From 1926 until 1949 Charlie Chan had forty-seven big screen adventures making the Chinese detective one of the silver screen's most celebrated sleuths. In this collection from Warner Brothers, fans get four previously unreleased episodes from 1946 to 1949 which include the last adventure for actor Sidney Toler and the first for Roland Winters. Officially, Warner Brothers studios finished making Charlie Chan films in 1942, but low budget Monogram Pictures picked up and carried the torch—allowing for all four of these films. Any Charlie Chan movie has an almost racist feel in hindsight. It's puzzling to see two American actors in Asian makeup take on the role designed as an Asian hero, but audiences embraced Toler and Winters as the Chinese detective back in the day. There was also Chan's black chauffeur and Asian son who were always portrayed as rather slow and comical. These four installments won't change your mind about all of that, but they do seem quaint and naive. They are light entertainment from a long gone era.
4 x DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:01:26 + 01:05:59 + 01:08:24 + 01:07:41
2.61 Gb + 2.79 Gb + 2.89 Gb + 2.86 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Francais, Espanol
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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