DVD Charlie Chan Collection Vol. 2 out Dec. 15

This second set of 1930s Charlie Chan movies starring Warner Oland features four movies plus the original film trailers and three original documentary features on the films.

It's available for pre-order now for $41.99 from Amazon.

Films included:

Charlie Chan at the Opera, 1936
While ostensibly on vacation with his wife and twelve children, famed detective Charlie Chan visits a circus at just the right time to become involved in the murder of one of the circus owners. Chan is prevailed upon to travel with the circus in hopes of discovering the killer before he, she - or it - strikes again.

Charlie Chan at the Olympics, 1936
Regarded by many as the best of the Charlie Chan series. The opera star Gravelle suffers amnesia. He is a recent escapee from an insane asylum, accused of murdering fellow performers (his wife and her lover). Included in the movie is the opera "Carnival", composed for the picture by Oscar Levant.

Charlie Chan at the Race Track, 1936
While steaming from Honolulu to Los Angeles the owner of a prize racehorse headed for the Santa Anita Handicap is killed, apparently kicked to death by his stallion. Not so, deduces Charlie. Leter he exposes efforts to fix a race at the famous track.

Charlie Chan at the Circus, 1937
Spies have an invention which will allow its posessor to remote-control flying aircraft. The U.S. Navy, the Berlin police, and No. 1 son Lee Chan (a member of the U.S. Swim Team at the Berlin Olympics) help Charlie capture the spies.

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