List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. The House Without a Key. A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, …

Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor. Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids …

In 1931, already familiar from his Oriental roles, he was cast as Charlie Chan in the international detective mystery film Charlie Chan Carries On. The enormous worldwide boxoffice success of …

Charlie Chan played by Warner Oland

List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Charlie Chan Carries On. Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, …

Chan was played by Warner Oland until his death in 1938. The movies continued with Sidney Toler as Chan. This list has what I consider to be the ten best Chans, my four favorites, …

Warner Oland as detective Charlie Chan for the second time, it is the sole surviving title of the first five Chan films starring Oland. The unsolved murder of a Hollywood actor several...

Director: James Tinling Producer: John Stone Genre: Drama Music: Samuel Kaylin Year: 1914 Cast: Warner Oland, Irene Hervey, Jon Hall Synopsis: When a prominent official is murdered …

The enormous worldwide box office success of his Charlie Chan film led to more, with Oland starring in 16 Chan films in total. The series, Jill Lepore later wrote, "kept Fox afloat" during the …

Oland appeared in a total of 16 Charlie Chan feature films from 1931 to 1937. The Chan films were budgeted approaching 1930s A-picture levels (approximately $275,000) and were …