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The character of Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers.In 1919, [1] while visiting Hawaii, Biggers planned a detective novel to be called The House Without a Key.He did not begin to write that novel until four years later, however, when he was inspired to add a Chinese-American police officer to the plot after reading in a newspaper of Chang Apana and Lee Fook, two detectives on the ...
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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island may have influenced the Zodiac Killer. [1] In the movie, there is a character called "Dr. Zodiac" who is found after a telegram to Charlie Chan warning about the danger of "Zodiac". In the telegram that provided the clue, the astrological symbol Scorpio is mentioned.
Wanting to salvage something of the situation and reluctant to cast a different actor as Charlie Chan, Sol Wurtzel, head of Fox's B movie unit, had the script rewritten as a Mr. Moto movie. [6] Two Charlie Chan regulars appeared in the film – Keye Luke, who plays Charlie Chan's son Lee, and Harold Huber, who plays Lt Riggs. [7]
The Golden Eye is a 1948 American film directed by William Beaudine and starring Roland Winters in his fourth appearance as Charlie Chan. The film is also known as Charlie Chan in Texas (Belgian English title) and Charlie Chan in the Golden Eye (American poster title).The film is in the public domain due to the omission of a valid copyright ...
Black Magic, later retitled Meeting at Midnight for television, is a 1944 mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. [1] It was the third Charlie Chan film made by Toler at Monogram Pictures.
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan is a crime drama series that aired in the United States in syndicated television from June 1957 to 1958. [1] The first five episodes were made by Vision Productions in the United States, before production switched to the United Kingdom under ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America.
Dangerous Money, also known as Hot Money, is a 1946 American film directed by Terry O. Morse, featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. [1] This is the second and last appearance of Willie Best as Chattanooga Brown, the cousin of Charlie Chan's usual chauffeur, Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland).