Help! What is this Charlie Chan film?
Ok, Ken....can you help me on this?My Pop and I were discussing a Chan film and a bit with Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown. Now, I just saw this one bit a LONNNNG time ago when my parents called...
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IMMSMC (if my memory serves me correctly), this happens in several films, if not basements, then also various rooms, etc. One is "The Trap" (in a basement).HMB
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hi!this one is definitely in a basement of sorts. if this helps narrow the gap, its one with sidney toler. is "the trap" with toler? i don't know for sure offhand. my dad has the roland winters ones...
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THE TRAP is indeed a Toler entry...the last one, in fact, so it may be what you're looking for. Though I'll warn you -- apart from Minerva Urecal and a scene with Charlie and Tommy, it's not a very...
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It DOES have a lot of cute Monogram "starlets" in it though, doesn't it? Set on a beach resort kind of town - low budget, of course - I'm thinkin'! But... you're right, Mr. Ken, it's not a good...
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Quote:it's one of the worst, or at least, worst of the ones with Sidney Toler.I'd say it's second worst with DANGEROUS MONEY taking the prize...in any of the series entries.
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Try this equation in Ezboard or Word: TOLER over THE TRAP / DANGEROUS MONEY + SKY DRAGON (x 33.5%) of ROLAND WINTERS [allowing a +/- margin of error for Banner Prods.] should = 99.6% CLAPTRAP. Or is...
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I know the name of the film--it's CHARLIE CHAN IN RENO--but I need to know who plays the murder victim and who's suspected of the crime . . .
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i'm 99.9% sure the toler film claudin is asking about is "shadows over chinatown" (1946). birmingham and #x son are down at the morgue waiting for charlie to arrive. it doesn't take long before a...
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I don't know anything about Charlie Chan. Any time I'd see one of those films coming on TCM I'd just click away. If there were more genuine Asians in the cast I might have watched.
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That was a bit of a controversy a few years back when Turner was showing the Chan films. There was even a round table discussion . Nowadays ,Asian actors are given a much better chance at deserved...
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These films were made in the 30s & 40s. Don't expect them to have today's political correctness. It's that kind of attitude that has kept many older films suppressed.
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It's ridiculous to try to judge these films by modern standards of what is and is not correct. And it's worth noting that the films gave employment to Asian actors in supporting roles and helped to...
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