Theatrical trailer for the 1946 Charlie Chan mystery, SHADOWS OVER CHINATOWN, starring Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland and Victor Sen Yung. While the Charlie Chans released by Monogram may have been a notch below the earlier 20th Century-Fox entries starring Warner Oland and Toler, the inexpensive programmers -- usually with of around $75,000 -- continued to both popular and profitable for the small studio. By 1946, Toler had been diagonosed with intestinal cancer and his deteriorating health was apparent in the last three Mongroam entries -- SHADOWS OVER CHINATOWN, DANGEROUS MONEY and THE TRAP. Following his death on February 12, 1947, the Charlie Chan series continued for six additional films, with Roland Winters in the the title role, ending with SKY DRAGON in 1949.
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Notice that Charlie Chan is played by a white guy, while his goofy son is played by an actual Chinese actor. In addition, Charlie Chan is treated favorably in 1946 because he is Chinese (and China was our ally in WWII).
CaptainFluffy1000 2 months ago
He did a karate chop I saw, but cannot remember in what movie.
blujon 6 months ago
Did the Charlie Chan character ever do any martial arts (presumably of the chop on the shoulder variety) in his adventures?
sabinoson 10 months ago
do you own a copy of Dead men tell (i think thats the name of it) it was my favorite Chan film. On an old boat, a murderer......
inkey2 2 years ago
hmm, I thought I had all the Monogram Chan films. I have Chinese Cat, The Jade Mask, The Scarlet Clue, Meeting at Midnight, Charlie Chan in the Secret Service and The Shanghai Cobra. I didn't know there were more. I have to check out your site to find out about more. I also would like to see the Roland Winters movie that had both number 1 and 2 sons in it. That would indeed be cool to see Keye Luke and Sen Yung onscreen together.
Timothy2035 2 years ago
This was a good time in life,gone forever.
htuomnom 2 years ago 2