Warner Oland in "Charlie Chan at the Olympics" (1937) - feat. Keye Luke & Jesse Owens скачать в хорошем качестве

Warner Oland in "Charlie Chan at the Olympics" (1937) - feat. Keye Luke & Jesse Owens

Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) is proud of his eldest son, swimmer Lee Chan (Keye Luke), who has been chosen to represent the United States at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Over Honolulu, the Hopkins plane—demonstrating a new remote-control device for the military—is hijacked by a hidden stowaway who steals the invention and murders the test pilot. Chan and his younger son, Charlie Jr. (Layne Tom Jr.), trace the stowaway only to find him dead, leaving the mystery of who now holds the device. On the passenger list of the only plane departing for the mainland are Richard Masters (Allan Lane) and Yvonne Roland (Katherine DeMille). Masters, originally set to pilot the demonstration flight before injuring his shoulder, is heading to the Olympics as a competitor. Hopkins (Jonathan Hale) also notes the presence of arms dealer Arthur Hughes (C. Henry Gordon). Several suspects travel to Germany aboard the SS Manhattan, while Chan, Hughes, and inventor Cartwright (John Eldredge) reach Europe sooner via the Zeppelin Hindenburg. Aboard the Manhattan, Lee grows suspicious of Roland, and confides in fellow Olympian Betty Adams (Pauline Moore), girlfriend of Masters. When the ship docks, German Inspector Strasser (Frederick Vogeding) joins Chan and Hopkins to question Roland, but she has vanished, and Lee reunities with his father. On the train to Berlin, Chan learns Roland borrowed a camera from Adams. Lee to suspects the invention was smuggled in. Hughes overhears this and warns Chan to stop digging, then saves him when a gunman fires into their compartment. Hughes later arranges for the camera to be stolen, but nothing is found. In Berlin, a hotel maid attempts to steal the invention—actually hidden in Adams’ candy box—but Chan replaces it with a book. Hopkins insists on guarding the box, but soon Cartwright is discovered wounded, claiming Hopkins turned on him. Meanwhile Roland delivers the box to her employer, diplomat Charles Zaraka (Morgan Wallace), who realizes the device is missing. Zaraka summons Chan to the Olympic opening ceremony, where Lee is kidnapped to force Chan’s hand. Chan allows himself to be taken to exchange the device—a decoy containing a radio beacon—for his son. Hughes bursts in with gunmen, demanding the real invention, but police arrive in time. Hopkins is found shot, and Cartwright accuses Hughes, but Chan exposes Cartwright as both the shooter and the murderer from Honolulu. The case solved, Chan proudly watches Lee win the 100-meter swim. A 1937 American Black & White detective mystery film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, John Stone associate producer, screenplay by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan, story by Paul Burger, based on the character "Charlie Chan" by Earl Derr Biggers, cinematography by Daniel B. Clark, starring Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane, Keye Luke, C. Henry Gordon, John Eldredge, Layne Tom Jr., Jonathan Hale Morgan Wallace, Frederik Vogeding, Howard C. Hickman, Lee Shumway, Wilhelm von Brincken, and Jesse Owens as himself. Released by 20th Century Fox. The fourteenth of sixteen Charlie Chan movies starring Warner Oland, produced by Fox, and introducing Layne Tom, Jr. as Charlie Chan's youngest son. It reuses the opening music of "Charlie Chan at the Race Track." This is the most topical Charlie Chan film, as it features events in the Olympic Games of 1936, including a relay race showing American runner Jesse Owens, and actual footage from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and contained newsreel footage of the dirigible Hindenburg, which exploded into flames and crashed at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station on on May 6, 1937, 15 days before the release of the film. Stock footage of the dirigible Hindenburg was retouched, frame by frame, to blot out the swastikas emblazoned on the airship's tail. Stock footage of the dirigible Hindenburg was retouched, frame by frame, to blot out the swastikas emblazoned on the airship's tail. sIn other stock footage, several views of swastika flags were blotted out, other instances of Nazism were missed. Charlie Chan quotes: "Fish in sea like flea on dog - always present but difficult to find." "All work and no play make Charlie Chan very dull policeman." "Good hunter never warn tiger of trap." "Have never met Santa Claus either. Yet still accept gifts from same." "Truth, like football, receive many kicks before reaching goal." "Suppose husband, like toupee on bald head, used for cover-up." " Hasty accusation like long shot on horse race. Odds good but chances doubtful." "Important lesson for good detective - when all players hold suspicious cards, good idea to have joker up sleeve." "Better for Oriental to lose life than lose face." Another well-directed Warner Oland Chan movie, with the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as the backdrop. It's interesting to see how the United States and the rest of the world did not take Hitler's Germany seriously until it was too late. A good mystery. One of the best in the series. Recommended.