Charlie Chan Carries On (film) American found dead in a London hotel room. Settings include London, Nice, France, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Charlie Chan Carries On (film) Charlie Chan Carries On is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, John Garrick and Marguerite Churchill. It is the very first appearance of Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Part of the long-running Charlie Chan series, it was based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Earl Derr Biggers. It is now considered a lost film; however, Fox simultaneously filmed a Spanish-language version which was released under
Mr. Wong (fictional detective) Luke had been signed for four Mr. Wong pictures a year. But due to the departure of Karloff, film exhibitors lost interest in the Mr. Wong series and it was ended. From 1939 a comic of the film "The Mystery of Mr Wong" appeared in four consecutive issues of Popular Comics. "Popular Comics" (Dell, 1939–40) Issues 38-41 Mr. Wong (fictional detective) James Lee Wong, known simply as Mr. Wong, is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Hugh Wiley (1884–1968). Mr Wong appeared in magazine stories and a series of films. In his story "No Witnesses", Wiley describes Mr. Wong as