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THE WHISTLER
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
To paraphrase Henrietta Lowell, from
Charlie Chan's Secret [1936],
. . . .  YOU think you know the Chan Eras
. . . I know the Chan Eras!!

CHAN'S SILENT SERIALS:
The House Without a Key - 1926 wtih George Kuwa
The Chinese Parrot - 1927 with Sojin as Chan and George Kuwa as Louis Wong

CHARLIE CHAN TALKS:
Behind That Curtain - 1929 story made over as a romantic movie for Warner Baxter

20th CENTURY/FOX STUDIO - Warner Oland
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 - 1938

20th CENTURY/FOX STUDIO - Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan in Honolulu - 1938
Charlie Chan in Reno - 1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island - 1939
Charlie Chan in the City in Darkness - 1939
Charlie Chan in Panama - 1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise - 1940
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum - 1940
Murder Over New York - 1940
Dead Men Tell  - 1941
Charlie Chan in Rio - 1941
Castle in the Desert - 1942

MONOGRAM STUDIOS - Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan in Secret Service - 1944
The Chinese Cat - 1945
Charlie Chan in Black Magic - aka Meeting at Midnight - 1945
The Jade Mask - 1945
The Scarlet Clue - 1945
The Shanghai Cobra - 1945
The Red Dragon - 1945
Dark Alibi - 1946
Shadows Over Chinatown - 1946
Dandgerous Money - 1946
The Trap - 1947

MONOGRAM - Roland Winters
The Chinese Ring - 1947
Docks of New Orleans - 1948
The Shanghai Chest - 1948
The Mystery of the Golden Eye - 1948
The Feathered Serpent - 1948
The Sky Dragon - 1949

ENGLISH TELEVISION - J. Carroll Naish
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan - 1950s.
This version is added because of two things:  J. Carroll Naish was the only actor in the series above who went on to play Chan himself. . . .  What makes it even more interesting is he had played the villain in Circus, not to mention James Hong played son Jimmy, the only actor to do so in the series.   Which is a switch when you think of all the movies with Keye Luke, Victor Sen yung, and Benson Fong!