Secret Τσάρλι Τσαν (1936)
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.
Secret Τσάρλι Τσαν (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better than later entries in the series. Σε αυτή την ταινία, Inspector Chan investigates the disappearance of Allen Colby, heir to the Colby estate. Most of his family believes Colby was lost at sea.
Warner Oland ως Τσάρλι Τσαν από το μυστικό Τσάρλι Τσαν στο Δημόσιο Τομέα
Στις πρώτες σκηνές του η μεμβράνη (affiliate link), Charlie Chan supervises a deep-sea dive at the wreckage site of Colby’s ship. The captain tells Mr. Chan, “It’ll be hard on the Colby heirs, if Allen Colby is alive.” Ο κ.. Chan responds, “Harder on Allen Colby, if he is dead.”
Ο Άλεν Κόλμπι είναι πράγματι ζωντανός, αλλά ένας άγνωστος δράστης σκοτώνει τον Κόλμπι αμέσως μετά την επιστροφή του Κόλμπι στο σπίτι. Ο Τσάρλι Τσαν πρέπει να λύσει τη δολοφονία του και τις δολοφονίες που ακολουθούν πριν ο δολοφόνος σκοτώσει όλη την οικογένεια Κόλμπι.
Warner Oland was born Johan Verner Oland on October 3, 1879 in Sweden. He originally played on the stage before making his silent film debut in the early 1910s. Οι σκηνοθέτες δίνουν συχνά τον Oland ως ασιάτες χαρακτήρες λόγω των χαρακτηριστικών του προσώπου του.
According to Keye Luke, the only makeup Oland every wore as Charlie Chan was a little goatee. Oland first played Fu Manchu before being cast as Charlie Chan. Η σειρά ήταν μεγάλη οικονομική επιτυχία και κράτησε το Fox στη ζωή τη δεκαετία του 1930.
Oland made $40,000 dollars a film and took the role seriously. Ωστόσο, Ο Όλαντ πολέμησε τον αλκοολισμό, που έβαλε τέλος στο γάμο του και στη συνέχεια στη ζωή του. Oland died from pneumonia made worse by his smoking and drinking, while visiting Stockholm in August 6, 1938. Even though they divorced in April 1938, his ex-wife returned his body to the United States, αποτεφρώθηκε και θάφτηκε ο Όλαντ στο πρώην σπίτι τους στη Μασαχουσέτη.
Αυτή η ταινία τρέχει περίπου 71 πρακτικά. Keye Luke is absent as his number one son Lee but the film is entertaining and well-done. I give it three out of four stars? How many stars do you give it?
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