's son-in-law in Honolulu) owns a Curio Shop in New York's Chinatown. Benson
Fong (just one of Charlie's numerous Chan Clan!) is the clerk in Ahn's shop. Victor Sen Yung (ANOTHER
one of Charlie's kids!) plays a ticket taker at a movie house in Chinatown.
Maylia . .
. okay, so she wasn't any a Charlie Chan movie but she married Benson Fong and they lived happily ever after with five kids!
That would have
been a great series all by itself!
This movie
was set in New York's Chinatown - or Columbia's equivalent! - but you might want to check out an article about SAN FRANCISCO'S OLD CHINATOWN that includes a segment about the tours that the Chinese
used to give to their "underground" - which is fun to know while watching the Chinatown Tour in the movie!
| "The Amazing Chan and Chan Clan"" |
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| Episode 1 - "The Crown Jewel Caper" |
| "The Return of Charlie Chan" (1973) |
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| Episode 5 - To Catch a Pitcher |
HAWAII STEVE'S DVD REVIEWS
"Hawaii" Steve Fredrick
has kindly written two reviews about subjects near and dear to us. Charlie Chan, of course.
One is "The Return of Charlie
Chan," the 1973 Ross Martin incarnation. The other is an episode of "The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan" cartoon, one
of a collection called "Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970s, Volume One" (2009).
Hawaii Steve's DVD REVIEWS
And be sure to check out his page at this site
at
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| Marjorie White |
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| Rita Ballou in "Black Camel" (1931) |
For Charlie Chan Fans of Black
Camel
(1931) . . . Marjorie White
was Rita
Ballou in that Chan entry.
Now Chan
Fans have a chance to see her singing
andcavorting with Bert Wheeler
in Diplomaniacs (1933)!
Plus an extra treat with Marjorie
White:
Rush Glick has a great
post on his message board about another of Marjorie Whites roles, in Just Imagine. It's a 1930 goodie about what
it might be like in New York City fifty years!
The start of the movie:
Rip Van Winkle, circa 1980:
Insta-Babies:
A musical number:
| Black Magic/Meeting at Midnight (1945) |
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| With Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan and Frances Chan as . . . Frances Chan |
Black Magic/Meeting at Midnight (1945)
Maven was checking old files and came
across these links for the Toler/Chan film, Black Magic/Meeting at Midnight (1945), with Frances Chan as . . . tada!
. . . Frances Chan!
The first link is to the complete movie
on the internet for those who don't have it on vhs tape or dvd. The others are to help make it an even more enjoyable time!:
| Rita Cansino in Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) |
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| Before She Became Rita Hayworht |
| Joan Broadway |
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| AKA Marie Collins from Charlie Chan on Boradway (1937) |
Maven has come across a double-link to the Charlie Chan Series!
. . . . Rita Hayworth (billed as Rita
Cansino) is doing a very sultry dance in the 1935 Dante's Inferno with Spencer Tracy. Maven hadn't thought it
contained the entire dance because she remembers Cansino's very long hair coming undone. . . . Just think of all those
bobby pins all over the dance floor! But this seems to have the full segment and no bobby pins. Maybe she had
better luck than Maven does with her bobby pins!*
That video is that
"Rita Cansino" made Dante's Inferno right after she made Charlie Chan in Egypt.
Plus the music sounds suspiciously
like the music that Joan Woodbury (as Marie Collins) danced to in Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937).
*You can find more about Dante's
Inferno (1935) at http://claudia79.tripod.com/inferno.html. Then watch this clip of Rita Hayworth
as Gilda in the 1946 movie of the same name . . . . You'll never think of long gloves in the same way again!
Plus more about long gloves at Maven's
ETTA KIT
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Maven posted on two other websites about
what Warner Oland and Boris Karloff had in common and got a quick answer from Steve Fredrick (CHARLIE CHAN: Hawaii Steve and the Charlie Chan Tour) at www.charliechan.info. Unfortunately for Maven, he thought up a lot more answers
than she had!:
(1) In the movies, they both became stereo-typed by playing popular
fictional characters.
(2) They both wore make-up to create these famous
characters.
(3) They both began their film careers during the
silent era.
(4) They both became movie icons during the 1930s.
(5) They both worked with Bela Lugosi.
(8) They both made movies shot in Hawaii.
(9) Last but not least, they both played Fu Manchu
in the movies.
And more Karloff/Oland
similarities from Steve:
(1) Both actors were born in a foreign country, but achieved their
great success in the USA.
(2) Both actors died in their respective home countries, i.e.: Karloff
in England and Oland in Sweden.
(3) Both actors appeared in films with the beautiful Myrna Loy.
(4) Both actors appeared in films with the equally beautiful Valerie
Hobson.
Plus an excellent point from Rush Glick:
The way the question was worded with 'apart from the Chan series'
sort of negates this answer, but another point of comparison is that both played Chinese detectives in the movies with Oland
as Chan and Karloff as Mr. Wong (with Keye Luke taking over this role for one movie serving as another point of connection).
| Warner Oland as Charlie Chan |
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| With an Austrailian Poster With a Koala Bear |
Maven just came across this photograph of Warner Oland in his guise as Charlie
Chan. He's holding what may be a travel poster for Australia, with a Koala bear.
Maven rather wonders why
unless it's part of a publicity campaign for Charlie Chan at the Race Track, which starts in Australia but has nothing
to do with Koala bears!
Unless the Koala cuties
look better on posters than the Melbourne Cup cuties?!
| Warner Oland |
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And then there's . . . Warner
Oland (Charlie Chan and Fu Manchu) seen "behind the scenes" with W. C. Fields in a Bobby Jones' Short!
Don't believe me?!?! :-)
| The Kentucky Derby (1922) |
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| Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) |
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| Click on the Pictures for Recipes to Go with These Movies |
Maven has added to her
page MOVIES: What to Watch When in honor of America's triumvirate of horse racing:
The Kintucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes:
THE AMERICAN TRIPLE CROWN OF THE HORSE WORLD
| Squidoo - www.squidoo.com |
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| Click on Squidoo to Go to Another Chan website |
It has a lot
of Chan information that you might find elsewhere (including this one) but it has sections that Maven hasn't seen,
such as adding posters and Chan radio shows for sale.
It also a link
to a Charlie Chan T-shirt for sale on ebay (as of this writing.)
Squidoo also
has sections on Chan's impact on television, children's cartoons, etc. . . .
Nice
site!
| The Black Camel |
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| Is Available Again |
Enjoy!
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| Thousand Hand Guan Yan |
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You are not going to believe this video that Maven
was sent. Everyone of the 21 dancers in this show are deaf. Incredible!
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Maven came across an article that she wrote about
the first Chan fan gathering in Texas . . . back on February 3, 2003!
The Chinese New Year in Texas
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THE ADVENTURES OF CHARLIE CHAN
RADIO SHOW!!
The episode is called "The Curious
Bride of the Sea Witch"!
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| Warner Oland's Portrait |
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| By Imogen Cunningham |
| Warner Oland as a Werewolf in |
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| "Werewolf of London" (1935) |
HOTCHA ALERT
TO CHARLIE
CHAN FANS!!!!
We now have the beginning clip to Werewolf in London
(1935) that has Warner Oland's first appearance in the movie . . . and as a werewolf no less!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uxEoTKv9_M
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Friend Evan in Nevada - Maven doesn't know what she'd do without
him and his family! - let her know about a website that his daughter Earianedd discovered:
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| Eleanor Powell |
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| "Honolulu" (1939) |
| A Very Young Robert Young |
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What does
Eleanor Powell doing a hula have with Charlie Chan's The Black Camel (1931)?!
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| The Mills Brothers |
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Maven remembers hearing The Mills Brothers on the
radio and television only to go on and find them in movies. Whatever venue they played, these brothers were always worth
listening to!
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Maven now has a KAY LINAKER page that you might want check out!
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| Bela Lugosi |
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| "The Black Camel" |
My Cousin Maven has come across a clip from THE BLACK CAMEL (1931) . . . .
It's the seance scene with Bela Lugosi as Tarnevarro
and Dorothy Revier as Shelah Fane. We just love it!
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| The Joss House |
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| Mendocino, California |
My cousin
Maven came across a Joss House in her research . . . . It's at 45160 Albion Street, Mendicino, CA. I don't know
if my namesake, Mr. Chan, ever visited one but it sure is interesting to look at!
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| Daffy Duck in |
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| "Blame It on the Samba" (1948) |
Just for the heck of it . . . and
if you need help to stay warm! . . . how about a little Donald Duck in Blame it on the Samba (1948). Is it
the best Donald Duck cartoon that Maven can come up with? No, but it is cute and catchy, especially if you want a cartoon
to go with Charlie Chan in Rio (1941) . . . ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hkJr3bOFOE&feature=related
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| Scotty's Castle in Death Valley |
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| Possible Inspiration for "Charlie Chan in Castle in the Desert" (1941) |
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I am tickled about Maven has posted
three articles on her COSTUME DESIGNERS page about Paramount's Edith Head, Orry-Kelly (think Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942) and Travis
Banton (he designed clothes for Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express [1932] with Warner Oland). I hope you
enjoy them!
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I have discussed this page with my cousin Maven. . . . We
are re-naming the "HAPPY HOLIDAYS" page in the New Year so please make note of the new name:
"THE CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY COOKBOOK"
Want some sample recipes? Click on the links below:
CHARLIE CHAN COOKBOOK: Mrs. Chan's Stew - Perfect for "The Shanghai Cobra"!
CHARLIE CHAN COOKBOOK - Chop Suey - THE Dish for Chan Fans!!
CHARLIE CHAN COOKBOOK - Eggnog - with Spirits
CHARLIE CHAN COOKBOOK - Eggnog - With Ice Cream Substitution
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| Marvin Miller |
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| Click on the Picture to See His Volkswagon Commercial as Charlie Chan |
This clip seems to be unavailable for the time being, darn it!
The actor playing the rotund Chinese detective is one Marvin Miller,
who had become . . . frankly . . . rotund in the old-fashioned way just like Charlie Chan!
Miller had played in such other detective series as The Phantom
Thief (1946, Boston Blackie) as Dr. Najino; Forbidden Planet (1956, Robby the Robot); and as Michael Anthony
in The Millionaire (1955 - 1966).
And if his voice sounds familiar . . . it should because Miller
did a lot of voice-over roles such as in The Deadly Mantis (1957).
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WHAT DO CHARLIE CHAN, BORIS KARLOFF, SHIRLEY TEMPLE AND SEX HAVE IN COMMON?!
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| Bast, the Egyptian Cat Goddess |
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| Doesn't She Remind You of Chan's Chinee Cat?! |
Doesn't this statue of Bast, the Egyptian Cat Goddess, remind you of the statue in Charlie
Chan in The Chinese Cat?!
While we're at it, how about some cat bloopers?!
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Warner Oland used his role as Charlie
Chan to help get out the vote in Pennsylvania in 1935 so that people could see their favorte actors/movies on Sunday!
Warner Oland as Charlie Chan in the 1935 Pennsylvania Referendum
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| Wild Life, Chan Style |
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| From Dangerous Money |
Charlie Chan movies do have some wild life of one sort or
another. One that has stuck in the minds of many Chan Fans is the turtle with the flashlight on its back in Dangerous
Money (1946). It's on the screen briefly but it does appear twice . . . . Why? . . . Beats the
heck out of Maven but it's fun to watch for it, regardless of what you think of the rest of the movie!
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| Charlie Chan, in the Fashion of . . . Wax Museum |
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| By Taylor Schultz(C) |
| Another View of Charlie |
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| By Taylor Schultz(C) |
You
can see more of
Taylor's
work at
his
page here
at
| Charlie's Ready for His Close-up |
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| By Taylor Schultz(C) |
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| Warner Oland Who Made |
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| Charlie Chan Famous on the Screen |
Maven came across a rather unique
look on Warner Oland at the end of his career . . . interesting, especially for Halloween . . . .
CHARLIE CHAN . . . PSYCHIC?!
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Maven has been proud to know another one
of the best-known Charlie Chan Scholars - Steve Rhodes, from Australia. Steve
has written quite an interesting look at Warner Oland, who made Charlie Chan famouson the silver
screen.
Warner Oland Insights - by Steve Rhodes
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| Warner Oland's Portrait |
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| By Imogen Cunningham |
| Henry Hull in a Little-Scene Still from |
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| "Werewolf in London" (1935) |
"The 'original theatrical trailer' provided as
a bonus feature on the DVD is actually the re-edited 1935 trailer, with only Henry Hull and Valerie Hudson identified by name,
and a Realart re-release title card prepared for the 1951 re-issue. Scenes with Warner Oland are prominently featured,
but his name never appears a typical attempt to disguise the age of the film, since Oland had been dead for many years
by the time it was re-leased."
| Warner Oland as a Werewolf in |
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| "Werewolf of London" (1935) |
| Henry Hull in the Title Role of |
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| "Werewolf of London" (1935) |
"Release."
"Re-release."
"Re-issue."
Maven wonders wht Universal
calls it when a movie has been released so many times that everybody has forgotten how often!
Maven always wants to
laugh at this makeup of Warner Oland as a werewolf in Werewolf of London . . . . What were they thinking
about at Universal?!?!
Did they really need Oland
to look like this to make Henry Hull's makeup look better and/or more frightening?!
And it says something
about Oland and Hull's acting that they could keep from laughing their heads off in this scene!
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| Keye Luke |
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| # 1 Chan Son |
| Keye Luke with David Carradine |
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| "Kung Fu" (1972 - 1975) |
One of Keye Luke's best-known
roles was as Charlie Chan's #1 Son, Lee, not to mention as Master Po in the television series Kung Fu (1872 - 1975).
Some might
remember Luke in such movie series as Lionel Barrymore's Dr. Gillespie movies--the Dr. Kildare series after Lew Ayres left.
Luke also played Lee Chan in Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938), a make over of Charlie Chan at the Ringside,
the never-finished last film of Warner Oland.
| Keye Luke, Harold Huber and Peter Lorre in |
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| "Mr. Moto's Gamble" (1938) |
Keye Luke was also a surgeon in the Japanese Embassy in Germany during World War II in Invisible Agent (1942), albeit
briefly in a scene with . . . Peter Lorre.
Blink and you'll miss
Luke taking out the hooks from Jon Hall's net-covered body.
What would Papa Chan have
said if he knew # 1 Son ended up a bad guy during WWII?!?! And with Chan's cinematic rival, Moto, at that?!?!
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| Boris Karloff as Gravelle in |
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| "Charlie Chan at the Opera" (1936) |
| Oland & Karloff on Charlie Chan at the Opera Set |
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| Courtesy of www.charliechan.info |
Don't you just love this sketch of Boris Karloff from Charlie
Chan at the Opera (1936)?!?! And be sure to check their pages here at
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I've been going through old issues of The Old
Movie Maven and came across an article that might just pique your interest in Warner Oland as . . . Werewolf, courtesy
of Jack Pierce!
JACK PIERCE AND HIS WEREWOLF MAKEUP
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Want to read reviews of the Charlie Chan movies?! Check 'em out!
CHARLIE CHAN IN EGYPT (1935)
BEHIND THAT CURTAIN (1929)
There is a review of "The Black Camel" (1931) at this link to Maven's THE OLD MOVIE MAVEN Blog. Just click here and then scroll
down to read it.
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| James Hong . . . Click on Picture for An Interview |
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| Among Several Other Actors |
| Sammee Tong - A Bit Player in Shanghai - 1935 |
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| Click on Photo to See "Bachelor Father" (1957 - 1962) |
Two Charlie Chan actors had international movie ties,
as it were.
Sammee Tong was one of the locals who brings the disguised Keye Luke to Charlie's
hotel room in Charlie Chan in Shanghai [1935]) and James Hong was # 1 son to J. Carroll Naish's Charlie in the British
TV series, The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957).
They both lent their voices to the American version of GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTER:
Tong was the voice of Dr. Yamane and Hong did voice-overs for both Serizawa and Ogata.
You can check out more about them at their Internet Movie Database pages:
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For those of you who can't get enough
of our favorite detective, this is a link to a project that Maven was part of several years back, over at Rush Glick's www.charliechan.info - A handful of us got together and wrote a Chan
script set between Warner Oland's last Chan movie and Sidney Toler's first one . . . and complete with Lee and Jimmy both!
CHARLIE CHAN AT COLLEGE
Plus an article by Rush from several
years back:
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE by Rush Glick
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Charlie Chan and Fu Manchu . . . together?!
Yep!!
Charlie Chan and Fu Manchu
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AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT
CHARLIE CHAN'S SAN FRANCISCO WAS LIKE BACK IN THE DAY, CHECK THIS ARTICLE OUT:
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Enjoy these introductions from the American
Classic Movie Channel back in the day before they started airing movies chock full of commercials!
AMC Introduction - Charlie Chan at the Opera
AMC Introduction - Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
AMC Introduction - Murder Over New York
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Not to mention Rush Glick's website that
has more about the Charlie Chan movies than you thought was ever available!
| Just Click on Rush Glick's Icon |
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| To go to Rush's Website |
This is one of Maven's favorite
sites, because this is where you'll find her most every Monday night, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM (Eastern)
and we start watching our own tapes/DVDs of the Chan Movie of the
week at 8:30 (Eastern). Please come by, whether you have
the Chan
Movie of the Week or not, because we cover a wide area of topics besides Charlie Chan! And Maven is lucky enough to have an article by the proprietor (and good friend) Rush Glick!
Rush also has the scripts to the
four Lost Charlie Chan movies with Warner Oland:
Charlie Chan Carries On
This Chan film is based on the Earl Derr Biggers story
of the same name about an around-the-world trip that is plagued by . . . murder!
Charlie Chan's Chance
This is the second film version of Behind That
Curtain and the first one to feature Chan as Earl Derr Biggers originally intended in a story where murder occurs in
San Francisco against the backdrop of the Far East, missing persons and no one is who they seem.
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Based on the first Charlie Chan story - The House
Without a Key - that introduced our favorite Chinese detective in a story where New England stoicism meets the laid-back
Hawaiian Islands.
Charlie Chan's Courage
Charlie Chan goes undercover in the desert in a case
that is clearly for the birds as it's based on Earl Derr Biggers' original story, The Chinese Parrot.
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| Kurt Schmidt's Link to His Message Board |
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| www.charliechan.net |
Maven isn't the only Chan Fan who gets her daily fix on Kurt's
Message Board at http://forum.charliechan.net and you can get Maven's interviews with both Kurt and Rush over on her INTERVIEWS page.
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