When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring. Sidney Toler, Combien gagne t il d argent ? This 1930s crime film-related article is a stub. | By using this site, you agree to our updated. were of good quality. They find Jimmy already there. Stars: Passed Directors: Suspects in the murder range from a housekeeper, to a stableman, to a lawyer. At approx 34 minutes the Paul Wagner character is introduced to the room for the first time but less than 3 minutes before that he can be seen sitting on the settee while everyone else is in the room. "[18] Keye Luke, an actor who played Chan's son in a number of films, agreed; when asked if he thought that the character was demeaning to the race, he responded, "Demeaning to the race? The first, Eran Trece (There Were Thirteen, 1931), is a multiple-language version of Charlie Chan Carries On (1931). "[51] S. T. Karnick writes in the National Review that Chan is "a brilliant detective with understandably limited facility in the English language [whose] powers of observation, logic, and personal rectitude and humility made him an exemplary, entirely honorable character. His first clue comes from the victim's sister, who noticed a prowler wearing a glow-in-the-dark wristwatch. The character of Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers. Stars: | Jon Hall, Not in the eyes of Ah Sing. At Kilvaine's suggestion, the murder is re-enacted with Lewis standing in for Zodiac. Mystery. Michael McGuire as Brewster James Handy as Esteves Anna Thomson as Audrey Arlen Dean Snyder as Dr. Heath Sam Robards as Moscowitz Bill Cobbs as Dr. Caulfield Tony Cox as Pee Wee Marquette Hamilton Camp as Mayor of 52nd Street John Witherspoon as Sid Tony Todd as Frog Billy Mitchell as Prince Jason Bernard as Benny Tate Ted North, Approved | Director: John Warburton, Passed The films, when broadcast on the Fox Movie Channel, were followed by round-table discussions by prominent East Asians in the American entertainment industry, led by George Takei, most of whom were against the films. | Rhadini tells Charlie about Dr. Zodiac, a psychic preying on the rich in San Francisco. Mary Beth Hughes. Rosina Lawrence, | 72 min Paul Harvey, Open Drue Leyton, 's The Adventures of Charlie Chan (194445), followed by Santos Ortega (194748). [25] Toler died in 1947 and was succeeded by Roland Winters for six films. Stars: | Howard Bretherton Edmund Burns, Passed Director: Lynn Shores [5] Collections such as Frank Chin's Aiiieeee! | Keye Luke, We'll notify you on your wishlist when movies become available. | Carlos Dantas. Crime, Mystery. | [15] Oland, a Swedish actor, had also played Fu Manchu in an earlier film. Lesley Selander Director: | He did not begin to write that novel until four years later, however, when he was inspired to add a Chinese-American police officer to the plot after reading in a newspaper of Chang Apana and Lee Fook, two detectives on the Honolulu police force. Harry Lachman Rival author of Manning Murder Solved book must now pay $20,000 to Chinese War Relief after a lost bet with Charlie Chan . According to reviews in Hollywood Reporter and Motion Picture Herald, at the time that this picture was produced, this was the most expensive production in the Chan series. Mantan Moreland, Stars: Regardez le Salaire Mensuel de Mark Wakefield Alixpartners en temps rel. Plot. While this Charlie Chan was to be "hip, slim, cerebral, sexy and a martial-arts master," and portrayed by actor Russell Wong, nonetheless the film did not come to fruition. Charlie then assembles all the murder suspects and announces that Jeanne had been paying Ainsley to keep silent about the fact that she murdered Russell. | Lynn Bari, [34] The film was in preproduction since 2000. "[52] and "[W]e were making the best damn murder mysteries in Hollywood. While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received. To view this content, please use one of the following compatible browsers: Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 American film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, that takes place on Treasure Island during San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940). Warner Oland, [30] The film was inspired by La Serpiente Roja as well as the American Warner Oland films. Cesar Romero, Lois Moran, William Beaudine | On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Pat Paterson, United States. When Harper seems to See full summary, Director: Mystery. | Warner Oland, | 66 min Hamilton MacFadden Victor Sen Yung, A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger Charlie Chan that there have been two attempts on his life. 71 min Stars: Essex's manuscript is a fictional account of Dr. Zodiac's blackmail scheme, and the next morning Charlie finds that the last page revealing who the murder was committed is missing. [29] A Cuban production, La Serpiente Roja (The Red Snake), followed in 1937. While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation, Charlie discovers the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). The character has also been featured in several radio programs, two television shows, and comics. Wanda McKay, | After winning Mary's release on the grounds of lack of evidence, Charlie visits the murder room, where he finds Dr. Ainsley. Dr. Zodiac accepts the claim by leaving a note on the front door of the Temple of Magic where Rhadini performs. Phil Karlson Charlie and Jimmy Chan are traveling by plane to San Francisco. Marjorie Weaver, Director: | 71 min Curtis: Kane Richmond. It all begins when nervous young Mary Whitman (Pauline Moore) shows up in Reno to seek a divorce from husband Curtis Whitman (Kane Richmond). Benson Fong, 64 min Joan Reynolds. Leslie H. Martinson Eugene Forde [19] By attracting "major audiences and box-office grosses on a par with A's"[20] they "kept Fox afloat" during the Great Depression.[21]. Oland's visit to China was reported extensively in Chinese newspapers, and the actor was respectfully called "Mr. Charlie Chan in Reno 1939 Approved 1 h 11 m IMDb RATING 7.0 /10 1.4K YOUR RATING Rate Crime Music Mystery Mary Whitman, an old friend of Charlie's in Reno for a divorce, finds herself accused of murdering the woman her husband planned to marry after the decree became final. John Gallaudet. Mantan Moreland, [33] Actress Lucy Liu was slated to star in and executive-produce a new Charlie Chan film for Fox. Director: Mantan Moreland, Charlotte Henry, Approved Bently escapes, but is captured and accused of murder by Sheriff Fletcher, although Charlie is unconvinced of his guilt. | Phyllis Brooks, Norman Foster Warner Oland, Three Spanish-language Charlie Chan films were made in the 1930s and 1950s. Director: To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police. Richard Haydn, Michael Brodhead, quoted in Chan (2001), 56. The "amiable Chinese" made his first appearance in The House Without a Key (1925). DC Comics published The New Adventures of Charlie Chan,[47] a 1958 tie-in with the TV series; the DC series lasted for six issues. While there, she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Norman Foster Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by John Stone . Slim Summerville, Passed Mystery. There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. When Fox decided to produce no further Chan films, Sidney Toler purchased the film rights. Crime, Mystery, Thriller. Stars: H. Bruce Humberstone Victor Sen-Yung, as number two son, helps out when it counts while enduring the usual number of affectionate insults from his detective father. | Before long, Jeanne Bentley. Mystery. Drue Leyton, Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert. H. Bruce Humberstone "[26] Ellery Queen called Biggers's characterization of Charlie Chan "a service to humanity and to inter-racial relations. | [5], Chinese audiences also saw the original American Charlie Chan films. Warner Oland, Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, "Charlie Chance in Hell to Pay Online Slot by Play'n GO", "2005 Archive of Screened Films: Mary Pickford Theater (Moving Image Research Center, Library of Congress)", "CHARLIE CHAN: El monstruo en la sombra (1955)", Public-domain Charlie Chan radio programs, Charlie Chan Matches Wits with the Prince of Darkness, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Chan&oldid=1141787410, Fictional characters based on real people, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles with dead external links from September 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Charlie Chan, Volume Three (20th Century Fox, 2007), Charlie Chan, Volume One (20th Century Fox, 2006). The film features Keye Luke as Charlie's son Lee and character actor Harold Huber as a French police inspector.. Warner Oland contracted bronchial pneumonia during his . This one is set in San Francisco's Chinatown. Director: --. 73 min Oland, who claimed some Mongolian ancestry,[16] played the character as more gentle and self-effacing than he had been in the books, perhaps in "a deliberate attempt by the studio to downplay an uppity attitude in a Chinese detective. 65 min 1939, Mystery & thriller, 1h 10m. William Beaudine Joan Marsh, Sidney Toler, Sign Up now to stay up to date with all of the latest news from TCM. [37] Ed Begley, Sr. had the title role in N.B.C. E.H. Calvert, Mr. Moto battles murderous treasure hunters for priceless ancient scrolls which reveal the location of the long-lost tomb of Genghis Khan. George Brasno, Benson Fong, Mona Barrie, Approved Mantan Moreland, Stars: Crime, Music, Mystery. Charlie investigates murders connected with insurance fraud. Detective Charlie Chan investigates a pearl necklace, which has caused misery for all of its owners. Phyllis Brooks, Marjorie Weaver, Louise Sorel, 62 min Eve reads Charlie's thoughts, which describe the motivations of Stella Essex, Bessie Sibley, Thomas Gregory, Peter Lewis, Fred Rhadini, and Myra Rhadinia (although without mentioning their names). Mystery. Hamilton MacFadden Jun Stars: Director: Stars: A group calling itself C.A.N. His clumsy grandson Lee, who's getting married, "helps" him. Henrietta Crosman, Approved Sidney Toler, As of 2009 it is slated to be produced,[35] but as of 2020 it has not been made. 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Sally Eilers, Toler's last film. It was based on the novel of the same name by the detective's creator, John P. Marquand. | Joan Woodbury, Director: | The case against the doctor intensifies when Police Chief King discovers that Jeanne had written checks to Ainsley and reveals that the missing pages in the scrapbook related to Jeanne's previous marriage to Mrs. Russell's late husband, whose death had been attended by Dr. Ainsley. William Beaudine Harry Lachman While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). Stars: J. Edward Bromberg, Passed Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown. Mystery. Later, when Fox dropped the series and it found a home at Monogram, the Chan films got pretty bad with the look of cheapness in abundance. After Oland's death, American actor Sidney Toler was cast as Chan; Toler made 22 Chan films, first for Fox and then for Monogram Studios. Crime, Mystery. Angie Dickinson, Pauline Moore, Director: Hobart Bosworth, Chan first appeared in Biggers' novels and then was featured in a number of media. September 5, 1941. Stars: Eugene Forde, Director: Mantan Moreland, Mantan Moreland, Cast See All. Victor Sen Yung, 60 min Stars: Mantan Moreland, [8] In the novel, Chan is described as "very fat indeed, yet he walked with the light dainty step of a woman"[9] and in The Chinese Parrot as being " an undistinguished figure in his Western clothes. | Director: Sidney Toler, Stars: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. As Rhadini performs a levitation trick, Zodiac is killed with the pygmy arrow. Hamilton MacFadden Sparks fly at the Hotel Eldorado in Reno when Mary Whitman arrives to file for divorce from her husband Curtis and meets Curtis' intended, Jeanne Bently. Charlie reveals that Rhadini used a wand with a spring trigger to fire the arrow that killed Abdul. Thriller. | During her telepathy act with Fred Rhadini, Eve comes into contact with someone thinking about murder and Charlie is almost killed when a knife is thrown at him. [28] The film followed essentially the same script as the Anglophonic version, with minor additions such as brief songs and skits and some changes to characters' names (for example, the character Elmer Benbow was renamed Frank Benbow). William Beaudine Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 American film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, that takes place on Treasure Island during San Francisco 's Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940). Benson Fong, Tell us what you think about this feature. "[8] Dave Kehr of The New York Times said Chan "might have been a stereotype, but he was a stereotype on the side of the angels. Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Approved Eugene Forde Mantan Moreland, Charlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists. Mary Brian, Sheila Ryan, Lionel Atwill, Crime, Drama, Mystery. Joseph Crehan, Approved There are no TV airings over the next 14 days. My God! Over decades, other Charlie Chan comic books have been published: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Prize Comics' Charlie Chan (1948), which ran for five issues. | Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu, and Hong Kong. This is not an officially branded game, however, the game's main character Charlie Chance is directly based on the original Charlie Chan character, sharing a similar name, trademark moustache and sharp dress sense. Gwen Kenyon, Passed Jimmy spends the afternoon following Thomas Gregory, whom he believes stole Essex's briefcase when leaving the plane. It's written on the back side of the missing manuscript page. Charlie Chan in Reno was based on Death Makes a Decree, a story by Philip Wylie.~Hal Erickson Cast & Crew Director Norman Foster Writers Albert Ray Robert Kent Cast Sidney Toler Charlie Chan Ricardo Cortez Dr. Ainsley Phyllis Brooks Vivian Wells George "Slim" Summerville Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher Kane Richmond Curtis Whitman Norman Foster Director: [63], Chan's character has also come under fire for "nuggets of fortune cookie Confucius"[64] and the "counterfeit proverbs" which became so widespread in popular culture. 76 min Arleen Whelan, | Eugene Forde Helen Wood, Alle Infos, Inhalt Kritik und Trailer zu Charlie Chan in Reno jetzt bei kinoundco Earl Derr Biggers, quoted in "Creating Charlie Chan" (1931). 61 min Bently escapes, but is captured and accused of murder by Sheriff Fletcher, although Charlie is unconvinced of his guilt. Thomas Beck, Passed Victor Sen Yung, Passed We may earn a commission from links on this page. Director: | 4 (Charlie Chan in Honolulu / Charlie Chan in Reno / Charlie Chan at Treasure Island / City in Darkness) Sidney Toler 4.7 out of 5 stars 379 Despite his good qualities, Chan was also perceived as reinforcing condescending Asian stereotypes such as an alleged incapacity to speak idiomatic English and a tradition-bound and subservient nature. | Louise Currie. 54%. Tim Ryan, | Charlie Chan travels from his home in Honolulu to Reno to solve the murder at the request of Mary's soon-to-be ex-husband. | There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. 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Stars: Director: Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Keye Luke, Mystery. Charlie then traps Vivian into exposing a burn on her arm, proving that she murdered Jeanne during a struggle for the acid bottle. Crime, Drama, Mystery. Stars: | Eugene Forde Sidney Toler, | Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. Public domain due to the omission of a valid copyright notice on original prints. Keye Luke, Director: Erik Rhodes, Approved Unless otherwise noted, information is taken from Charles P. Mitchell's A Guide to Charlie Chan Films (1999). Mystery. In these films, Chan, played by Xu Xinyuan (), owns his detective agency and is aided not by a son but by a daughter, Manna, played first by Gu Meijun () in the Shanghai productions and then by Bai Yan () in postwar Hong Kong. [27] Keye Luke, missing from the series after 1938's Mr. Moto rework, returned as Charlie's son in the last two entries. Olive Brasno, Approved Mystery. During their "discussion" Miss Wells's cigarette sometimes gets longer and the position of her arm jumps from shot to shot. Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. Jimmy: Sen Yung. "[21][53], Other critics, such as sociologist Yen Le Espiritu and Huang Guiyou, argue that while Chan is portrayed positively in some ways, is not on a par with white characters, but a "benevolent Other"[54] who is "one-dimensional. Tanis Chandler. | | An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan. "[32][33] An updated film version of the character was planned in the 1990s by Miramax. 6,379ft | Warner Oland, Mary's arrest prompts her husband Curtis, a resident of Honolulu, to ask his old friend, Charlie Chan, for help. Director: Charlie accompanies Curtis to Reno, where he meets Sheriff Fletcher, the bumbling law man investigating the case. Jimmy befriends insurance executive Thomas Gregory. As Chinese to-day as in the first moon of his existence. Warner Oland, 67 min Roger Imhof, "[45], Some argue that the character's popularity is dependent on its contrast with stereotypes of the Yellow Peril or Japanese people in particular. "[50], Critic Michael Brodhead argues that "Biggers's sympathetic treatment of the Charlie Chan novels convinces the reader that the author consciously and forthrightly spoke out for the Chinese a people to be not only accepted but admired. Mystery. A search of the room by Charlie and his son Jimmy reveals Jeanne's scrapbook with the pages from the years 1935 and 1936 cut out, and Charlie to surmises that a pair of scissors was the murder weapon. Florence Turner, "[14], For the first film to center mainly on the character of Chan, Warner Oland, a white actor, was cast in the title role in 1931's Charlie Chan Carries On, and it was this film that gained popular success. Plot [ edit] Charlie and Jimmy Chan are traveling by plane to San Francisco. Leon Janney and Rodney Jacobs were heard as Lee Chan, Number One Son, and Dorian St. George was the announcer. | | A search of the room by Charlie and his son Jimmy reveals Jeanne's scrapbook with the pages from the years 1935 and 1936 cut out, and Charlie to surmises that a pair of scissors was the murder weapon. See production, box office & company info, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA. Director: Director: Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) Approved | 72 min | Mystery 6.8 Rate While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received. Before the detectives can question Mrs. Russell, however, they find her strangled and Ainsley about to administer a hypodermic needle to her. Mary Whitman, an old friend of Charlie's in Reno for a divorce, finds herself accused of murdering the woman her husband planned to marry after the decree became final. Cobina Wright Jr. Zodiac must have been stabbed with the arrow. On the trail of a singer who killed the man she loved in Honolulu, Charlie finds her stabbed to death when he ultimately catches up to her in Rio. Learn more about the full cast of Charlie Chan in Rio with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide. | By what name was Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) officially released in India in English? James Cardwell. 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Warner Oland, Phil Rosen Charlie Chan at the Opera is considered by many to be the best Warner Oland Charlie Chan film, probably due to the presence of Boris Karloff as the principal suspect, as well as faux operatic music composed by Oscar Levant.This is the 13th film starring Oland as Chan; it was directed by H. Bruce Humberstone for 20th Century-Fox in 1936.. Oland and Demarest also appeared in The Jazz Singer (1927). [22] Producers Philip N. Krasne and James S. Burkett of Monogram Pictures produced and released further Chan films starring Toler. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. He discovers Essex's manuscript in Gregory's hotel room. Charlie meets with Gregory, who says he is an insurance company detective investigating mysterious suicides. Audience Score 50+ Ratings. Charlie Chan in Reno is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie. Joseph Hindy, PG There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Stars: | The unsolved murder of a Hollywood actor several years earlier and an enigmatic psychic are the keys to help Charlie solve the Honolulu stabbing death of a beautiful actress. | Mystery. | (uncredited) Cinematography by Virgil Miller . Stars: | Ricardo Cortez Dr. Ainsley. Sheriff: Slim Summerville. "[57] Chan is representative of a model minority, the good stereotype that counters a bad stereotype: "Each stereotypical image is filled with contradictions: the bloodthirsty Indian is tempered with the image of the noble savage; the bandido exists along with the loyal sidekick; and Fu Manchu is offset by Charlie Chan. Victor Sen Yung, | Charlie Chan: Man yet to be born who can tell what woman will or will not do. Charlie then assembles all the murder suspects and announces that Jeanne had been paying Ainsley to keep silent about the fact that she murdered Russell. | Hamilton MacFadden Ainsley claims that he is looking for the money that Jeanne won on the night of her murder, suggesting that Burke killed her for her winnings. Heather Angel, Director: American opinion of China and Chinese-Americans grew more positive in the 1920s and '30s in contrast to the Japanese, who were increasingly viewed with suspicion. The case against the doctor intensifies when Police Chief King discovers that Jeanne had written checks to Ainsley and reveals that the missing pages in the scrapbook related to Jeanne's previous marriage to Mrs. Russell's late husband, whose death had been attended by Dr. Ainsley. Oland, a Swedish . Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. Sidney Toler, At this time the series still had the backing of a major studio and so the production values, acting, script, camera work, etc. Biggers wrote six novels in which Charlie Chan appears: The first film featuring Charlie Chan, as a supporting character, was The House Without a Key (1926), a ten-chapter serial produced by Path Studios, starring George Kuwa, a Japanese actor, as Chan. He then stabbed himself to divert attention from himself as a suspect. Sidney Toler, Douglass Dumbrille. Chan (Sidney Toler) must determine which guest at a party is responsible for the murder of a divorcee (Louise Henry). They were by far the most popular American films in 1930s China and among Chinese expatriates; "one of the reasons for this acceptance was that this was the first time Chinese audiences saw a positive Chinese character in an American film, a departure from the sinister East Asian stereotypes in earlier movies like Thief of Baghdad (1924) and Harold Lloyd's Welcome Danger (1929), which incited riots that shut down the Shanghai theater showing it." Charlie Chan in Reno is a 1939 American film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie. | The Golden Eye is a 1948 American film directed by William Beaudine and starring Roland Winters in his fourth appearance as Charlie Chan.The film is also known as Charlie Chan in Texas (Belgian English title) and Charlie Chan in the Golden Eye (American poster title).. 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