The Charlie Chan Chanthology (The Secret Service / The Chinese Cat / The Jade Mask / Meeting at Midnight / The Scarlet Clue / The Shanghai Cobra)

Pop Culture Lists

QPC / DVD / The Charlie Chan Chanthology (The Secret Service / The Chinese Cat / The Jade Mask / Meeting at Midnight / The Scarlet Clue / The Shanghai Cobra)


?

The Charlie Chan Chanthology (The Secret Service / The Chinese Cat / The Jade Mask / Meeting at Midnight / The Scarlet Clue / The Shanghai Cobra)

Starring: Sidney Toler
Binding: DVD
Published: 06 July, 2004

$52.47


Features:

  • Box set
?

The Charlie Chan Chanthology (The Secret Service / The Chinese Cat / The Jade Mask / Meeting at Midnight / The Scarlet Clue / The Shanghai Cobra)

The Charlie Chan Chanthology (The Secret Service / The Chinese Cat / The Jade Mask / Meeting at Midnight / The Scarlet Clue / The Shanghai Cobra)

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.8 / 5.0

Not the films I remember.:

I became a fan of Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan when a local TV station started playing a different Chan movie every Saturday night. I was particularly fond of a mysterious episode where the people around Chan were dying one at a time, to which he would remind the survivors that "dead men tell no secrets". Well, the six movies in the Chanthology (clever title) are not those late-night movies I remember. Release the ones with Jimmy!

Skip This...Get the Original (non-Monogram) Films...:

The production quality and plots/acting of the Monogram years is simply awful; go instead to other sites, inquire about Charlie Chan, and you will find purveyors of DVDs of the original, unavailable, outstanding films..."at the Olympics", "The Black Camel", .."Murder in New York", .."in Rio", and so on for more than 30 films. If you are a true fan, you simply cannot miss adding these to your collection...Keye Luke, Cesar Romero, and many, many fine actors shine here in their youth...simply great for a Chan... more info

The Original Full-Screen Masterpieces:

This is an awesome collection, and the great reviews here on Amazon are right on target. The only thing I should mention is that these ARE the original aspect ratio. Widescreen films did not come into being until the early 1950s. These films were made well before that. This print is marvlous and clear. The sound is fantastic on them as well. These were produced as mainly B pictures, but they are true gems. I remember watching them as a child with my grandmother on Saturday morning in the 1950s.... so they... more info


Similar Products:

Sherlock Homes - The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Homes - The Hound of the Baskervilles
from Mpi Media Group
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
from Mpi Media Group
Sherlock Holmes Collection Volume 3 (Dressed to Kill/In Pursuit to Algiers/Terror By Night/The Woman in Green) Sherlock Holmes Collection Volume 3 (Dressed to Kill/In Pursuit to...
from Mpi Media Group
The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 2 (The House of Fear/The Spider Woman/Pearl of Death/The Scarlet Claw) The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 2 (The House of Fear/The Spider Woman/Pearl...
from Mpi Media Group
The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan the Ape Man / Escapes / and His Mate / Finds a Son / Secret Treasure / New York Adventure) The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan the Ape Man / Escapes...
from Warner Home Video
?
PortionsAmazon.com, Inc.



In association with