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Once Upon A Time...
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Harvey Chertok produced "The Great Charlie Chan"--a one-hour documentary about Hollywood’s legendary detective.
It premiered in a gala event at the Museum Of Modern Art/NY to launch their Charlie Chan Film Festival (March 4-17, 1968) that included 20th Century-Fox’s 21 Warner Oland and Sidney Toler Chan films--which were then being released for TV by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. "TGCC" then went on to be seen on over 50 U.S. TV stations, and the CBC-TV Network in Canada.
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12/25/09
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"The Great Charlie Chan" is unexpectedly found among Harvey's memorabilia in his attic, and a DVD is made.
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2/22/10
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SCREENING: S.R.O. at the NY TV Academy
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3/8/10
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1st of 4 stories in The New York Times--about the discovery of the documentary, its successful showing at the TV Academy, and the upcoming screening at the National Arts Club.
Because The NYT is internationally distributed, many letters and emails were received, including one from movie critic, Leonard Maltin, and another from a film festival producer in Hawaii who is interested in showcasing "TGCC" in a Charlie Chan Convention in Honolulu.
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3/16/10
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SCREENING: S.R.O. At the National Arts Club/NY--and afterwards that evening, Harvey does a radio interview about Chan on the nationally syndicated Joey Reynolds Show.
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6/7/10
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Another radio interview about Chan--is on the nationally syndicated DAVE WHITE PRESENTS Show.
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6/9/10
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Major story in Our Town, (Click Here) local newspaper in Rockland/NY & Bergen/NJ counties, about "TGCC" and its upcoming 6/13 screening at the Orangeburg/NY Library.
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6/13/10
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SCREENING: S.R.O. At the Orangeburg Library.
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6/13/10
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2nd New York Times major story--is a review of the new DVD set of Monogram Pictures/Sidney Toler Charlie Chan films.
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7/6/10
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AMAZING CHARLIE CHAN WEBSITE is created and posted by Tasha Loring: "I Spy - Charlie Chan Connection" (Click Here).
This most comprehensive website includes many excellent photos, links to other Chan websites, and fascinating stories about the actors in the Chan films. Very interesting and entertaining!
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8/9/10
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THE NEW YORKER magazine: 5-page story--"Chan, The Man" by Jill Lepore--including a full-page photo of Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. The article is sub-titled: "On the trail of the honorable detective". ALSO, there is a special website with an interesting video about Chan--(Click Here).
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8/11/10
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3rd New York Times story--with a photo of Warner Oland as Charlie Chan on the Front Page! This is a major article about the author (Yunte Huang) of a new book about Chan "The Untold Story Of The Honorable Detective And His Rendezvous With American History."
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8/31/10
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WNYC/Radio: Leonard Lopate interviews Yunte Huang regarding his new book about Chan.
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9/5/10
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4th New York Times article--in Book Review section: "No. 1 Sleuth--A history of the beloved matinee detective Charlie Chan." This is a favorable review of Yunte Huang's new book--by film critic, Richard Schickel.
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8/1/12
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Since 9/5/10, several additional screenings of "The Great Charlie Chan" were arranged, including an S.R.O. event at the extraordinary Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Conference, on 9/23/11.
And now, with an added introduction to tell why and how this documentary was produced, and with an entertaining closing summary, a new DVD is being made: "Hollywood’s Great Charlie Chan."
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