Gravelle, a former baritone believed dead after an opera house fire, has been languishing in a mental institution for the past seven years, an anonymous amnesiac. Read More »
Tag Archives: Warner Oland
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) H. Bruce Humberstone, Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sport, Thriller
While steaming from Honolulu to Los Angeles the owner of a prize racehorse headed for the Santa Anita Handicap is killed, apparently kicked to death by his stallion. Read More »
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) Louis King, Warner Oland, Pat Paterson, Thomas Beck, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An X-ray machine shows the existence of a corpse in an Egyptian sarcophagus. Read More »
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) Lewis Seiler, Hamilton MacFadden, Warner Oland, Mary Brian, Thomas Beck, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Charlie’s trip to Paris, apparently a holiday, is truly a mission to explore a bond-forgery racket. Read More »
Mandalay (1934) Michael Curtiz, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Drama, Romance
Russian refugee Tanya Borisoff is suddenly abandoned penniless in Rangoon, Burma, by her lover, Tony Evans, who accepted a gunrunning deal from Nick, the owner of an amoral nightclub. Read More »
Charlie Chan in London (1934) Eugene Forde, Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Ray Milland, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After receiving congratulations from the Home Secretary for solving his most recent case, Charlie is sought out by Pamela Gray Read More »
The Jazz Singer (1927) Alan Crosland, Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Drama, Musical, Romance
Cantor Rabinowitz is concerned and upset because his son Jakie shows so little interest in carrying on the family’s traditions and heritage. Read More »
The Black Camel (1931) Hamilton MacFadden, Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Movie star Sheila Fayne is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won’t marry him without consulting famed psychic Tanaverro first. Tanaverro confronts her about the unsolved murder of fellow film star Denny Mayo three years earlier, and she decides to reject Jaynes’ proposal. When Sheila is found shot to death in her beach-front pavilion, Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police investigates.
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