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Word: oland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Denverites liked his looks, which suggest Cinemactor Warner Oland playing Charlie Chan. Quick with compliments, Editor Davis got off on the right foot by saluting Denver as "the civilized capital of a glamorous, robust Rocky Mountain Empire with a culture of its own which I hope to understand and enter into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Davis to Denver | 8/3/1936 | See Source »

...Charlie Chan's Secret" is rather disappointing to a Charlie Chan fan. We are afraid it would be a kindness to retire the noted detective before he comes to an ignominious end. It seems as though, Warner Oland would understand Addison's feeling that he would rather kill Sir Roger than have someone else disgrace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/7/1936 | See Source »

...speaking of the week's program at the Paramount and Fenway, in order to begin with a note of optimism, we have to describe the "second big hit" first. For Warner Oland's mystifying in "Charlie Chan's Secret" proves much more enticing than the rigmarole of "Coronado...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: The Moviegoer | 12/13/1935 | See Source »

...other movie on the bill is "Charlie Chan in Shanghai." This one is is Shanghai. Warner Oland is still the star and he still solves a murder. We like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/23/1935 | See Source »

Without this experience, he may never appreciate the excitement that pervades a fan at the inviolability of Warner Oland's person. He may never understand the smug smiles which accompany the first three or four attempts on the detective's life. He may never grasp the delight at the inevitable final threat, appalling as it always is. For we fans know that Charlie has only covered three or four cities in the world. This time it is Shanghai and a dope ring...

Author: By A. A. B. jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 9/27/1935 | See Source »

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