rewrite Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 On tonight (9/30) 6:30 Pacific, 9:30 Eastern. I'm guessing Fred C. is already aware of this, but thought it should be noted, in case he wasn't ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbeckuaf Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 A very rare Chan screening! And Warner Oland, to boot! Actually all evening rocks! THE MUMMY (1932) with Karloff, then the Chan flick, then A&C MEET THE MUMMY!! Groovalicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Thanks for the reminder. I'm ready to watch and record. Warner Oland always claimed to be half Asian. Here he is with his wife, Edith Oland (who also looks Asian), during their trip to China in the 1930s. His Charlie Chan movies were a big hit in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Oland has a very interesting role in Shanghai Express, in which he plays a man who is half Chinese but who identifies himself as Chinese. Eugene Pallette asks him a fairly outrageous question about why? Oland also plays Dr. Yogami, an Asian, in Werewolf of London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Watch for Rita Hayworth in the film tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Competing with the return of Homeland? Holey moley! And it's not like FIOS is going to replace Fiddler On The Roof with Chan so I can watch it On Demand, now are they? No, of course not. Hmmm, Homeland or Chan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 > Warner Oland always claimed to be half Asian. Here he is with his wife, Edith Oland (who also looks Asian), during their trip to China in the 1930s FredC, Anti-miscegenation laws prohibiting marriage between whites and people of color were on the books here in California until 1949. Cameraman James Wong Howe fell in love with writer Sanora Babb, who was white. They had to keep their love affair on the down low and weren't able to marry until the law was repealed in 1949. But they could own a restaurant together prior to their marriage. Go figure. I don't know if that applies to Warner Oland and his wife but I thought it worth mentioning on the off-chance it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Thanks for the information. In every old still photo I've ever seen of Warner Oland, he looks at least half Asian. Sweden is not far from Asian territory. Sweden is near Russia and Eastern Russia is mainly Asian. Here is some information on Howe's wife, and him too: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/babb/bio/2.html http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/babb/bio/3.html I saw "Japanese War Bride" in 1952, so I guess that was after the law was changed. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044764/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Dersu Uzala, was an Asian hunting guide from Eastern Russia. Compare to Warner Oland: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Wow, what a great movie! I could watch Charlie Chan movies all day long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Yes it was great, hopefully, you recorded it! I did and I am anxious to see it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Have any of the Charlie Chan fans on this thread ever done a combination chat and viewing via "The Charlie Chan Family Home" webpage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 > {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}Wow, what a great movie! I could watch Charlie Chan movies all day long! As a Chan fan, I will say that *Charlie Chan in Egypt* is probably the best surviving Chan film. I'm very glad that they showed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 > {quote:title=willbefree25 wrote:}{quote} > > Hmmm, Homeland or Chan? Homeland? Someone with your political views watching neo-fascist propaganda? I'm stunned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 True, Fred. If TCM can show CC in Egypt, can't they have a day of Charlie Chan? Do they own only this one? I don't remember the reason behind AMC showing CC all the time, but not TCM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 An enigma wrapped in a riddle, ain't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalnovelty Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I didn't get to see it Sunday night, but I imagine it was the same print we've seen for decades with the opening & end credits missing and replaced (with music taken from a scene in the middle of the movie played under the replaced opening & end titles) and the director's name misspelled. Hey, I'm still hoping some day a good complete print will be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Very strange how the picture survived without titles. Several early Chans lost in the 1937 fire. This is probably my favorite Chan picture. It drips and oozes atmosphere. Outstanding photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Paul Porcasi, one of my favorites, was in it. He played the Egyptian police chief. He adds something special to all the movies he's in. http://www.nndb.com/people/807/000346766/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbeckuaf Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I totally dug on this flick!!! I can never get enough of Chan either! And Warner Oland is my fave!! This flick is really cool, and I was so glad it was on in prime time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 This is a silly question, but wasn't the guy who was finally arrested the same actor who did the diplomat Harley in *The Day The Earth Stood Still* ? Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonDeWitless Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I fell asleep a bit after they started X-raying the Sarcophogus (sp?) didn't mean to, Benadryl, long day...and the fact that it didn't hold my interest (for whatever reason, maybe even my problem.) It was interesting in moments and atmospheric; I didn't pick up on any enthusiasm in Warner Oland's performance, and I know he was a good actor because of Shanghai Express and Werewolf of London. It seemed to me like he was tired of doing it, and I can understand. Speaking of which, holy s*** this was my first introduction to *STEPIN FETCHIT* who played (OMG) *SNOWSHOE THE MANSERVANT* (again, sp? not that it matters. You get the idea.) I have to say, from a personal standpoint, he hindered my enjoyment of the film. Period. That said, *thanks TCM* for serving this to us and not feeling the need to sprinkle any sugar on it (did Manksie-BooBoo get all indignant about it in the outro? (again, didn't see, was asleep) Seems like something that would cheese him off (and, actually, *I understand completely* if it did and he did.) He *didn't mention Fetchit in the intro*, which *seems to me* to be *the best place to do so,* you know: *CAUTION : inn-teresting film to follow, but be warned: there's some ingredients that haven't aged well and their boquet may o-ffend those of you with delicate palettes, sensibilities, etc.* (The metaphors seem less didactic, I think) But again, *thanks* *TCM* for showing it un-cut (?) and not showing From Here to Eternity AGAIN! and showing it in prime time and letting us see how far we've come by letting us all have a little peek at where we used to be. ps- Charlie Chan in Egypt is a *terrible* title. Anyone thinK of anything better? Charlie Chan and the Curse of the X-Ray Mummy at least stands out. Edited by: AddisonDeWitless on Oct 1, 2012 11:24 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 So happy to see Charlie Chan on TCM! Rarely get to see Warner Oland in the part (as they are Fox) I'm hoping this means we'll see more in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I thought that was her! Did Mank mention it in the intro? (I missed it).......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonDeWitless Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 > {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote}I thought that was her! Did Mank mention it in the intro? (I missed it).......... Yes he did. sp- she was billed as Rita CANSINO (and she was quite high in the billing too.) She was only 16 or so. Edited by: AddisonDeWitless on Oct 1, 2012 11:34 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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