Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936)

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The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936) (affiliate link) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values

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Zbyszko and the Last Shoot Match

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Stanislaus Zbyszko syntyi Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz April 1, 1879 vuonna Jodlow, Puola, joka oli osa Itävalta-Unkarin keisarikunnan. Mukaan Wikipedia, hän valitsi renkaan nimi Stanislaus Zbyszko, koska se oli nimi kuvitteellinen puolalainen ritari. Artikkeli Walla Walla, Washington sanomalehti, Ilta Statesman on tiistai, Helmikuu 8, 1910 painos, publicized Zbyszko’s university and

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The Black Camel (1931)

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The Black Camel (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (affiliate link) starring Warner Oland. It was the second film in the series for Fox Films. The first, third, fourth and fifth films are lost although a Spanish language version of Charlie Chan Carries On (Eran Trece, 1931) does exist. The Black Camel was released on June 21, 1931.

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Easton Taylor Trust Company Robbery

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Huhtikuun 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, joka tunnetaan myös nimellä “Punatukkainen Bandit”, käveli Easton-Taylor Trust Company at 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith oli revolveri kummassakin kädessä ja vaati rahaa kassalta. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 säkissä. John Lanigan, the bank’s president, sat in his office off the lobby

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