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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Charlie Chan at the Olympics / Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; directed by H. Bruce Humberstone ; screen play by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan.

Publisher, Date:

[Hollywood, Calif.] : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, [1937]

Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]

Description:

1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, monochrome ; 4 3/4 in.

video file DVD video

Summary:

This mystery pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover for cold-blooded murder. The detective is aided by his son who just happens to be on the U.S. swim team.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated by MPAA.

Series:

Charlie Chan collection

Cinema classics collection

Charlie Chan collection.

Cinema classics collection.

Subjects:

Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) -- Drama.

Chan, Charlie (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

Espionage -- Drama.

Murder -- Investigation -- Drama.

Genre:

Detective and mystery films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Humberstone, H. Bruce, 1901-1984, director.

Ellis, Robert, 1892-1974, screenwriter.

Logan, Helen, 1906-1989, screenwriter.

Oland, Warner, 1880-1938, actor.

De Mille, Katherine, 1911-1995, actor.

Moore, Pauline, 1914-2001, actor.

Lane, Allan, 1904-1973, actor.

Luke, Keye, 1904-1991, actor.

Gordon, C. Henry, 1884-1940, actor.

Tom, Layne, 1927-

Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933, creator.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., distributor.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1937.

Based on a story by Paul Burger, based on the characters created by Earl Derr Biggers.

Special features: "Layne Tom Jr.: the adventures of Charlie Chan Jr.," a featurette; video comparison of the original and the digitally restored versions of the film.

Photography, Daniel B. Clark ; editor, Fred Allen ; musical direction, Samuel Kaylin.

Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane, Keye Luke, C. Henry Gordon, Layne Tom.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; full frame (aspect ratio 1.33:1); Dolby digital mono.

In English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English.

Other Number:

76877984

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

779123

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Charlie