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'Cause I'm A Bad Detective....

skipperbartlett1 wrote 3 weeks ago: ….and I always get my man. … more →

Tags: Art & Illustration, pulp covers, detectives, Illustration, Paperbacks, Pulps

Age 10---fired from a job stocking groceries . . .

thekingoftexas wrote 3 weeks ago: My mother remarried when I was nine years old, and her new husband was not one to allow a lad at the … more →

Tags: Childhood, Family, Boston Blackie, Bubble Gum, "Fort Knox", frankenstein, Greenbacks, grocer, Grocery

Aphoristic

b* wrote 1 month ago: If you ever wanted to learn the wit and wisdom of Charlie Chan, here’s your chance.  I ran acr … more →

Tags: WorDs, Life, Thoughts, Fun, useful stuff, Random, Ideas!, Movies, Aphorisms

You have 20 seconds to name 10 famous Charlies. Your time starts... now!1 comment

to55er wrote 1 month ago: Charlie Chaplin; Charlie Sheen; Charlie Parker; Charlie Brown; Charlie Chan; Bonnie Prince Charlie; … more →

Tags: humour, USA, Dodgy Weekend Pursuits, Travel, History, Politics, Humor, america, united states

Kick Back With Old Time Radio Shows8 comments

internetarchive wrote 4 months ago: 2009 bombards people with screens; whether you’re picking up your phone, checking your mail, w … more →

Tags: Cool Audio, BBC, Dr. Morelle, old time radio, Paul Temple, War of the worlds

Divorce, Chan style...

bdnm wrote 5 months ago: Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) dir. Norman Foster, with Sidney Toler (Chan), Ricardo Cortez (Dr. Ainsle … more →

Tags: DVD, Mystery

Do tell...

bdnm wrote 5 months ago: Dead Men Tell (1941), dir. Harry Lachman, with Sidney Toler, Victor Sen  Yung, Robert Weldon, George … more →

Tags: DVD, Hollywood, film noir

Dark, but not too dark...

bdnm wrote 5 months ago: Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939), dir. Herbert I. Leeds, w/ Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Richard … more →

Tags: DVD, Paris, Mystery

Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 5 (Charlie Chan At The Wax Museum/Murder Over New York/Dead Men Tell/Charlie Chan In Rio/Charlie Chan In Panama/Murder Cruise/Castle in the Desert)

peomon wrote 6 months ago: Disc 1: Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum Disc 2: Murder Over New York Disc 3: Dead Men Tell Disc 4: C … more →

Tags: warner oland, keye luke, sidney toler, charlie chan in honolulu, charlie chan at the circus, Victor Sen Young

Who Killed Charlie Chan?9 comments

dcairns wrote 7 months ago: MR. MOTO’s GAMBLE is an odd entry in the Moto series, in which German/Hungarian actor Peter L … more →

Tags: film, Jean Cocteau, Peter Lorre, warner oland, mr. moto, sidney toler, Mr Moto's Gamble, The Look of Death, Key Luke

The Holy Mantan18 comments

dcairns wrote 8 months ago: Here we see a scene from the late Charlie Chan opus, MEETING AT MIDNIGHT. Comedy Negro Mantan Morela … more →

Tags: film, sidney toler, Mantan Moreland, Frances Chan, Meeting at Midnight

Hypnotising Charlie10 comments

dcairns wrote 9 months ago: From MEETING AT MIDNIGHT. I must say, I don’t think I like Sidney Toler’s Charlie Cha … more →

Tags: film, warner oland, keye luke, sidney toler, Frances Chan, Meeting at Midnight, Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

That Man Chan7 comments

dcairns wrote 10 months ago: This can only be a preliminary report, as I’ve just watched three of the approximately nine b … more →

Tags: film, Literature, Leni Riefenstahl, Peter Lorre, warner oland, mr. moto, keye luke, Charlie Chan in London, Charlie Chan at the Olympic Games

UN-WHOLLY WARRIORS SCENE 2: ATTACK OF THE INFO-TAINMENT CIRCUS4 comments

Wajahat Ali wrote 11 months ago: UNWHOLLY WARRIORS (A politically incorrect, apolitical, political comedy satire) Scene II “Attack … more →

Tags: Plays, Politics, Bush Parody, bush satire, girls gone wild, Islam, IZOD, no bull zone, Political Parody

Two Wongs9 comments

dcairns wrote 11 months ago: “Punning on Chinese names is a low form of wit.” ~ Clive James (writer, broadcaster and … more →

Tags: film, Literature, Buster Crabbe, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Florey, Von Sternberg, Charles Bickford, Louise Brooks, Flash Gordon

Grave situations

Nicholas DiGiovanni wrote 11 months ago:   This is the latest in a series of essays titled “Man Has Premonition of Own Death. … more →

Tags: book talk, Man Has Premonition of Own Death, alan freed, Alberta Hunter, Bella Bartok, Bowery Boys, Cemeteries, Christopher Reeve, Ferncliff Cemetery

More Bilge from Obama--Another Empty Fundraising Letter (Which I Reflect Upon with Help from Charlie Chan) (UPDATE 1X) 8 comments

insightanalytical wrote 1 year ago: Ah, another envelope full of campaign literature from Obama came a couple of days ago.  This is the … more →

Tags: Current Politics, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, puma, Yes We Can, judy garland, mickey rooney, roots

Racism in advertising: A sick flag over America?11 comments

SRP wrote 1 year ago: The Race Cards. Can you spot the ad? What to make of the new Six Flags campaign? You don’t need to … more →

Tags: Archie Bunker, Burger King, Creativity, Crispin, euro rscg chicago, Krusty the Clown, Leo Burnett, porter + bogusky, racial streotypes

Divorced From the Past and Present

kellene23 wrote 1 year ago: I grew up watching Charlie Chan movies with my parents. Weekend afternoons, late-nights, whenever a … more →

Tags: All about me, Showtime, remember when, Reno, MGM, grand sierra, Reno 911!, weinstocks, Macy's


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