For starters . . . Maven wants to
celebrate animals in the Charlie Chan Series: Maven has her own version of The Chinese Cat. And we mustn't
forget . . . .
Puzzums of "Charie Chan's Secret" |

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In the Charlie Chan Movie of the Same Name |
"Puzzums" who appeared in Maven's favorite Chan
movie, Charlie Chan's Secret, for starters, and even helped Charlie solve a case in Charlie Chan's Chance!!
Puzzums was quite the cat-around-town even being photopraphed
with that French import, Maurice Chevalier. . . . You'll have to google for Puzzums since the picture just does not
want to be uploaded here!
The Chinese Cat |

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Of the Charlie Chan Movie of the Same Name |
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Carol Burnett as Her Charwoman Character |

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Tim Conway |

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Maven can - and will! - argue that playing an animal in movies
is at least a sub-division of make up artists. All those funky-looking gorillas in our beloved old movies were - Surprise!
Surprise! Surprise! - played by men in . . . shall we say "hirsute drag"?! One such actor/stunt double was
Charles Gemora (at left). You can find more about him and going ape at http://gammillustrations.bizland.com/monsterkid1/id2.html.
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