Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

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Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) is the third (affiliate link) of twelve Universal Picture productions of the Sherlock Holmes franchise. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce starred as Holmes and Watson respectively in two films for Twentieth-Century Fox and twelve more for Universal Pictures. This film is again set in the 1940s. Holmes and Watson have traveled to Washington, D.C. ut

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Chan Secret Charlie scriptor (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. Chan Secret Charlie scriptor (1936) (affiliate link) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values

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Niger Camel (1931)

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Niger Camel (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (affiliate link) starring Warner Oland. Duis erat in serie secunda Films Fox. Prima, tertius, quartus et quintus quocl quamvis perierat a lingua Spanish version of Charlie Chan geri On (Tredecim, 1931) exstante. The Black Camel was released on June 21, 1931.

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Tredecim (1931)

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Tredecim (1931) Latin version of Charlie est in sermone illae Chan. Aut illae Chan Charlie non superest adhuc non inveni, so this film (affliliate link) gives us our only look at the lost film. Et factum est ut idem ex, Duis autem omnino aliam iactabant. Charlie Chan does

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Mr. Wong, INQUISITOR (1938)

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This movie is the first in a series (affiliate link) of six films from Monogram Pictures released between 1938 et 1940. Series erat "B" formulae cinematographicae. The film would have been shown first on a double bill. The first five films starred Boris Karloff as Mr. James Lee Wong, while in the sixth film Keye Luke portrayed

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