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Release Date: 14-AUG-2007
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Charlie Chan Collection, Volume 3 (Charlie Chan's Secret / Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo / Charlie Chan on Broadway / The Black Camel) Reviews
Charlie Chan Collection, Volume 3 (Charlie Chan's Secret / Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo / Charlie Chan on Broadway / The Black Camel) Reviews
| 134 of 134 people found the following review helpful:  "THANK YOU....SO MUCH.", By Ghoulchick "Old-school horror film fiend" (Bronx, New York United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Charlie Chan Collection, Volume 3 (Charlie Chan's Secret / Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo / Charlie Chan on Broadway / The Black Camel) (DVD) Four more films:Behind that Curtain (1929) - No Oland, very little Chan but Warner Baxter who would later play Doctor Ordway in the Crime Doctor film series, and Boris Karloff in the role of a servant. The Black Camel (1931) - Features Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) - A great old-dark house whodunnit Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)- Charlie and #1 son on the great white way Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937) - The last of the Oland Chan films EXTRAS: Black Camel commentary by film critic Ken Hanke Charlie Chan's Secret commentary by film critic Ken Hanke Chan Is Missing: The Last Days Of Warner Oland featurette, The World Of Charlie Chan featurette Chanograms: The Aphorisms Of Charlie Chan featurette Charlie Chan and The Rise of The Modern Detective featurette Dr. Henry Lee: The Modern Day Charlie Chan featurette Charlie Chan's Chance: A Recreation, a... Read more 33 of 33 people found the following review helpful: Completes the Oland Chan Set in Fine Fashion, By Kaylee Ranger (Ohio) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Charlie Chan Collection, Volume 3 (Charlie Chan's Secret / Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo / Charlie Chan on Broadway / The Black Camel) (DVD) I'd like to comment on what a nice job 20th Century Fox has done in putting together all three volumes. After watching the final volume, it becomes apparent just how carefully they planned it all. The first volume takes Chan to London, Paris, Egypt, and Shanghai--it's a nice trip, and each movie makes mention of the previous spot as Chan makes his way from East to West. The special features spent much time on the real life inspiration for Chan, Chang Apana, and included commentary from Apana's family. The second volume finds Chan visiting the Circus, the Race Track, the Opera, and Olympics. The movies themselves and the special features focus a lot of attention on Chan's eldest son and the actor who played him--Keye Luke.Thematically, the first two volumes stand alone quite well, and the special features are unique to each set--there was little overlap. It might be tempting to think of the third volume as the leftovers, but that would be a mistake. The Black Camel... Read more 37 of 39 people found the following review helpful: Memorable Films With Excellent Bonuses, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Charlie Chan Collection, Volume 3 (Charlie Chan's Secret / Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo / Charlie Chan on Broadway / The Black Camel) (DVD) Charlie Chan was originally created by novelist Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933), who very loosely based the character on Hawaii's legendary police officer Chang Apana (1887-1933.) Biggers wrote six novels in all, and after several false starts 20th Century Fox (then simply known as Fox) hit on the right combination of actors, mystery, and comedy. The result was perhaps the single most popular film series Hollywood ever created.Contemporary audiences tend to view the films as politically incorrect, but the fact remains that Chan and his family--most often personified by Keye Luke as son Lee--were among the very few positive Asian characters on American movie screens at the time; as such they were particularly popular with Asian-American audiences of the day. Volume 3 of the 20th Century Fox collection rounds out the surviving films starring Warner Oland, who was the original series Chan. Several Chan films have been lost; the earliest still in existence is THE... Read more |
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