tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post4152249791344609294..comments2024-03-08T18:49:51.289-05:00Comments on Classic Film and TV Café: Charlie Chan Goes Agatha ChristieRick29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-7669882147517981402018-05-14T20:01:39.347-04:002018-05-14T20:01:39.347-04:00Henry Daniell was always enjoyable and was a fine ...Henry Daniell was always enjoyable and was a fine Moriarty in THE WOMAN IN GREEN.Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-53713561764284969652018-05-14T12:26:06.469-04:002018-05-14T12:26:06.469-04:00I love most of these Charlie Chan movies. I watche...I love most of these Charlie Chan movies. I watched them often as a kid growing up. I still watch them. CASTLE IN THE DESERT is one whose script makes even less sense than most of the others. But I don't watch these films for sense. I'm also a big fan of Henry Daniell. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-83115436308710286702018-05-10T22:17:47.078-04:002018-05-10T22:17:47.078-04:00I'm not a fan of Sidney Toler, but someone has...I'm not a fan of Sidney Toler, but someone has recently given me a set of 5 Charlie Chan DVDs. I've been putting off watching them, but your post has convinced me to give them a try.Silver Screeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955048716754142299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-17831849556754112032018-05-08T11:00:30.345-04:002018-05-08T11:00:30.345-04:00I'm so glad you spotlighted this Chan entry, i...I'm so glad you spotlighted this Chan entry, it's one of my favorites. The mystery aspect isn't as good as some of the older Chan movies but you just can't beat the atmosphere! That mansion in the desert, Ethel Griffies marvelous Madame Saturnia, the scene where Jimmy falls in the dungeon, and of course....Lenita Lane. She's quite wooden in this film but I love her from another favorite mystery - "The Bat" ( 1959 ).The Metzinger Sistershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-85313983257865275562018-05-08T02:34:10.851-04:002018-05-08T02:34:10.851-04:00There was a two-year gap between Castle In The Des...There was a two-year gap between <i>Castle In The Desert</i> and <i>CC In The Secret Service</i>, the first Monogram Chan.<br /><br />In between times, Sidney Toler made a few film appearances in Caucasian mode while waiting for the Monogram deal to clear the fence.<br /><br />In my younger mind (I first saw these flix as a teenager in Chicago in the '60s), the MonoChans were a part of my ongoing cinema education; the reduction in circumstances between Fox and Monogram sharpened my curiosity about the whys and wherefores (regrettably, no book-length studies came about until years afterwards - but that's <i>another</i> story ...).<br /><br /><i>Castle ...</i> may not have had "new stars", but the character actors were present in force: in addition to Henry Daniell, tips of the hat to Douglass Dumbrille, Edmund MacDonald, Steven Geray, Milton Parsons, Lucien Littlefield, George Chandler - and in particular, Ethel Griffies, who got the best line in the movie - which, regrettably, can't be quoted without a SPOILER WARNING ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-10686557489477094472018-05-07T20:12:52.117-04:002018-05-07T20:12:52.117-04:00A man with a plan. I like that.A man with a plan. I like that.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-20712713700734594412018-05-07T16:49:28.745-04:002018-05-07T16:49:28.745-04:00Toler bought the Chan rights after Fox abandoned h...Toler bought the Chan rights after Fox abandoned him.Bill Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041905291496937729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-43124710039435708702018-05-07T15:36:40.845-04:002018-05-07T15:36:40.845-04:00Castle in the Desert was, sadly, the last of the C...Castle in the Desert was, sadly, the last of the Chan features made by 20th Century Fox. The decline in quality of the Monogram features is dispiriting but I give Sidney Toler all kinds of credit for continuing with the character at the age of 70.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-27371379460570025622018-05-07T07:09:39.356-04:002018-05-07T07:09:39.356-04:00The Chan films are a lot of fun. I really don'...The Chan films are a lot of fun. I really don't have a preference between Toler and Orland as Chan, but I will take your word to avoid the Roland Winters movies. This is one of the Chan movies I still need to see and will seek out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com