Warner Oland
Oyuncu · 1879 – 1938 · Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Warner Oland (born Johan Verner Ölund, October 3, 1879 – August 6, 1938) was a Swedish-American actor most remembered for playing several Chinese and Chinese-American characters: the Honolulu Police detective, Lieutenant Charlie Chan; Dr. Fu Manchu; and Henry Chang in Shanghai Express. His family emigrated to the United States when he was 13. He pursued a film career that would include time on Broadway and dozens of film appearances, including 16 Charlie Chan films. After several years in theater, including appearances on Broadway as Warner Oland, in 1912 he made his silent film debut in Pilgrim's Progress, a film based on the John Bunyan novel. As a result of his training as a Shakespearean actor and his easy adoption of a sinister look, he was much in demand as a villain and in ethnic roles. Over the next 15 years, he appeared in more than 30 films, including a major role in The Jazz Singer (1927), one of the first talkies produced. Oland's normal appearance fit the Hollywood expectation of caricatured Asianness of the time, despite his having no definitively proven Asian cultural background. Oland portrayed a variety of Asian characters in several movies before being offered the leading role in the 1929 film, The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu. It was the first onscreen portrayal of the Fu Manchu character in film. Oland continued to appear onscreen as an Asian, probably more often than any other white actor in the history of cinema. In Old San Francisco, Oland played an Asian unsuccessfully impersonating a white man. Oland was the first actor to play a werewolf in a major Hollywood film, biting the protagonist, played by Henry Hull, in Werewolf of London (1935). Once again, Oland's character was Asian. A box office success, The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu made Oland a star, and during the next two years he portrayed the evil Dr. Fu Manchu in three more films (although the second one was purely a cameo appearance). Firmly locked into such roles, he was cast as Charlie Chan in the international detective mystery film Charlie Chan Carries On (1931) and then in director Josef von Sternberg's 1932 classic film Shanghai Express opposite Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong. The enormous worldwide box office success of his Charlie Chan film led to more, with Oland starring in 16 Chan films in total. The series, Jill Lepore later wrote, "kept Fox afloat" during the 1930s, while earning Oland $40,000 per movie. Oland took his role seriously, studying the Chinese language and calligraphy.
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Film6.1KorkuFantastikA strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
Werewolf of London
1935 · 155 votes
Film6.1DramMüzikJakie Rabinowitz, babasının aile geleneği olarak kendisi için planladığı kantörlük yerine caz şarkıcısı olmak için evden kaçar. Kendine Jack Robin adını veren Rabinowitz, yıllar sonra ünlü bir adam olarak geri döner ve sonunda sinagogda Kol Nidre'yi okuyarak ölmekte olan babasıyla barışır.
Film7.0DramRomantiklbay Donald Harvey tarafından terk edildikten sonra Lily maceraperest bir kadın olarak ün salar. Eski aşıklar Şangay’a gitmekte olan trende karşılaşırlar. Her ikisi de birinci sınıfta farklı ülkelerden gelen yolcularla seyahat etmektedirler. Çinli isyancılar treni ele geçirirler ve Albay Harvey’yi rehin alırlar. Lily sevmekten hiçbir zaman vazgeçmediği adamı kurtarabilmek için her şeyi yapmaya hazırdır.. Çin sivil savaşı sırasında Pekin`den Shangai`ya gitmekte olan Shangai Express yolcularının bu yolculuk sırasında yaşdığı tehlikeli olayların anlatıldığı film. Trenin birinci sınıf yolcuları ise filmin ana kahramanlarını oluşturuyor. Ayrıca Film, 1933 yılında “En iyi Görüntü” Oscar`ını almıştır..
Film7.0DramSavaşThe Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Dishonored
1931 · 82 votes
Film6.6SuçGizemCharlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935 · 22 votes
Film7.2BelgeselStarting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999 · 10 votes
Film5.7GizemDramAfter the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.
Before Dawn
1933 · 10 votes
Film6.7SuçGizemWhen a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
1935 · 29 votes
Film7.1GizemKomediWhen a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936 · 23 votes
Film6.8GizemSuçGet ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937 · 26 votes
Film6.7WesternMaceraDon Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard, and steals the affection of a young heiress. When the officer frames the young upstart for murder, Don Cesar fakes his own death and retreats to the crumbling ruins of the family castle he plots his vengeance.
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925 · 21 votes
Film5.6AksiyonMaceraBulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934 · 12 votes
Film6.8SuçGizemA dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936 · 36 votes
Film7.1SuçGizemReturning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937 · 24 votes
Film5.7BelgeselA history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019 · 7 votes
Film6.3GizemKomediAlthough Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
1937 · 24 votes
Film6.3TarihRomantikA nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
When a Man Loves
1927 · 11 votes
Film6.4DramRomantikThe wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
The Painted Veil
1934 · 39 votes
Film5.3SuçDramAt her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.
Daughter of the Dragon
1931 · 23 votes
Film6.9GizemWhile investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935 · 32 votes
Film8.0GizemWhen a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on the case. His first clue comes from the victim's sister, who noticed a prowler wearing a glow-in-the-dark wristwatch.
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933 · 2 votes
Film3.4KorkuBelgeselA history of horror movies.
The Horror Show
1979 · 5 votes
Film6.9SuçGizemCharlie Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor. Pamela is convinced of his innocence.
Charlie Chan in London
1934 · 37 votes
FilmBelgeselThe edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Walt Disney, Louella Parsons and Rosalind Russell.