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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Earl Derr Biggers, 48, humorist, novelist, playwright, scenario-writer; of heart failure; in Pasadena. His first novel, Seven Keys To Baldpate, was his most famed. His best known fictional character: Charlie Chan, Chinese detective and aphorist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 17, 1933 | 4/17/1933 | See Source »

CELEBRATED CASES OF CHARLIE CHAN -Earl Derr Biggers-Bobbs-Merrill ($2). The clever Chinese rides this omnibus through Cases One to Five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murders of the Month: Mar. 27, 1933 | 3/27/1933 | See Source »

KEEPER OF THE KEYS ? Earl Derr Diggers?Bobbs-Merrill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Omnibus of Crime | 8/1/1932 | See Source »

Seven Keys to Baldpate (RKO). Earl Derr Biggers wrote the story. George M. Cohan made a play of it. Douglas MacLean was in it as a silent picture. As a talkie it proves again that the mechanism of the mystery story is an ideal device for comedy. Richard Dix is the young author who bets that he can write a book in 24 hours and sits down to work in a lonely house in the country to which he believes he has the only key. Typical shot: $25,000 in stage money burning in the fireplace at Baldpate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mysterious Island | 1/6/1930 | See Source »

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