print email comment close CharlieChan.net URL: http://www.charliechan.net/ Description: Fan site for the now controversial 1930s and '40s movie series starring a succession of white actors playing the brilliant Chinese police detective from Honolulu. Provides information on the character's literary origins, short biographies of the lead actors (such as Warner Oland and Sidney Toler), complete filmography, video availability, and sound files of many Chan proverbs. Very active message board has lively commentary on the series' racial politics. lii.org Record of the Month for June/July 2003. Author: Schmidt, Kurt Extra Keywords Asian mystery Library of Congress Subject Headings: Chan, Charlie (Fictitious character) Chan, Charlie (Fictitious character) -- Quotations, maxims, etc. Charlie Chan films Detective and mystery films LII Database Information: Record 6959 created by Blaine Waterman on 07/02/2003 Last modification on 10/06/2003 Published: 07/02/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6959