An X-ray machine reveals the presence of a corpse in an Egyptian sarcophagus. It is not that of the ancient high priest. Instead the body is that of the archaeologist who was thought to be on a trip ...

20th Century Fox has excavated a pair of box sets devoted to the adventures of Charlie Chan, the famous if controversial Chinese-Hawaiian detective, and his lesser-known but arguably more interesting ...

We Americans go at life freestyle; we ignore boundaries, break taboos, appropriate and exploit the arts, cuisines, styles and beliefs of every people and country we encounter. There's nothing clean ...

The fictional, aphorism-spouting Chinese detective is best known today as a stereotypical relic from a less sensitive time. Yunte Huang tells the... Investigating The Real Detective Charlie Chan ...

One Son, Lee Chan. Considering that Charlie Chan was such a breakthrough — as not only the hero, but the smartest guy in the films — in an era of Asian villains and the “Yellow Peril,” it seemed kind ...

Warner Oland made his fifth appearance as wily Honolulu-based detective Charlie Chan in Fox's Charlie Chan's Courage. Hired to deliver a valuable necklace, Chan shows up at a ranch estate, posing as a ...

Charlie Chan was a Chinese detective who solved cases in Honolulu before Hawaii was a state, but it’s accurate to say Chan was born in Warren — or at least his creator was. Before his death in 1933 at ...