Charles Mitchell

A Guide to Charlie Chan Films

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There are over fifty Chan films and an additional three Spanish language Chan films. This guide reviews the forty-four extant Chan films. Entries, alphabetically arranged, include a unique annotated cast list, a comparative rating system, production information, analysis and plot synopsis, a performance critique, and a collection of Chan sayings, which vary from film to film. An introduction discusses the history and literary origins of the Chan films and the formulaic devices common to the films. Film scholars and fans of the Charlie Chan films will appreciate the extensive information each review provides. Each film is given a star rating, and several appendices provide additional information such as the lost films of Charlie Chan, actors who played Chan, and Chan on television.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 631g
• ISBN-13: 9780313309854
• ISBN-10: 031330985X
• Artikelnr.: 21615817

Autorenporträt

CHARLES P. MITCHELL has served as director of a number of Maine libraries and has been Chairman of the Southern Maine Library District./e He has lectured on theater, film and books at many sites throughout Maine, including Westbrook College.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction and Overview The Films of Charlie Chan Appendix A:
Rogue's Gallery of Chan Film Criminals Appendix B: Chan Offspring on Film
Appendix C: Lost Films of Charlie Chan Appendix D: 1935 Pennsylvania
Referendum Appendix E: Chan in Mexico Appendix F: Charlie Chan on
Television Appendix G: Actors Who Played Charlie Chan Index