FAMOUS CHINESE DETECTIVE
CHARLIE CHAN TRAVELS TO EGYPT As Charlie Chan, the Chines© detective, Warner Gland has become a familiar figure to thousands of 'film-goers, and although he has appeared at regular intervals in a series of pictures he has always retained a grip on his admirers. That grip has never been greater than in his latest film, ‘ CharRe Chan in Egypt,’ which is to open a season on Wednesday at the Grand’. In the past Charlie Chan’s enigmatical Oriental personality has been seen against a Western background, but he loses none of his quaint charm by being transplanted East. Gland’s great natural ability is supported _by the glamour of age-old Egypt, his calm, analytical mind undaunted by the suggestion that he is pitted against the malignant, unseen forces of an ancient Egyptian god. He is employed to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a gold and jewelled treasure found in a tomb. The clever Chines© detective is always entertaining, and in this picture the enjoyment i« heightened by the excellent acting of the supporting characters, of whom “ Pat ” Paterson, as the daughter of the leader of the expedition, and Stepin Fetch it;, as the native who is enrolled as Charlie Chan’s unwilling assistant, are outstanding.
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Evening Star, Issue 22229, 6 January 1936, Page 9
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207FAMOUS CHINESE DETECTIVE Evening Star, Issue 22229, 6 January 1936, Page 9
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