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Chen Chali zhuan qi : yi ge Zhongguo zhen tan zai Meiguo

Charlie Chan : the untold story of the honorable detective and his rendezvous with American history

This is the first biography of the cinematic hero Charlie Chan, whose character was inspired by the real-life story of Chang Apana, a bullwhip-wielding, five-foot-tall Chinese-American immigrant detective whose raids on opium dens and gambling parlours made him a legend. Emerging against the backdrop of racially riven early-twentieth-century Hawaii, Apana's bravado inspired mystery writer Earl Derr Biggers to write six best-selling novels. The resulting Hollywood character was not a stereotypical "Chinaman" but a wisecracking sleuth with a knack for turning oriental wisdom into soup-alley Chinatown blues. Examining Chan in fact and fiction, Huang follows this untold story from the beaches of Waikiki to the studios of Hollywood.

The scarlet clue [videorecording]

Charlie Chan must stop a murderous thief who'll let nothing - not even show business - stop him from stealing top-secret radar plans.