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  Charlie Chan at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The first three novels were each adapted to film during the 1920s, by different studios, but the best-known Charlie Chan movies are those of the long-running series that began in 1931 with Charlie Chan Carries On, starring Warner Oland.
Oland starred in a further fifteen movies; the mantle then passed to Sidney Toler, who starred in eleven Charlie Chan movies before the series was halted by America's entry into World War II.
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, an animated series made in the 1970s by Hanna-Barbera Productions, was noteworthy only because it was the only occasion on which Charlie Chan has been played by an actor of Chinese descent: Keye Luke, who had earlier appeared in the 1930s movies as Charlie Chan's eldest son.
www.wiki.tatet.com /Charlie_Chan.html   (338 words)

  
 Charlie Chan Books
Originally published in Charlie Chan's Mystery Magazine in 1974, this is the first book appearance of The Pawns of Death.
In a facsimile edition of their 1925 debut, Charlie Chan and his oldest son search for the murderer of a wastrel from a respected Boston family.
Chan is certainly an appealing and engaging character, and it's easy to see how such a successful franchise followed.
www.mysterynet.com /charlie-chan/books   (797 words)

  
 The Charlie Chan Film Encyclopedia - Introduction
The Charlie Chan Film Encyclopedia contains virtually everything you wanted to know about Charlie Chan films in an A to Z accumulation of over 1,900 entries of facts, characters, actor and crew biographies, filmographies, and plot summaries, plus over 270 of Charlie's famous aphorisms and 89 movie stills, photographs of actors and actresses, and illustrations.
The original Charlie Chan movies, if nothing else, were fl and white films made for the big screen.
For each Charlie Chan film, cast and crew lists, running times, release dates, etc., were primarily obtained from the American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, on-screen credits, sources contemporaneous to the film's production, and later dated sources.
www.drberlin.com /bk_intro.htm   (1307 words)

  
 Charlie Chan St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Chinese detective Charlie Chan remains author Earl Derr Biggers' (1884-1933) greatest legacy.
Beginning in 1926, the Chan character hit the silver screen and was eventually featured in more than thirty films.
While Chan's character was based on an Asian person, his resemblance to Chinese Americans was remote.
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 art : The Charlie Chan Film Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
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 McFarland - Publisher of Reference and Scholarly Books
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.
Photographs accompany the text and the entries are arranged alphabetically for easy reference and access.
He holds three United States patents for his inventions and is the author of over 30 books on diverse subjects, including World Monetary Units (2005) and The Coins and Banknotes of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1927—1947 (2005).
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