The Charlie Chan Films

Author : James L. Neibaur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629333144
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Charlie Chan Films written by James L. Neibaur and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Charlie Chan film series from 1931-1949 went through three lead actors and two studios over 44 films while still maintaining consistent popularity with moviegoers. This book looks at all of the films in the series, including early ones that are now lost, and examines each movie in context. Common themes, critical assessments, discussion of the director and the actors, period reviews, production information, and recollections from those who appeared in the films are all included. From its literary origins to its modern day controversies, The Charlie Chan Films continue to resonate as late as the 21st century.

Author : Charles P. Mitchell
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Charlie Chan Films written by Charles P. Mitchell and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1999-06-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are over fifty Chan films and an additional three Spanish language Chan films. This guide reviews the forty-four extant Chan films. Entries, alphabetically arranged, include a unique annotated cast list, a comparative rating system, production information, analysis and plot synopsis, a performance critique, and a collection of Chan sayings, which vary from film to film. An introduction discusses the history and literary origins of the Chan films and the formulaic devices common to the films. Film scholars and fans of the Charlie Chan films will appreciate the extensive information each review provides. Each film is given a star rating, and several appendices provide additional information such as the lost films of Charlie Chan, actors who played Chan, and Chan on television.

Author : Yunte Huang
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393340392
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History written by Yunte Huang and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of cinematic hero Charlie Chan, based on the real-life Chinese immigrant detective, Chang Apana, whose bravado inspired mystery writer Earl Derr Biggers to depict his fictional sleuth as a wisecracking and wise investigator rather than a stereotype.

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473371562
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlie Chan Carries On written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1930 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. “Charlie Chan Carries On” is the fifth novel in the Charlie Chan series. Inspector Duff, a Scotland Yard detective and friend of Chan's, first introduced in Behind That Curtain, is pursuing a murderer on an around-the-world voyage; so far, there have been murders in London, France, Italy and Japan. While his ship is docked in Honolulu, the detective is shot and wounded by his quarry; though he survives, he is unable to continue with the cruise, and Chan takes his place instead. Earl Derr Biggers was born on 26th August 1884 in Warren, Ohio, USA. Biggers received his further education at Harvard University, where he developed a reputation as a literary rebel, preferring the popular modern authors, such as Rudyard Kipling and Richard Harding Davis to the established figures of classical literature. Following in their footsteps upon graduating, he himself began a career as a popular writer, penning humorous articles and reviews for the Boston Traveler. While on holiday in Hawaii, Biggers heard tales of a real-life Chinese detective operating in Honolulu, named Chang Apana. This inspired him to create his most enduring legacy in the character of super-sleuth Charlie Chan. The first Chan story “The House Without a Key” (1925) was published as a serialised story in the Saturday Evening Post and then released as a novel in the same year. Biggers went on to write five more Chan novels and all were licensed for movie adaptations by Fox Films. These films were hugely popular with several different actors taking the lead role of Chan. Eventually; over 40 films were produced featuring the character. Biggers only saw the early on-screen successes of Charlie Chan due to his death at the age of only 48 from a heart attack in April 1933.

Author : Ken Hanke
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786486618
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlie Chan at the Movies written by Ken Hanke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-01-14 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his primitive nonseries beginnings through the well known Fox series of 44 films (1931-1949), here is the complete history of famous film detective Charlie Chan. The films are presented in chronological order, with full cast and credits, synopses and evaluations. Biographical details on the three most famous screen Chans--Warner Oland, Sidney Toler, and Roland Winters--and background information on series directors and supporting players, insights into the making of the films, and the full story of the abrupt halt in 1949 as well as an array of the detective's aphorisms (or Chan-o-grams) are included. Numerous photos throughout.

Author : Howard M. Berlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Charlie Chan Film Encyclopedia written by Howard M. Berlin and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first film featuring Charlie Chan, The House Without a Key, appeared in 1925. Forty-seven films and six Charlies later, the series still delights audiences. Charlie Chan connoisseurs cite a variety of reasons for the honorable detective's longevity and appeal, ranging from his wit and personality to the films' fascinating casts that often included future celebrities.This encyclopedia contains over 1,900 entries for characters, actors, crew members, plot devices, and facts, as well as film summaries and Charlie's famous aphorisms. Photographs accompany the text and the entries are arranged alphabetically for easy reference and access. Practically anything a fan of these films might want to know is thoroughly analyzed here.

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 2322442631
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House Without a Key written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-08-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel, which takes place in the 1920s Hawaii, spends time acquainting the reader with the look and feel of the islands of that era from the standpoint of both white and non-white inhabitants, and describes social class structures and customs which have largely vanished in the 21st century. The novel deals with the murder of a former member of Boston society who has lived in Hawaii for a number of years. The main character is the victim's nephew, a straitlaced young Bostonian bond trader, who came to the islands to try to convince his aunt Minerva, whose vacation has extended many months, to return to Boston. The nephew, John Quincy Winterslip, soon falls under the spell of the islands himself, meets an attractive young woman, breaks his engagement to his straitlaced Bostonian fiancee Agatha, and decides after the murder is solved to move to San Francisco. In the interval, he is introduced to many levels of Hawaiian society and is of some assistance to Detective Charlie Chan in solving the mystery.

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1406877743
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keeper of the Keys written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by . This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1667660586
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Parrot written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second of the Charlie Chan mysteries bring the Honolulu detective to mainland California, where he investigates crime whose exposure is hastened by the death of a parrot.

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1448213673
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind That Curtain written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Chan is in San Francisco for one week only – he absolutely must leave on Wednesday's boat to get back to Hawaii, where a new son awaits his return. Never mind that Sir Frederic Bruce, a former Scotland Yard detective he's only just met, but for whom he already has great respect, has been murdered at a dinner party he was attending. Never mind that Sir Frederic was hot on the trail of a fifteen-year-old mystery involving murder and a missing woman. Never mind that Chan catches twice as many clues as the bumbling San Francisco detective put on the case – he must get home to his son. But even Charlie Chan can't resist a challenge from a beautiful, intelligent woman like June Morrow, deputy district attorney and the lawyer in charge of prosecuting Sir Frederic's murder. One more week away from home should be plenty of time to catch a killer...