Title from container. Based on the character created by Earl Derr Biggers. The black camel special features: Commentary by film critic Ken Hanke and film historian John Cork; "Charlie Chan's chance": a re-creation of a lost Chan film; restoration comparison; still gallery. Charlie Chan on Broadway special features: "The world of Charlie Chan" featurette; "Chanograms: the aphorisms of Charlie Chan" featurette; restoration comparison; still gallery. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo special features: SIDE ONE: "Charlie Chan is missing: the last days of Warner Oland" featurette; restoration comparison; still gallery; "Warner Oland is Charlie Chan" advertising gallery ; SIDE TWO: Bonus film "Behind that curtain" (1929 ; 91 min., the first appearance of the Charlie Chan character with E.L. Park playing the role). Charlie Chan's secret special features: Commentary by film critic Ken Hanke and film historian John Cork; "Charlie Chan and the rise of the modern detective" featurette; "Dr. Henry Lee: the modern day Charlie Chan" featurette; restoration comparison; still gallery. The black camel: Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, Dorothy Revier, Victor Varconi, Robert Young. Charlie Chan on Broadway: Warner Oland, J. Edward Bromberg, Joan Marsh, Louise Henry, Joan Woodbury, Donald Woods, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Keye Luke. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field, Sidney Blackmer, Harold Huber, Kay Linaker, Robert Kent, Edward Raquello, George Lynn, Louis Mercier, George Davis, John Bleifer, George Renavent. Charlie Chan's secret: Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Charles Quigley, Henrietta Crosman, Edward Trevor, Astrid Allwyn, Herbert Mundin.
Contents:
(72 min.) / [presented by] Twentieth Century Fox ; screenplay by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan ; story by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan ; directed by Gordon Wiles. (71 min.) / [presented by] Twentieth Century Fox ; directed by Hamilton MacFadden -- [Disc 2] (68 min.) / [presented by] Twentieth Century Fox ; screenplay by Charles Belden ; original story by Art Arthur ; directed by Eugene Forde -- [Disc 3]. Side A. (72 min.) / [presented by] Twentieth Century Fox ; produced by John Stone ; screenplay by Charles Belden & Jerry Cady ; story by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan ; directed by Eugene Forde -- [Disc 3]. Side B. [Disc 4] (72 min.) / [presented by] Twentieth Century Fox ; screenplay by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan ; story by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan ; directed by Gordon Wiles. Charlie Chan's secret (1936) Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937) Behind that curtain -- Charlie Chan's secret (1936)
Summary:
The black camel: When beautiful starlet Shelah Fane is murdered in Hawaii, suspicion points to a psychic advisor with a spirited nature. But when Chan uncovers a link to the unsolved murder of screen heartthrob Denny Mayo, the Chinese supersleuth soon discovers that, in Hollywood, fame can be murder. Charlie Chan on Broadway: A New York nightclub gal is turning from singer to canary-- with a tell-all diary about her mobster ex-boyfriend. But when she winds up breaking more than a leg and Chan's Number One Son is accused of the murder, Charlie is determined to unmask the culprit-- even if it brings down the house. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo: A vacation on the Riviera turns into a long-shot murder investigation for Charlie Chan and his Number One Son when a casino messenger ends up dead-- and $1,000,000 winds up missing. But when Chan uncovers a nefarious blackmail plot, along with a second murder victim, he begins to suspect that in Monte Carlo lady luck can be a real killer. Warner Oland's last appearance as Charlie Chan. Charlie Chan's secret: When fearless flatfoot Charlie Chan sets out to locate the missing beneficiary to an immense fortune, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly family feud. But when the long-lost heir turns up alive--just in time to be murdered--Chan hatches an unearthly scheme to catch the killer and lay the whole mystery to rest.
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