@James Cook. It was scary how hard it was to cut cable, insane, and then... I discovered UA-cam! So grateful to all these people who go out of their way to post these amazing movies and documentaries.
The same with me. I am your age and every Sunday afternoon in St. Louis, a local T.V. station showed "Charlie Chan" theater. I NEVER missed it as a child.
Another Charlie Chan mystery solved and superbly done as usual. This is the way movies should be shot. Outstanding camera work and the audio is perfect. Every syllable can be heard and the music are all in one volume setting. (no up & downs) on volume control knobs. Thanks for posting these old greats.
The quality audio engineering is a credit to radio veteran Al Protzman, who worked sound on several Chan films, this being the last. In 1936 he resigned as 20th's assistant sound director to return to his old employer, NBC, then just starting television program tests. He became their first camera operator. Later, as TV's first technical director, Protzman helped formulate small-screen production technique, which he explained in a pioneering 1939 paper to the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. He retired in 1966 as NBC's chief of studio operations.
what makes this and similar movies great is the fact that some highly intelligent and profoundly knowledgeable people were involved in the making. this is also the reason that such movies are underrated.
New comer to Charlie Chan films, my 4th one now. Each one is unique. I like the science Chan discusses in each episode. He's part scientist, detective, and whatever else he needs to be to solve the puzzle. It's like watching 'Indiana Jones' but the props are real. Thank you!
Really spooky and good! At 69, I'm catching up on Charlie Chan and Sherlock Holmes movies that used to be on broadcast TV when I was too young to appreciate them.
One of the classic Charlie Chan quips, and there are many, (kudos to the writers) is here, at the beginning. (boat scene) Francis Ford's character (boat captain) tells Chan that the situation with this Allan Colby, is a potential death knell for the Colby estate ("tough on the Colby heirs") if he's alive, which has Chan replying; "tough on Allan Colby if dead". Might be my favorite of Chan's.
I remember watching these Charlie Chan movies on the local UHF station when I was a kid. I still enjoy them, but this time without the horrible TV "snow" we had back in the analog TV days.
This is one of my favorites of Charlie Chan movies i prefer Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. I loved Keye Luke too as Number One son. Missed him in this one. Great entertainment
Stop complaining about the 5 second commercials,if you watch regular t.v. they go for minutes at a time. I watch these over and over again, that short pause is not a big deal.
@T Z Yes,it took some time to do this. I watch these all the time, today's TV is no comparison. These old shows remind me of my dad. Old time radio is fun to listen to.
another great day for a great CHARLIE CHAN mystery on a cold day in may i love this setting in england love the house and mrs colby she plays a great part in this mystery...thanks again......
Love Charlie 💘 💜, 💘 😻💜, Chan with Warner Oland. His CC characterization is the best. Number one son Lee (not seen here) is a great help to his father. Appreciate great film quality. Thank you 😊 💯💋👏❤💕💜 very much.
It appears that good ol' Charlie Chan had his own version of a "bat-belt" that he used to carry a flashlight, a telescope, a gun, and who knows what else.
at the beginning when Charlie Chan is flying into San Francisco, the plane is flying over the unfinished Oakland Bay Bridge, toward Yerba Buena and Treasure islands.
Rudolph Mate was one of the great cinematographers. He lensed “The Passion Of Joan Of Arc” among others, and as director directed the noir classic “D.O.A.”
I believe D.O.A. was Neville Brand's first movie. He had an extraordinary/interesting life. (Lost heartbeat twice on the battlefield in Europe, claims to have read a book every day of his life after the war, list about 30,000 books when his home burned, fought PTSD with alcohol).
@11:48: "poor spirits" indeed: a gratuitous play on the Winchester House... Also @ 20:24- "No autopsy necessary..." As a career policeman, I NEVER heard that from a J.P. (coroner) at any homicide scene!
No other actor after Oland ever did the Asians they portrayed ( because racist censors did not allow for an Asian to touch a white actresses or the reverse either his claim to the “Asian” ancestor allowed him wiggle room and his respect for the people he was supposed to represent) as his character also shows as no other actor at that time or even those who came after Portrayed or showed respect as he did he was Charlie Chan all the rest portrayed the character as a condescending racist joke, they came of as poor imitation of what the Character was supposed to be. Another interesting note is the author Earl Derr Biggers based the character on a real Hawaiian detective who was Chinese name was Chang Apana. His purpose was to stop the Idea of the Asian or Yellow peril portrayed in characters of the time like Fu Manchu etc. No one but Warner Oland could bridge the wall created by racist at the time as Warner Oland did… Sidney Toller couldn’t nor could anyone else.
"Ultra-violet ray lamp...filter on back of mirror...and we've been staring at it for over a minute now. Sufficient time for same to burn our retinas to a crisp. No more worry about seeing spirits of honorable ancestors."
Great movie 🎥 one of the better Charlie Chan's 👍👍 thanks for the upload the Butler was Herbert Mundin he also played in. The Adventures of robin hood. With Errol Flynn & Olivia De Havilland. Also a great movie 🎥
I love Charlie Chan movies and they are always well made and entertaining. I do have to say that though Warner Plans did a fine jod, I much pre Sydney Toler. He always added that small tweak of humor especially towards his kids when they would try and help him with a case along with Birmingham . I rate this movie a 9 and highly recommend.
Charlie Chan - Warner Oland 1931 1. Charlie Chan Carries On (perdido) 2. The Black Camel 1932 3. Charlie Chan's Chance (perdido) 1933 4. Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (perdido) 1934 5. Charlie Chan's Courage (perdido) 6. Charlie Chan in London 1935 7. Charlie Chan In Paris 8. Charlie Chan in Egypt 9. Charlie Chan in Shanghai 1936 10. Charlie Chan's Secret◀ 11. Charlie Chan at the Circus 12. Charlie Chan at the Race Track 13. Charlie Chan at the Opera 1937 14. Charlie Chan at the Olympics 15. Charlie Chan on Broadway 1938 16. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Well, picture may have strange effects. Chan's happy family snap-shot (just before credits) has Mr & Mrs and 10 kids, black hair. Youngest (# 11 far right) has blond hair ...
Most people who pretend to care about others, really only think about themselves. This pretense is common in people who want to have their own way and appear so loving and kind. His wife, Janice, here, has the same attitude to the real heir of the dead man's fortune. Then, in the end, Janice she claims "I didn't know". Yes, maybe to actual murder she doesnot know but she is privy to everything else.
No one plays Charlie Chan with respect to the point of being believable as Warner Oland did he played him and showed such respect that real Chinese in China ( one of the films was either partially shot there or promoted there I forget which) were willing to believe his claim to Asian ancestry (supposedly on his mother’s side- Mongolian ) he learned Chinese which not a single other replacement for him even bothered to do, he became it is said proficient in the language… he portrayed Charlie Chan as a very believable person, such was his acting skill it is sad to note that he drank himself to death in Sweden but his ex wife loved him enough to give him a proper barrial, going so far as to bring his ashes back to the states and barring him.
Don't have a real answer but in one of Diggers' books, he tells us Charlie Chan lives on Punchbowl; that's an old creator on O'ahu tha now has a Veterans' Cemetary with a beautiful view of Honolulu, Chinatown and the Port. I always imagined a large rambling house with lanais on all sides. Aloha
You get to see the house (well, probably 2 different houses) in 2 of the movies. The first surviving example is in "Black Camel," and you only see the dining room there. The 2nd time is in the Honolulu movie; you also see the dining room in that films, but you then see a little more of the house in it. Films 1, 3, 4, and 5 are lost. The book versions of each of those movies are supposed to have survived, though.
Yes, he is a scaredy cat but there are "servants" in this world who have that same fear. People that are always told to "do things" have never established their own sense of self-worth and survival skills.
More red tape is involved, and the standard for the RCMP has become lower than in the past. Most RCMP members are criminals themselves, esp in their youth.
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I'm 63 and never missed these as a child. When DVDs came out I bought the entire series now I binge watch on UA-cam
@James Cook. It was scary how hard it was to cut cable, insane, and then... I discovered UA-cam! So grateful to all these people who go out of their way to post these amazing movies and documentaries.
The same with me. I am your age and every Sunday afternoon in St. Louis, a local T.V. station showed "Charlie Chan" theater. I NEVER missed it as a child.
In our cool living room. I’m 82
Me too! I’ve done the same with Miss Marple, Sherlock, and Poitou. Dang spell check! ☺️
IM 66 AND I DO THE SAME THING. I BINGE ON YOU TUBE AS WELL
I love all of these old classics ... Charlie Chan, Mr. Wong, Mr. Moto and Sherlock Holmes. Movies like these could not be made today.
Another Charlie Chan mystery solved and superbly done as usual. This is the way movies should be shot. Outstanding camera work and the audio is perfect. Every syllable can be heard and the music are all in one volume setting. (no up & downs) on volume control knobs. Thanks for posting these old greats.
Exactly.
The quality audio engineering is a credit to radio veteran Al Protzman, who worked sound on several Chan films, this being the last. In 1936 he resigned as 20th's assistant sound director to return to his old employer, NBC, then just starting television program tests. He became their first camera operator.
Later, as TV's first technical director, Protzman helped formulate small-screen production technique, which he explained in a pioneering 1939 paper to the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. He retired in 1966 as NBC's chief of studio operations.
Didn't you see all that blood and gratuitous sex? Thankfully, neither did I ! Peace
@@michaelwertzy9808 Exactly: nothing of either sort. *_Good._*
And they're always solved in an hour and. 5 minutes
Big Fan of Charlie Chan....from way back. Wonderful black and white, and camera, sets......love them.
what makes this and similar movies great is the fact that some highly intelligent and profoundly knowledgeable people were involved in the making. this is also the reason that such movies are underrated.
I love the Charlie Chan movies.
I love ❤️ charlie Chan movies
They are classic time machine retro , I enjoy them immensely !!!
American history through the lens of old Hollywood. A social studies or history teacher's delight.
Wow. Another home run. Great story, great music, editing, wardrobe, acting, everything. 10 out 10. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxc
Always loved CC movies as a child and now as an old adult! He’s the best!
To many commercials.
@@robertpreston2220 Well aren’t you special!🙄 Who cares!
my mother cracked up listening to that line delivered, while we watching old movies back in the 1970s: "You don't think. You think you think."
Necessity mother of invention, but sometimes stepmother of deception!
That cracked me up 😂😂
LOVE A GOOD CHARLIE CHAN MOVIE.....A BIG THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND FOR SHARING :)
In my opinion Warner Oland is the best Charlie Chan. I just love these movies.
New comer to Charlie Chan films, my 4th one now. Each one is unique. I like the science Chan discusses in each episode. He's part scientist, detective, and whatever else he needs to be to solve the puzzle. It's like watching 'Indiana Jones' but the props are real. Thank you!
Charlie chan movies are fantastic 😊 love all of them ❤️
Thank you so very much for sharing this wonderful movie!
I grew up watching Toler as Chan but I like Oland too, he does his own portrayal.
Really spooky and good! At 69, I'm catching up on Charlie Chan and Sherlock Holmes movies that used to be on broadcast TV when I was too young to appreciate them.
One of the classic Charlie Chan quips, and there are many, (kudos to the writers) is here, at the beginning. (boat scene) Francis Ford's character (boat captain) tells Chan that the situation with this Allan Colby, is a potential death knell for the Colby estate ("tough on the Colby heirs") if he's alive, which has Chan replying; "tough on Allan Colby if dead". Might be my favorite of Chan's.
Have been a fan of Charlie Chan for many years,many years
I remember watching these Charlie Chan movies on the local UHF station when I was a kid. I still enjoy them, but this time without the horrible TV "snow" we had back in the analog TV days.
as do I. Channel 48, Philadelphia - 1970s
Charlie Chan films are the greatest thank you so much
These are my favorite I would watch these with my mom when I was younger 😁
Another great episode!
Thanks for sharing.I love Charlie Chan !
Gosh the butler is superb, I love Charlie Chan movies.
Yes!! The butler was Herbert mundin who played "much" in the "Adventures of Robin hood" with Erroll flynn.
Dave.
Buried treasure waiting to be found and childhood memories waiting to be shared
This is one of my favorites of Charlie Chan movies i prefer Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. I loved Keye Luke too as Number One son. Missed him in this one. Great entertainment
Stop complaining about the 5 second commercials,if you watch regular t.v. they go for minutes at a time. I watch these over and over again, that short pause is not a big deal.
An hourlong show will have at least 15 minutes of commercials.
@@maryknight4109 Yup. Probably even more at some channels. I ain't complaining!!
@T Z Yes,it took some time to do this. I watch these all the time, today's TV is no comparison. These old shows remind me of my dad. Old time radio is fun to listen to.
If it bothers you that much put out the money for UA-cam premium and have no commercials. Just a thought
So Much
That noise at 36.04 is just gorgeous!
I wish I could have my doorbell make that sound.
😆😆😆
another great day for a great CHARLIE CHAN mystery on a cold day in may i love this setting in england love the house and mrs colby she plays a great part in this mystery...thanks again......
Ppp it
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Another good Charlie Chan movie.
These old films used to be free of commercials. This has them about every seven minutes!
buy ad blockers and be free!
Thank you so much!!!
I so wish He Made many more. My Favorite by Far after is Topper,Thin Man. Thank you 🙏🏻
Oh my, THE THIN MAN! Books too.
William Powell, who played The Thin Man, also played as Philo Vance for 4 movies of the Philo Vance detective series.
I love the huge windows and curtains. Such a beautiful set.
At @6:04 I can't help laughing when Baxter looks down quickly after Mrs. Lowell says on the phone, "Oh get off the wire, . . .Alice"
I remember watching this the first day it came out it was so wonderful to watch it
That would make you about 90 some year's old, that's awesome
In 1936? How old were you then?
Amazing
Warner Olands portrayal of Chan was the closest to the character in the novels
Love these. Reminds me of Saturday afternoons as a kid.
Always get entertained with Charlie Chan
Love the old moves
Charlie Chan was one of many favorites 😊
Love all Charlie Chan episodes with Toler or Oland - and gladly notice the absence of the silly son in this one. Thank you for the upload!
Love Charlie 💘 💜, 💘 😻💜, Chan with Warner Oland. His CC characterization is the best. Number one son Lee (not seen here) is a great help to his father. Appreciate great film quality.
Thank you 😊 💯💋👏❤💕💜 very much.
Simply wonderful.
I loved seeing Bella Logosi playing a character completely out of his usual Dracula/Mad Scientist roll.
@@markconyers11 I realized that wasn't Bella a week after I posted the comment. Oh well, you can't get em all right
If you think Bella Logosi is in this movie you've been smoking too much crack!
P.S.
I still loved the movie...
@@markconyers11 crack is whack.... nobody smokes crack anymore
Bela ? What part did he play in CHARLIE CHAN'S SECRET?
loved it. thank you !
What a excellent movie.
A 1960's kid I loved these black&white Charlie chan, I always watched Sidney Tolar and didn't know about Oland, but he's really good too.
It appears that good ol' Charlie Chan had his own version of a "bat-belt" that he used to carry a flashlight, a telescope, a gun, and who knows what else.
and a boy scout knife (seriously)
@@remmymafia3889 forgot to add that one.
at the beginning when Charlie Chan is flying into San Francisco, the plane is flying
over the unfinished Oakland Bay Bridge, toward Yerba Buena and Treasure islands.
Thanks for sharing these with us.
YEEESSS!!! THANK YOU!!!!
Growing up CC movies were quite often on TV.
Thanks for the movie. I watched this in reruns on PBS matinee at the bejou. One of my favs.
Another Charlie Chan! Yippee! Thank you!!
The only ad I ever get on *any* video is the 10 second one before videos start. I watch the app on a Fire tablet.
Rudolph Mate was one of the great cinematographers. He lensed “The Passion Of Joan Of Arc” among others, and as director directed the noir classic “D.O.A.”
He also filmed the Sci fi classic "When Worlds Collide."
When worlds Collide,1951
I believe D.O.A. was Neville Brand's first movie.
He had an extraordinary/interesting life. (Lost heartbeat twice on the battlefield in Europe, claims to have read a book every day of his life after the war, list about 30,000 books when his home burned, fought PTSD with alcohol).
@11:48: "poor spirits" indeed: a gratuitous play on the Winchester House...
Also @ 20:24- "No autopsy necessary..." As a career policeman, I NEVER heard that from a J.P. (coroner) at any homicide scene!
They never said it because they weren't in a movie- no audience would have time for an autopsy in the middle of their viewing!
in the past, autopsy were very uncommon, esp if there was an obvious wound.
No other actor after Oland ever did the Asians they portrayed ( because racist censors did not allow for an Asian to touch a white actresses or the reverse either his claim to the “Asian” ancestor allowed him wiggle room and his respect for the people he was supposed to represent) as his character also shows as no other actor at that time or even those who came after Portrayed or showed respect as he did he was Charlie Chan all the rest portrayed the character as a condescending racist joke, they came of as poor imitation of what the Character was supposed to be.
Another interesting note is the author Earl Derr Biggers based the character on a real Hawaiian detective who was Chinese name was Chang Apana. His purpose was to stop the Idea of the Asian or Yellow peril portrayed in characters of the time like Fu Manchu etc. No one but Warner Oland could bridge the wall created by racist at the time as Warner Oland did… Sidney Toller couldn’t nor could anyone else.
Geeez, sorry to comment again, but seriously, I cannot stand looking at that killer, he just looks totally sinister, and it's so creepy!
"Ultra-violet ray lamp...filter on back of mirror...and we've been staring at it for over a minute now. Sufficient time for same to burn our retinas to a crisp. No more worry about seeing spirits of honorable ancestors."
Love the oldies.
Just how the heck did Alan Colby's body get at the top of the stairs, where it would be visible by everyone, including the murderer.
......and how the heck does a body stand up with lifeless legs?.....lol
, strings !
@@bryanbelshaw7725 Rigor Mortis?
When will you upload some new Charlie Chan movies??
Great movie 🎥 one of the better Charlie Chan's 👍👍 thanks for the upload the Butler was Herbert Mundin he also played in. The Adventures of robin hood. With Errol Flynn & Olivia De Havilland. Also a great movie 🎥
Thanks.
Mr. Dithers from the BLONDIE series is one of the businessmen, here
With the age of these movies that are already paid for they don't need ads.
I love Charlie Chan movies and they are always well made and entertaining. I do have to say that though Warner Plans did a fine jod, I much pre Sydney Toler. He always added that small tweak of humor especially towards his kids when they would try and help him with a case along with Birmingham . I rate this movie a 9 and highly recommend.
These charlie chan's r the bet! Thanks
That butler was hilarious.
Always wondered why hollywood would not use chinese American's back then
Nothing today compares!
Love Charlie thank you 🤩🤩🤩💖💖
I used to watch these Charlie Chan movies on UVH on channel 44 on Sunday nights around 7PM in the SF area
MOTHER AND I. WOULD WATCH THEM EVERY TIME TED TURNER CLASSIC. WOULD HAVE A CHAN MARATHONS.
Beautiful
Charlie Chan - Warner Oland
1931
1. Charlie Chan Carries On (perdido)
2. The Black Camel
1932
3. Charlie Chan's Chance (perdido)
1933
4. Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (perdido)
1934
5. Charlie Chan's Courage (perdido)
6. Charlie Chan in London
1935
7. Charlie Chan In Paris
8. Charlie Chan in Egypt
9. Charlie Chan in Shanghai
1936
10. Charlie Chan's Secret◀
11. Charlie Chan at the Circus
12. Charlie Chan at the Race Track
13. Charlie Chan at the Opera
1937
14. Charlie Chan at the Olympics
15. Charlie Chan on Broadway
1938
16. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Edward Trevor lived to age 99 in 2009.
Well, picture may have strange effects. Chan's happy family snap-shot (just before credits) has Mr & Mrs and 10 kids, black hair. Youngest (# 11 far right) has blond hair ...
Like the move
No, he's wearing a little hat. You can see his dark hair underneath it.
The little kid is wearing a little hat!
@@car-less-ness6770 ..Aw, I wanted to blame the milkman. (UPS & FED-EX weren't "born", yet)
Key Luke in story would be better
Werner Roland was the best Chan.
I preferred Sidney Toler
But loved all of them 😊
I can't stand the guy that is the killer! He's always so angry, and with this phony pretense of caring, when he's only is filled with hate!
Most people who pretend to care about others, really only think about themselves. This pretense is common in people who want to have their own way and appear so loving and kind. His wife, Janice, here, has the same attitude to the real heir of the dead man's fortune. Then, in the end, Janice she claims "I didn't know". Yes, maybe to actual murder she doesnot know but she is privy to everything else.
And back then it was in color
No one plays Charlie Chan with respect to the point of being believable as Warner Oland did he played him and showed such respect that real Chinese in China ( one of the films was either partially shot there or promoted there I forget which) were willing to believe his claim to Asian ancestry (supposedly on his mother’s side- Mongolian ) he learned Chinese which not a single other replacement for him even bothered to do, he became it is said proficient in the language… he portrayed Charlie Chan as a very believable person, such was his acting skill it is sad to note that he drank himself to death in Sweden but his ex wife loved him enough to give him a proper barrial, going so far as to bring his ashes back to the states and barring him.
Porfavor con subtitulos en español,gracias.
Love you Mr Boyce
It's difficult to watch the first Charlie Chan. He was a gifted actor but sadly addicted to alcohol.
I can see getting Candles for a Seance, but I just don't get what the flowers have to do with a Seance?
fragrance to alleviate the smell of dust and old air. Flowers faster use than a vacuum cleaner with fragrance pads in the dust bag.
and done with out CGI
i like charlie chan especially with honorable first son
I love these, but the fortune teller at 5:29 looks like Jack Lemon in drag from Some Like it Hot.
How big. Is Chan's house to contain so many children??? Maybe they live in a bivouac.
Don't have a real answer but in one of Diggers' books, he tells us Charlie Chan lives on Punchbowl; that's an old creator on O'ahu tha now has a Veterans' Cemetary with a beautiful view of Honolulu, Chinatown and the Port. I always imagined a large rambling house with lanais on all sides. Aloha
A HUGE beach hut...Hawaii
You get to see the house (well, probably 2 different houses) in 2 of the movies. The first surviving example is in "Black Camel," and you only see the dining room there. The 2nd time is in the Honolulu movie; you also see the dining room in that films, but you then see a little more of the house in it.
Films 1, 3, 4, and 5 are lost. The book versions of each of those movies are supposed to have survived, though.
What happened to the second diver at opening scene 1: 23
Strange, Ancient Clock tell latest time now.
A body is lying for years in water and looks like on his picture? And the not sealed briefcase has all papers in readable good conditions?
Baxter is too much of a scairdy cat. He over does it to the extreme hilt.
Yes, he is a scaredy cat but there are "servants" in this world who have that same fear. People that are always told to "do things" have never established their own sense of self-worth and survival skills.
Never ever use a wegee board please trust me!
Ouija
I don't plan on it.
Two divers in the water and only one comes up. Hmmm
The captain does say to the crew "as soon as you get Duke aboard we'll be on our way" don't know if Duke is man or dog.
Sydney Toller is my favorite character! Warner Oland lacked the humour 😂.
Hard to believe awarner Oland was Swedish ! , born and died in Sweden !.
I prefer Warner Oland than Sidney Tolar.
Charlie chan is too slick-if today's detectives had sense they would solve crimes.jan2022.
More red tape is involved, and the standard for the RCMP has become lower than in the past. Most RCMP members are criminals themselves, esp in their youth.