Warner Oland

Warner Oland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Warner Oland (born Johan Verner Ölund, October 3, 1879 – August 6, 1938) was a Swedish-American actor most remembered for playing several Chinese and Chinese-American characters: the Honolulu Police detective, Lieutenant Charlie Chan; Dr. Fu Manchu; and Henry Chang in Shanghai Express. His family emigrated to the United States when he was 13. He pursued a film career that would include time on Broadway and dozens of film appearances, including 16 Charlie Chan films. After several years in theater, including appearances on Broadway as Warner Oland, in 1912 he made his silent film debut in Pilgrim's Progress, a film based on the John Bunyan novel. As a result of his training as a Shakespearean actor and his easy adoption of a sinister look, he was much in demand as a villain and in ethnic roles. Over the next 15 years, he appeared in more than 30 films, including a major role in The Jazz Singer (1927), one of the first talkies produced. Oland's normal appearance fit the Hollywood expectation of caricatured Asianness of the time, despite his having no definitively proven Asian cultural background. Oland portrayed a variety of Asian characters in several movies before being offered the leading role in the 1929 film, The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu. It was the first onscreen portrayal of the Fu Manchu character in film. Oland continued to appear onscreen as an Asian, probably more often than any other white actor in the history of cinema. In Old San Francisco, Oland played an Asian unsuccessfully impersonating a white man. Oland was the first actor to play a werewolf in a major Hollywood film, biting the protagonist, played by Henry Hull, in Werewolf of London (1935). Once again, Oland's character was Asian. A box office success, The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu made Oland a star, and during the next two years he portrayed the evil Dr. Fu Manchu in three more films (although the second one was purely a cameo appearance). Firmly locked into such roles, he was cast as Charlie Chan in the international detective mystery film Charlie Chan Carries On (1931) and then in director Josef von Sternberg's 1932 classic film Shanghai Express opposite Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong. The enormous worldwide box office success of his Charlie Chan film led to more, with Oland starring in 16 Chan films in total. The series, Jill Lepore later wrote, "kept Fox afloat" during the 1930s, while earning Oland $40,000 per movie. Oland took his role seriously, studying the Chinese language and calligraphy.

  • Naslov: Warner Oland
  • Priljubljenost: 4.473
  • Znan po: Acting
  • Rojstni dan: 1879-10-03
  • Kraj rojstva: Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden
  • Domača stran:
  • Poznan tudi kot: Johan Verner Ölund
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  • 1932
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    Shanghai Express

    Shanghai Express

    6.9 1932 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer

    6.1 1927 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Romance of Elaine

    The Romance of Elaine

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Winding Stair

    The Winding Stair

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1937
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    Charlie Chan at the Olympics

    Charlie Chan at the Olympics

    6.7 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    Charlie Chan at the Circus

    Charlie Chan at the Circus

    6.1 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Charlie Chan's Secret

    Charlie Chan's Secret

    6.8 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Charlie Chan at the Race Track

    Charlie Chan at the Race Track

    7.1 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    Charlie Chan in Egypt

    Charlie Chan in Egypt

    6.9 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Charlie Chan in London

    Charlie Chan in London

    6.9 1934 HD

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  • 1935
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    Charlie Chan in Paris

    Charlie Chan in Paris

    6.5 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Charlie Chan in Shanghai

    Charlie Chan in Shanghai

    6.6 1935 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Horror Show

    The Horror Show

    6 1979 HD

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  • 1935
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    Werewolf of London

    Werewolf of London

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1926
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    Man of the Forest

    Man of the Forest

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1936
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    Charlie Chan at the Opera

    Charlie Chan at the Opera

    6.7 1936 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Naulahka

    The Naulahka

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Big Gamble

    The Big Gamble

    6 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Black Camel

    The Black Camel

    6 1931 HD

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  • 1937
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    Charlie Chan on Broadway

    Charlie Chan on Broadway

    7 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

    Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

    6.5 1937 HD

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  • 1934
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    As Husbands Go

    As Husbands Go

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Painted Veil

    The Painted Veil

    6.6 1934 HD

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  • 1931
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    Dishonored

    Dishonored

    6.8 1931 HD

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  • 1927
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    Sailor Izzy Murphy

    Sailor Izzy Murphy

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1931
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    Daughter of the Dragon

    Daughter of the Dragon

    5.1 1931 HD

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  • 1926
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    Don Juan

    Don Juan

    6.6 1926 HD

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  • 1927
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    When a Man Loves

    When a Man Loves

    6.4 1927 HD

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  • 1925
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    Don Q Son of Zorro

    Don Q Son of Zorro

    6.6 1925 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

    The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

    5.2 1929 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Drums of Jeopardy

    The Drums of Jeopardy

    5.3 1931 HD

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  • 1933
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    Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

    5.6 1933 HD

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  • 1935
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    Shanghai

    Shanghai

    7 1935 HD

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  • 1928
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    Stand and Deliver

    Stand and Deliver

    5.8 1928 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Studio Murder Mystery

    The Studio Murder Mystery

    4 1929 HD

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  • 1934
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    Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

    Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

    5.3 1934 HD

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  • 2019
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    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    5.6 2019 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

    The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

    5 1930 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Son-Daughter

    The Son-Daughter

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Avalanche

    The Avalanche

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Reapers

    The Reapers

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1942
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    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1930
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    Dangerous Paradise

    Dangerous Paradise

    4 1930 HD

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  • 1912
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    Pilgrim's Progress

    Pilgrim's Progress

    1 1912 HD

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  • 1928
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    Wheel of Chance

    Wheel of Chance

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1934
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    Mandalay

    Mandalay

    5.9 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Charlie Chan's Courage

    Charlie Chan's Courage

    8 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    Charlie Chan's Chance

    Charlie Chan's Chance

    6.5 1932 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Fatal Ring

    The Fatal Ring

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Lightning Raider

    The Lightning Raider

    1 1919 HD

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  • 2006
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    In Search of Charlie Chan

    In Search of Charlie Chan

    7 2006 HD

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  • 1932
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    A Passport to Hell

    A Passport to Hell

    5.3 1932 HD

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  • 1926
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    Tell It to the Marines

    Tell It to the Marines

    6.3 1926 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Faker

    The Faker

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1927
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    Old San Francisco

    Old San Francisco

    5.7 1927 HD

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  • 1935
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    Movies on Sundays

    Movies on Sundays

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1928
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    Dream of Love

    Dream of Love

    7 1928 HD

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  • 1927
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    Good Time Charley

    Good Time Charley

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Marriage Clause

    The Marriage Clause

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1929
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    Chinatown Nights

    Chinatown Nights

    4.2 1929 HD

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  • 1925
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    Riders of the Purple Sage

    Riders of the Purple Sage

    5.7 1925 HD

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  • 1924
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    Curlytop

    Curlytop

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Vagabond King

    The Vagabond King

    5.5 1930 HD

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  • 1917
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    Patria

    Patria

    6.5 1917 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Rise of Susan

    The Rise of Susan

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Eternal Sapho

    The Eternal Sapho

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Scarlet Lady

    The Scarlet Lady

    6 1928 HD

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  • 1961
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    Days of Thrills and Laughter

    Days of Thrills and Laughter

    5.5 1961 HD

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  • 1925
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    Flower of Night

    Flower of Night

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1926
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    Twinkletoes

    Twinkletoes

    7 1926 HD

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  • 1933
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    Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

    Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

    6 1933 HD

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  • 1927
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    A Million Bid

    A Million Bid

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Mighty

    The Mighty

    5 1929 HD

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  • 1930
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    Paramount on Parade

    Paramount on Parade

    6.4 1930 HD

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  • 1933
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    How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action

    How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1916
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    Beatrice Fairfax

    Beatrice Fairfax

    5 1916 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Twin Pawns

    The Twin Pawns

    5.7 1919 HD

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  • 1931
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    Charlie Chan Carries On

    Charlie Chan Carries On

    6.5 1931 HD

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  • 2003
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    Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

    6.7 2003 HD

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  • 1927
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    What Happened To Father

    What Happened To Father

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1922
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    East Is West

    East Is West

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1921
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    Hurricane Hutch

    Hurricane Hutch

    6 1921 HD

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  • 1923
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    His Children's Children

    His Children's Children

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Pride of Palomar

    The Pride of Palomar

    6 1922 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Eternal Question

    The Eternal Question

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1925
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    Infatuation

    Infatuation

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1915
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    Destruction

    Destruction

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Fighting American

    The Fighting American

    5.5 1924 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Third Eye

    The Third Eye

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Witness for the Defense

    The Witness for the Defense

    6.3 1919 HD

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  • 1915
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    Sin

    Sin

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Yellow Ticket

    The Yellow Ticket

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Phantom Foe

    The Phantom Foe

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1924
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    So This Is Marriage?

    So This Is Marriage?

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1999
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    Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

    Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

    6.9 1999 HD

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