LOOKING FOR ANY INPUT AS TO POSSIBLE RESTORATION OF TOLERS LAST FIVE MOVIES.SHADOWS OVER CHINATOWN,DANGEROUS MONEY,RED DRAGON,DARK ALIBI AND THE TRAP I WOULD LOVE TO PURCHASE GOOD COPIES OF THEM.TRIED SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND RECIEVED POOR QUALITY COPIES.CAN ANYONE HELP?
Please keep checking back here because anybody who hears news about these Chan/Tolers will post here and let us know!
I have gotten permission to post the pictures of Taylor Schultz' Charlie Chan Figure (in the form of Sidney Toler) at my Charlie Chan Annex at the link above. Taylor is now working on a figure of Norman Bates and I'm hoping he'll send me pictures to add!
The rights to the films you mention are held by Warner Brothers. That company is currently working to find suitable prints for these movies in the hope of releasing them on DVD. This has been in the works for a couple of years, as it is difficult to find clean copies. One day, hopefully, we will have these pictures available on authorized, commercially produced DVDs for our viewing pleasure. In the meantime, all we have are the "undergroud" versions hat are often of dubious quality.
Sincerely,
Rush Glick
PS - Virginia, I look forward to seeing the Charlie Chan figure that you will be exhibiting at your honorable Site!
I think I may have asked you this before, but have you perhaps heard which of the movies are causing the most trouble for Warner? In other words, do they have clean copies of all but one or two at this point, or are most of the prints still problematic?
If you don't know for sure, which ones would you guess are causing the most trouble?
As I understand the current situation, a fair number of the Monogram Chan films held by Warner Brothers, 11 in all, are of poor enough quality to require a search for better prints.