Charlie Chan with dynamite sometime fly with angels." He argues, however, that these "colorful aphorisms" display "amazing linguistic acrobatic skills." Like the African American "signifying monkey," Huang continues, Chan "imparts as much insult as wisdom." Unless otherwise noted, information is taken from Charles P. Mitchell's "A Guide to Charlie Chan Films" (1999). DVD releases have mostly been in box set format. The American Western Charlie Chinese Charlie Chan Charlie Chan Charlie Chan is a fictional character created by Earl Derr Biggers. Biggers loosely based Chan on Honolulu, Hawaii, detective Chang Apana, and conceived of the benevolent and heroic Chan as an alternative
Charlie Chan on Broadway dancer and Burke's girl-friend Marie Collins and the two reporters. While seeking a motive for the murder, a second killing is discovered in Charlie's hotel room, the package is missing from Charlie's trunk and it is realized that it must have contained her diary. Charlie neatly puts together a few scattered clues and then springs a trap to confirm the identity of the killer. Charlie Chan on Broadway Charlie Chan on Broadway is a Charlie Chan film. This is the 15th film starring Oland as Chan and produced by Fox. While Charlie Chan and his number one son, Lee, are