My Account Wish List
Advanced Search
Print - Close Window
www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR0985.aspx
All Greenwood Products
A Guide to Charlie Chan Films
(Click to Enlarge)
Charles P. Mitchell
ISBN: 0-313-30985-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30985-4
312 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/1999
List Price: $101.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
About the Author: 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.
LCC Class: 791
All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999-2009 ABC-CLIO
130 Cremona Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-968-1911