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CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS 40x60 OR search current auctions Auction History Result f024 CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS Forty by Sixty movie poster '36 Warner Oland Date Sold 4/22/2008Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Forty by Sixty Movie Poster (measures 40" x 60") (Learn More) Charlie Chan at the Circus, the 1936 Harry Lachman Asian detective big top crime mystery comedy thriller ("A gorilla killer on the loose! Crime at the Carnival! Murder under the Big Top!"; "HELP! - and Chan's 12 children come to the rescue!"; "Based on the character 'Charlie Chan' created by Earl Derr Biggers") starring Warner Oland (in the title role as Charlie Chan), Keye Luke, George Brasno, Olive Brasno (the Brasnos are billed as "George and Olive Brasno"), Francis Ford, John McGuire, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Deane, and John Aasen. Note that the very first Charlie Chan movie was "House Without a Key" in 1925, with George Kuwa as Chan. In 1927, "The Chinese Parrot" (directed by Paul Leni) starred Sojin Kamiyama as Chan. In 1929 came the third movie, "Behind That Curtain", starring E.L. Park as Charlie Chan. 1931 brought "Charlie Chan Carries On", starring Warner Oland in the first of many movies with him as the Asian detective, and he was later replaced by Sidney Toler and then Roland Winters (there would ultimately be 47 Charlie Chan movies!). Of course, Charlie Chan is one of the most memorable literary creations ever, from author Earl Derr Biggers, but because politically correct-minded people have viewed the character as outdated, the movies are rarely shown, which is a shame! Also note that George and Olive Brasno were brother and sister who were "little people" who each appeared in a handful of movies (including The Mighty Barnum). They did not take the parts of Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz because they were making more money in vaudeville! Also note that John Aasen was a Norwegian giant who appeared in ten movies between 1923 and 1936, often uncredited. He first appeared as "Colosso" in Harold Lloyd's "Why Worry?", and he appeared with the Our Gang kids as a circus giant in "Growing Pains". He died in 1938 at the age of 48. He was advertised as being 8' 9", but this is almost certainly an extreme exaggeration, for it was common at the time to add at least one foot to the height of tall men in circuses, and in 2008, his skeleton was measured and he was discovered to have been 7' 2". If anyone knows more about John Aasen, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster is VERY impressive in person, both due to its large size and its quality of printing! We feel certain that whoever purchases this poster will agree that it looks better in person than it does in our digital image! Condition: fair. There is surface paper loss and tiny paper loss around the edges of the poster (more so in the lower half of the right border), and the poster is "lifting" from the board in parts of the borders. There are many creases and scuffs scattered throughout the poster, more so in the solid background areas, including a horizontal scuff in Luke's hair, many scuffs and smudges in Luke's shoulder, and many scuffs in Oland's hat in the larger image of both. There are many slightly diagonal scuff marks scattered in the title box and many horizontal scuff lines across the bottom figures, including several in the face of the smaller image of Oland (study our super-sized image to see exactly what they are, for they are pretty significant and noticeable). There are also some other scuffs and smudges throughout the image and some dents and tiny areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster (please study our super-sized image to clearly see the above described defects). Clearly, this poster has far more defects than the other similar 40x60s we are selling, but a talented restorer could perform restoration to this poster, after which the poster would look quite nice (but it would require a fair amount of paint restoration throughout the poster). Learn More about condition grades 
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