Charlie and Jimmy Chan are traveling by plane to San Francisco. Stars: Benson Fong, Approved You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Hamilton MacFadden Louise Sorel, Sidney Toler, | Charlie, Rhadini, and Lewis go to Dr. Zodiac's home, where Dr. Zodiac conducts an eerie sance. Director: Later Chan entries would go overboard with comedy with Mantan Moreland and company trying to avert the viewers from realizing what lame plots and bad acting they were watching. Hobart Bosworth, J. Edward Bromberg, Passed Sheng-mei Ma argues that the character is a psychological over-compensation to "rampant paranoia over the racial other."[59]. Mary Nash, Passed Robert Lowery, Harry Lachman Director: Mantan Moreland, Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. | There seemed to be just the right amount of comic relief to keep the story moving at a good pace. Mantan Moreland, Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to ensure her silence. Directors: Boris Karloff, | Mary Beth Hughes, Directors: | 6,379ft Charlie Chan in Reno is a 1939 American film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie. Mystery. Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Director: Although 20th Century Fox even gave Harry Warren and Mack Gordon an opportunity for an original song in Charlie Chan In Reno, the plot is recycled from The Black Camel the second film of the Charlie Chan series that starred Warner Oland ten years earlier. | | The character of Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers. After winning Mary's release on the grounds of lack of evidence, Charlie visits the murder room, where he finds Dr. Ainsley. "[17] He is frequently accompanied, and irritated, by his Number Two Son, Jimmy Chan, played by Victor Sen Yung,[23] who later portrayed "Hop Sing" in the long-running Western television series Bonanza. Mary Whitman has arrived in Reno to obtain a divorce. Stars: 66 min Phil Rosen | Ainsley claims that he is looking for the money that Jeanne won on the night of her murder, suggesting that Burke killed her for her winnings. Charles Quigley, Over four dozen films featuring Charlie Chan were made, beginning in 1926. This game was followed by two sequels in 2021, Charlie Chance XREELZ and Charlie Chance and the Curse of Cleopatra. This very good Charlie Chan mystery was made at 20th Century Fox. Irene Hervey, Hanke states that Chan was played by "Juan Torenas"; however, the more recent. Director: Sidney Toler, Sidney Toler Charlie Chan. | Charlie Chan. Of course, as in all Chan mysteries, there is no shortage of suspects in the case of a murder that is committed on a thoroughly unlikeable woman who seemed to go out of her way to alienate everyone. The Biggers novels did not introduce the "Confucius say" proverbs, which were added in the films, but one novel features Chan remarking: "As all those who know me have learned to their distress, Chinese have proverbs to fit every possible situation. Adventure, Crime, Mystery. Essex's manuscript is a fictional account of Dr. Zodiac's blackmail scheme, and the next morning Charlie finds that the last page revealing who the murder was committed is missing. Daryl Duke, Edwin Luke, Terry O. Morse Jimmy spends the afternoon following Thomas Gregory, whom he believes stole Essex's briefcase when leaving the plane. Charlie Chan at the Opera is considered by many to be the best Warner Oland Charlie Chan film, probably due to the presence of Boris Karloff as the principal suspect, as well as faux operatic music composed by Oscar Levant.This is the 13th film starring Oland as Chan; it was directed by H. Bruce Humberstone for 20th Century-Fox in 1936.. Oland and Demarest also appeared in The Jazz Singer (1927). Warner Oland, Terry O. Morse Irving Cummings | [30] The film was inspired by La Serpiente Roja as well as the American Warner Oland films. Mystery. Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. Charlie Chan in Reno Directed by Norman Foster Screenplay by Frances Hyland Robert E. Kent Albert Ray Based on "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie Produced by John Stone Starring Sidney Toler Cinematography Virgil Miller Edited by Fred Allen Music by Samuel Kaylin Production company 20th Century Fox Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date Charlie encourages Eve to try to tap into the mind of the killer. | Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert. No. | Joseph Hindy, PG Director: Michael McGuire as Brewster James Handy as Esteves Anna Thomson as Audrey Arlen Dean Snyder as Dr. Heath Sam Robards as Moscowitz Bill Cobbs as Dr. Caulfield Tony Cox as Pee Wee Marquette Hamilton Camp as Mayor of 52nd Street John Witherspoon as Sid Tony Todd as Frog Billy Mitchell as Prince Jason Bernard as Benny Tate Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Norman Foster Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by John Stone . Paul Leni Hardie Albright, Approved [25] Toler died in 1947 and was succeeded by Roland Winters for six films. | [8] In the novel, Chan is described as "very fat indeed, yet he walked with the light dainty step of a woman"[9] and in The Chinese Parrot as being " an undistinguished figure in his Western clothes. To view this content, please use one of the following compatible browsers: Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. Director: He discovers Essex's manuscript in Gregory's hotel room. Director: It was based on the original screen story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie and the character Charlie Chan created by Earl Derr Biggers and Robert E. Kent. | | "[61] In the films, both Charlie Chan in London (1934) and Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) "contain scenes in which Chan coolly and wittily dispatches other characters' racist remarks. (photography) Film Editing by Fred Allen . Director: There, he finds an engineering kit and bank book belonging to George Bently, the dead woman's husband. | Oland's visit to China was reported extensively in Chinese newspapers, and the actor was respectfully called "Mr. Florence Turner, When Fox decided to produce no further Chan films, Sidney Toler purchased the film rights. [13] Contemporary reviews were unfavorable; in the words of one reviewer, speaking of The Chinese Parrot, Sojin plays "the Chink sleuth as a Lon Chaney cook-waiter because Chaney can't stoop that low. Charlie Chan in Reno - Full Cast & Crew 1939 1 hr 10 mins NR Watchlist Where to Watch Chan (Sidney Toler) must determine which guest at a party is responsible for the murder of a divorcee. Douglass Dumbrille. Eugene Forde, "[17] Oland starred in sixteen Chan films for Fox, often with Keye Luke, who played Chan's ".mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}Number One Son", Lee Chan. He then stabbed himself to divert attention from himself as a suspect. Charlie Chan in Reno. Sidney Toler, | United States. 73 min | There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. | Chan discovers a conspiracy when a low paying gold mine seemingly starts to become profitable, and attempts are made on the owner's life. Plot. The two films were made concurrently and followed the same production schedule, with each scene filmed twice the same day, once in English and then in Spanish. Detective Charlie Chan helps SFPD solve the many bizarre murders. Stars: Jimmy Chan: Watch out, Pop, he's oily and slippery. Crime, Drama, Mystery. | Charlie Chan Ricardo Cortez Dr. Ainsley Phyllis Brooks Vivian Wells Slim Summerville Sheriff Fletcher Kane Richmond Curtis Whitman Photos & Videos View All Charlie Chan in Reno - Lobby Cards 2 Photos Film Details Also Known As Death Makes a Decree Release Date Jun 16, 1939 Premiere Information New York opening: week of 31 May 1939 Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders. Mystery. In Neil Simon's Murder By Death, Peter Sellers plays a Chinese detective called Sidney Wang, a parody of Chan. We may earn a commission from links on this page. After the show, Charlie, followed by Rhadini and Lewis, break into Dr. Zodiac's home. My God! 2023 Turner Classic Movies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mystery. [22] For the first time, Chan was portrayed on occasion as "openly contemptuous of suspects and superiors. Mantan Moreland, Sidney Toler, Roland Winters, Zodiac must have been stabbed with the arrow. | | In, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 20:13. The production ran for 25 performances.[40]. Hamilton MacFadden [63], Chan's character has also come under fire for "nuggets of fortune cookie Confucius"[64] and the "counterfeit proverbs" which became so widespread in popular culture. Mystery, Eccentric scientist Harper lives in a spooky mansion with all the trimmings: hidden lab, secret panels, inscrutable butler, and greedy relatives with unusual talents. [38] Radio Life magazine described Begley's Chan as "a good radio match for Sidney Toler's beloved film enactment. 95 min | Victor Sen Yung, DC Comics published The New Adventures of Charlie Chan,[47] a 1958 tie-in with the TV series; the DC series lasted for six issues. Harold Huber, Approved Ricardo Cortez, Approved Roland Winters, American opinion of China and Chinese-Americans grew more positive in the 1920s and '30s in contrast to the Japanese, who were increasingly viewed with suspicion. While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received. Some find the character to be a positive role model, while others argue that Chan is an offensive stereotype. 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When a strategically important new aerial guidance system is stolen, Charlie traces it to the Berlin Olympics, where he has to battle spies and enemy agents to retrieve it. 91 min They were by far the most popular American films in 1930s China and among Chinese expatriates; "one of the reasons for this acceptance was that this was the first time Chinese audiences saw a positive Chinese character in an American film, a departure from the sinister East Asian stereotypes in earlier movies like Thief of Baghdad (1924) and Harold Lloyd's Welcome Danger (1929), which incited riots that shut down the Shanghai theater showing it." Harry Lachman Richard Derr, | Edmund Burns, Passed According to materials contained in the Twentieth Century-Fox Produced Scripts Collection at the UCLA Theater Arts Library, Paul Perez wrote a version of the screenplay in December 1938, but his name does not appear in the final credits. William Beaudine While there, she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). Stars: Charlie investigates. Spencer Gordon Bennet The working title of this picture was Death Makes a Decree. Sa fortune s lve 2 216,00 euros mensuels A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago. The heir to a huge fortune is presumed drowned, then shows up, is then murdered. Sidney Toler, Regardez le Salaire Mensuel de Kqrs Morning Show Cast Changes en temps rel. Charlie realizes Bessie Sibley is providing information on others to protect herself, and that Zodiac was blackmailing Essex. | 67 min Warner Oland, Readers and moviegoers of America greeted Chan warmly. Charlie's friend, novelist Paul Essex, dies aboard the aircraft after receiving a radiogram warning him not to ignore "Zodiac". | 71 min Based on the character "Charlie Chan" created by Earl Derr Biggers. Jon Hall, Roger Imhof, | Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chans in a web of blackmail and murder. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. His briefcase mysteriously disappears. [22] Toler's Chan was less mild-mannered than Oland's, a "switch in attitude that added some of the vigor of the original books to the films. Hawley says Apana directly inspired Biggers (135); Herbert says Apana. Ainsley claims that he is looking for the money that Jeanne won on the night of her murder, suggesting that Burke killed her for her winnings. The case against the doctor intensifies when Police Chief King discovers that Jeanne had written checks to Ainsley and reveals that the missing pages in the scrapbook related to Jeanne's previous marriage to Mrs. Russell's late husband, whose death had been attended by Dr. Ainsley. Lois Moran, Keye Luke, Russell Hicks, Passed Directed by Norman Foster. 1939 70 min NR (Not Rated) Mystery/Crime Feature Film SD. As Rhadini performs a levitation trick, Zodiac is killed with the pygmy arrow. In these films, Chan, played by Xu Xinyuan (), owns his detective agency and is aided not by a son but by a daughter, Manna, played first by Gu Meijun () in the Shanghai productions and then by Bai Yan () in postwar Hong Kong. Ray Milland, Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) Approved | 72 min | Mystery 6.8 Rate While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received. Arleen Whelan, (Coalition of Asians to Nix) was formed, protesting the fact that non-Chinese actors, Peter Ustinov and Angie Dickinson, had been cast in the primary roles. However, in later decades critics increasingly took a more ambivalent view of the character. The secret of Rhadini's levitation trick is revealed, and Rhadini is stabbed in the aisle during the act. Stars: Ross Martin, Sidney Toler, Clive Donner Charlie Chan in Reno is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie . Eve Mannering realizes too late that her abusive husband is a philanderer and murderer and seeks protection with her true love, explorer John Beetham. Ben Carter, | Warner Oland, [28] The film followed essentially the same script as the Anglophonic version, with minor additions such as brief songs and skits and some changes to characters' names (for example, the character Elmer Benbow was renamed Frank Benbow). C. Henry Gordon, Cobina Wright Jr. 65 min Detective Charlie Chan investigates a pearl necklace, which has caused misery for all of its owners. 72 min Chan was seen as an attractive character, portrayed as intelligent, heroic, benevolent, and honorable; this contrasted the common depiction of Asians as evil or conniving which dominated Hollywood and national media in the early 20th century. Roland Winters, Mystery. Stars: Crime, Drama, Mystery. Betty Caldwell, 70 min Kilvaine reveals that Gregory is Stewart Salsbury, and that he really is an insurance company executive. (uncredited) Cinematography by Virgil Miller . Alexander Kirkland, Crime, Music, Mystery. Director: Sidney Toler, John G. Blystone Lesley Selander 54%. During her telepathy act with Fred Rhadini, Eve comes into contact with someone thinking about murder and Charlie is almost killed when a knife is thrown at him. Fletcher Chan, a defender of the works, argues that the Chan of Biggers's novels is not subservient to white characters, citing The Chinese Parrot as an example; in this novel, Chan's eyes blaze with anger at racist remarks and in the end, after exposing the murderer, Chan remarks "Perhaps listening to a 'Chinaman' is no disgrace. "[62] Huang also suggests that critics of Charlie Chan may have themselves, at times, "caricatured" Chan himself. Charlotte Henry, Approved 2023 Turner Classic Movies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Charlie visits a wealthy country home in England. Becoming intrigued by an acid burn on Mary's sleeve that matches a burn found in the rug in Jeanne's room, Charlie traces the acid to Ainsley. Stars: Joan Reynolds. 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