Re: Bruce Lee almost Charlie Chan's Number One Son
Dear Russell,
Thank you for bring this piece of information to light during last evening's Chat. The added information you offer points to an interesting irony that seems to pop up fairly often regarding the Charlie Chan series and the actors who took part in it! While "The Green Hornet" series added a boost to Bruce Lee's career, it is too bad that the other, seemingly Chan-based series never got off the ground. Had they waited just a couple more years, the producers may have gone ahead with a "Number One Son" project, as there was a resurgence of Chan's popularity beginning in 1968 with the re-issuing of the then-existing collection of Fox Chan films, and the publicity brought about by a surrounding publicity campaign and "exhibition" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
