| Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 2 (Charlie Chan at the Circus / Charlie Chan at the Olympics / Charlie Chan at the Opera / Charlie Chan at the Race Track) | 
 enlarge | Actor: Warner Oland
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 5004
Format: Black & White, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 281
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 2.5
MPN: FOXD2237723D
UPC: 024543377221
EAN: 0024543377221
ASIN: B000GY728I
Theatrical Release Date: March 27, 1936
Release Date: December 5, 2006
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 08/14/2007 Run time: 281 minutes
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"Size of package does not indicate quality within," Honolulu's finest, Charlie Chan sagely observes in Charlie Chan at the Circus, and while this boxed set contains only four films, it does this venerable franchise justice, with some of Chan's most arresting cinematic outings. All four films star Swedish-born Warner Oland, who is to Charlie Chan what Sean Connery is to James Bond. The high note of this set is Charlie Chan at the Opera, in which the curtain comes down on two opera singers during a performance. Boris Karloff (whose frightening presence accounts for a very funny reference to Frankenstein) costars as an amnesiac who escapes from a sanitarium to haunt the theatre like some phantom of the... well, you know. William Demarest steals his scenes as a cop in dire need of sensitivity training. He refers to Chan as "Chop Suey" and "Egg Fu Young," and when No. 1 son (Keye Luke) gives his dad a note, he asks if it's a laundry ticket. In Charlie Chan at the Circus, a Chan family excursion (with all 12 children!) to the Big Top is interrupted when the nasty circus owner is murdered. Charlie Chan at the Olympics is another gold-medal outing that finds Chan embroiled in international espionage when an experimental automatic pilot device is stolen. His investigation leads him to the Berlin Olympics (via the Hindenburg), where his son is on the track team. Newsreel footage of the games integrated into the film features Jesse Owens running the 400-meter relay. Less of a sure bet but still an efficient mystery is Charlie Chan at the Race Track. Each restored film looks great, and each is enhanced with featurettes that illuminate interesting aspects of the series. One profiles prolific Chan director H. Bruce "Lucky" Humberstone (who, we learn, fortified his star with drink), and another Keye Luke. "Charlie Chan at the Movies" examines these films' places in the Chan canon. There are certainly enough 1930s cultural and racial stereotypes (John Allen as stableboy "Streamline" Jones in Race Track) here to keep the PC police working overtime, but for Charlie Chan buffs and B-movie fans, this is an essential collection that is, to quote Chan, a "chip off ancient block." --Donald Liebenson
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 Charlie Chan vol. 2 September 28, 2008
I enjoyed each of the 4 movies. Charlie Chan at the Circus was my favorite .
 Doesn't Get Any Better September 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fox finally did it. Five box sets (this one is volume 2) make up all the surviving Fox Charlie Chan films on DVD. Bonus features on a few include the rarely seen BEHIND THAT CURTAIN and THE BLACK CAMEL, and reconstructions of two "lost" films and a Portugese version of another. The print quality is superb and worth the money. Now if only Turner can do the same...
A Charlie Chan fan August 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband is a Charlie Chan fan. It doesn't matter who is in the starring role. Our purchase proved to be most entertaining and met every expectation for intrigue and suspense. Good purchase.
Charlie Chan Collection Vol. 2,---A Must for Chan Lovers! July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This wonderful re-mastered collection of four Charlie Chan Movies are some of Warner Oland's best performances. The DVD's themselves are quality copies of great mysteries that continue to be enjoyed without today's need to change everything offered within the realm of contemporary political-correctness,----they are simply enjoyable to watch time and again. We could not wait for this, and subsequent Charlie Chan collections to be offered; if you enjoy good mysteries, a great central character, and movies from the time of Hollywood's best era, then this collection will be for you.
Old B&W May 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The film and sound are very good. Much better than the first set I got frm the internet. Like the simple story lines and the interviews extas are very informative too.
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