The Charlie Chan Chanthology (The Secret Service / The Chinese Cat / The Jade Mask / Meeting at Midnight / The Scarlet Clue / The Shanghai Cobra)
by Phil Karlson
from MGM (Video & DVD)
Suspense-filled thrills! Laugh-out-loud humor! And some of the sharpest-tongued proverbs ever uttered in the Western world! This Chanthology boasts the best adventures of the greatest detective ever to unravel a wartime mystery or foil a high-profile heist: the inimitable Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler)!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: NR UPC: 027616908384 Manufacturer No: 1006677
Though the Charlie Chan film franchise has earned brickbats for its casting of Caucasian actors as the Asian sleuth, the movies have retained popularity among aficionados of '40s-era B-crime pictures, and the six-disc Charlie Chan Chanthology, all featuring Sidney Toler as Chan, should please that crowd. The Missouri-born Toler starred in 11 Chan pictures for Fox before purchasing the rights to the character from creator Earl Derr Biggers's widow and bringing it to budget studio Monogram, where he starred in 11 more Chans before his death in 1947 (Roland Winters replaced him in six more features until 1949). At Monogram, Chan became a Secret Service Agent (a move calculated to cut down on exotic locations and sets), and comedy was integrated into the plots via Mantan Moreland's chauffeur Birmingham Brown; Benson Fong also joined the cast as Number Three Son Tommy, with occasional appearances by daughter Frances (Frances Chan) and son Eddie (Edwin Luke, brother of Keye Luke, who played Number One Son Lee in the Fox Chans).
Other than that, the six films collected here (the first six Chans for Monogram, and all but five directed by Phil Rosen) are largely indistinguishable from one another save for the murder victims and their demises. In The Secret Service, Chan investigates the death of a wartime inventor; a San Francisco socialite expires in The Chinese Cat; daughter Frances is involved in the murder of a psychic in Meeting at Midnight (a.k.a. Black Magic); another government scientist is killed in The Jade Mask, and death by remote control is the focus of The Scarlet Clue. Director Phil Karlson (Kansas City Confidential) adds some noirish atmosphere to The Shanghai Cobra, which has bank employees dying from apparent snakebites. Dated and controversial as they may be, the Chan films are engaging diversions for vintage mystery fans. No extras are featured in the set. --Paul Gaita
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
by Phil Rosen
from MGM (Video & DVD)
Every time I meet a Chan I meet trouble. Charlie ChanNumber Three Son Tommy comes to the aid of a damsel in distress by offering Charlie Chan s services in this top-notch whodunnit fare (Variety) starring Sidney Toler and Benson Fong.Leah Manning (Joan Woodbury) has never stopped searching for her father s murderer although the police and the DA gave up long ago. And now to add insult to injury an expert criminologist has written a novel accusing her mother of the crime! Charlie s investigation leads him to a cutthroat gang of gem thieves out to steal a wealth of diamonds hidden in a porcelain Chinese cat!System Requirements: Running Time 65 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: NR UPC: 027616908322 Manufacturer No: 1006671
King of the Zombies
by Jean Yarbrough
from Alpha Video
Heldorado/In Old Cheyenne
by Joseph Kane
from ROAN
The Dead Walk 10 Movie Pack
by Jean Yarbrough
from BCI/ Eclipse
She Beast Veronica (Barbara Steele) and her husband Philip (Ian Ogilvy) are honeymooning in Transylvania which is never a good idea. Veronica falls into a lake and becomes possessed by the witch Vardella who is determined to avenge herself upon the descendents of her executioners while Philip struggles to regain his new bride. Plus Bonus: "The Veil - Vision of Crime" EpisodeKing of the ZombiesA small plane carrying three men is blown off course and crash lands on a remote island. Our heroes take refuge in the castle of Dr. Mikhail Sangre where the mad doctor is creating zombies for a foreign power during World War II. Plus Bonus: "The Veil-Girl on the Road" EpisodeDead Men Walk George Zucco plays the dual role of Dr Lloyd Clayton a man of medicine and his nefarious twin brother Elwyn a sorcerer who returns from the grave as a vampire. In addition to overachieving in the field of being evil Elwyn wants revenge on his brother for putting him in the ground in the first place.Title: Brain that Wouldn't Die The Dr. Bill Cortner world-renowned surgeon has a good head on his shoulders and another one in a tank in his lab. When Bill's fianc Jan is messily decapitated in a car accident Bill keeps her head alive in his laboratory and searches local strip clubs to find her a new body. Surprisingly gory for its time this absurdly perverse quest to build the perfect woman is a true camp classic and must be seen to be believed. Plus Bonus: "The Veil- The Doctors" Episode.Ape TheBoris Karloff stars as Dr. Bernard Adrian a scientist seeking a cure for polio after losing his wife and daughter to the disease. Upon discovering that he needs human spinal fluid for his experiments he follows the only logical course of action: he kills and skins a gorilla then stalks the streets wearing the gorilla's hide seeking fresh victims.Bloody Pit of Horror It's a photo shoot gone horribly wrong. A camera crew and a bevy of scantily clad models decide a remote ca
King of the Zombies/Revolt of the Zombies
by Jean Yarbrough
from ROAN
The Rogue's Tavern
by Robert F. Hill
from Alpha Video
Beyond the Grave 20 Movie Pack
from Mill Creek Entertainment
Studio: Digital1stop Release Date: 08/19/2008 Rating: Nr
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