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Watching a 1940s #CharlieChan movie – whew, that's a racism-laden movie - product of its time I guess.

The Charlie Chan character played by a white guy with a ridiculous attempt at an accent being just truncated English phrasing.

Commendably, Chan's son is played by an actual Chinese American with no accent, but he just plays straight man to Chan's African-American driver who is a thick set of sad stereotypes.

A Charlie Chan poster for the movie "Shadows over Chinatown"

@tygerkrash @cstross

Pretty much all of the movie Charlie Chans in the 20th century are big yikeses, going back to Warner Oland.

No-one has successfully done a Charlie Chan movie in decades; in part because *Jackie* Chan (amongst others) has changed the world.

I saw Charlie Chan movies in the pre-Jackie Chan world. I prefer the post-Jackie Chan world.

#movies #CharlieChan #JackieChan

Cole Kings Variety Show macht Halt in einer Strandvilla in Malibu. Eine der Tänzerinnen verschwindet spurlos, ihre erdrosselte Leiche wird kurz darauf von San Toy, einem chinesischen Mitglied der Truppe, entdeckt. Toy selbst gerät unter Mordverdacht und bittet seinen Freund #JimmyChan um die Hilfe seines Vaters #Charlie. Der chinesische Spürhund nimmt die Ermittlungen auf.
https://alugha.com/videos/43fc5150-fcf1-11ec-941b-5f5aa5f4b8c3
#charliechan #film #alughaclassics

Bei einem gewalttätigen Bankraub wird ein Wächter getötet. Der vorbestrafte Thomas Herley wird aufgrund der Fingerabdrücke am Tatort verhaftet und verurteilt. Die Lage ist aussichtslos, aber seine schöne Tochter June bittet #CharlieChan um Hilfe.
https://alugha.com/videos/99bc75a0-fc9e-11ec-b3f8-79124fea58a1
#alughaclassics #einfastperfektesalibi

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#BookSelling #bookstodon #novel #CharlieChan #magazine #esquire #travel #places #france #dordogne #pindar #odes #poetry #AncientGreece #ancient #classical

Book entitled 'The Black Cat' by Earl Derr Biggers. One of the Charlie Chan mysteries, printed in 1929. The green cover of the front board shows the title in a playful, spiky style.

A book about the Dordogne region of France, simply entitled 'Dordogne'. The author is Joy Law. Cover image is a photograph of riverside scene shows old stately buildings with a high forested hill behind them. Green trees, blue sky and a few clouds.

A collection of odes from Ancient Greece entitled 'Pindar's Victory Songs'. It wascompiled by Frank J. Nisetich. The black front board shows a roundel - inside it a Greek youth is running while holding a spear in his left hand and a round shield in the other. The shield features a large black rooster in silhouette. All in shades of burnt yellow, on the black background. the colors often used in ancient greek pottery.

Das FBI beauftragt #CharlieChan einen Spionagering aufzudecken, der Pläne aus einer streng geheimen Radarstation stehlen will. Ein Agent wird, kurz bevor er gefasst werden kann, ermordet. Der Täter kann entkommen, hinterlässt aber eine blutige Fußspur. Als ein identischer Fußabdruck bei einem anderen Verbrechen entdeckt wird, nehmen der chinesische #Meisterdetektiv und Sohn Nr. 2 die Spur der Killer auf.
https://alugha.com/videos/a2994490-fc8b-11ec-b8fe-a9dffcc4eeb9
#alughaclassics #koloriert #dieblutigespur

#CharlieChan

Dark Alibi (1946) - Christopher and Lydia investigate one of the few 'Charlie Chan' films that have fallen into the public domain, 1946s DARK ALIBI.
#PodNation #Podcast #Mystery #PublicDomain #CharlieChan #SidneyToler

https://www.orphanedentertainment.com/dark-alibi-1946/

Popeye and Betty Boop are among the next Icons to Enter the Public Domain.
https://mithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2024/01/popeye-and-betty-boop-should-be-next.html

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Anime #FleischerStudios #Popeye #BettyBoop #BuckRogers #DickTracy #TheShadow #CharlieChan

Coming soon to the #OrphanedEntertainment Podcast, one of the handful of 'Charlie Chan' films that are in the public domain, "Dark Alibi" from 1946!
This stars Sidney Toler in the titular role. #CharlieChan #Mystery #Podcast #PodNation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53vH29yASwY

'Nuff Said

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #CharlieChan #CineMastodon

Posters for the last four movies I watched as per Letterboxd:
THANKSGIVING
FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK
ZOMBI 3
DEAD MEN TELL

Those last four watched are spreading over a period of two weeks. Just didn't seem to have come around to watching much lately.

I did manage to open the German Charlie Chan DVD box set with 12 Sidney Toler movies, some of which I saw before, others I hadn't. At around 60 minutes per film they are ideal when I am time deprived.

And my thoughts on John Wick 4 can be found a little bit lower on my timeline.

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #CinemaMastodon #CharlieChan #CineMastodon

Posters for last four films watched as per Letterbox:
Maggie
Murder Over New York
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
John Wick 4

Oh my gosh the wax museum is open!!!!
What about all those heroines trapped, having fallen into the clutches of some “madman” who has taken up resident at the local wax museum. If that's scaring up an interest, then follow me through that back entrance.

#waxmuseum #museums #creativewrting #horror #mysteries #books #mcfarlandbooks #entertainment #specialeffects #charliechan #faywray #lionelatwill #warnerbros