Charlie Chan Carries On (film) 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 the title "Eran Trece"—"There Were Thirteen"—and this version survives. Charlie Chan tries to solve the murder of a wealthy
Charlie Chan at the Opera bloodstained belt. Among the questions asked are who has been threatening Lilli Rochelle's life, the mystery man in Barelli's dressing room before he is murdered, and why does Chan insist that the opera be performed twice in one evening? Levant composed the music for the onscreen opera "Carnival". Future Number 3 Son Tommy Chan actor Benson Fong is an opera extra. Charlie Chan at the Opera Charlie Chan at the Opera is considered by many to be the best Warner Oland Charlie Chan film, probably due to the presence of Boris Karloff as the principal suspect, as well as faux