 Charlie Chan at the Circus 1936  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, George Brasno, Olive Brasno, J. Carrol Naish, Boothe Howard, Francis Ford, Paul Stanton, Wade Boteler, John McGuire, Shirley Deane, Drue Leyton, John Aasen, Paul McVey, Shia Jung
A killer ape and the murder of the circus owner interfere with Charlie Chan's (Warner Oland) trip to the circus with his 12 children. While Charlie is busy with his investigation, Number One Son Lee (Keye Luke) is attracted to contortionist Su Toy (Shia Jung) but gets no response to his advances. Meanwhile, Charlie travels by train with the circus to the next town trying to solve the crime before another murder is committed. J. Carrol Naish, who plays lion tamer Tom Holt in this film, will later take on the role of Charlie Chan in the 1950s' TV series.
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 Charlie Chan in London 1934  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Ray Milland, Mona Barrie, Douglas Walton, Alan Mowbray, George Barraud, E.E. Clive, Reginald Sheffield, Murray Kinnell, Paul England, Madge Bellamy, Perry Ivins, Walter Johnson, Elsa Buchanan
After Paul's (Douglas Walton) arrest for murder, his sister Pamela Ward (Drue Leyton) calls in Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) to solve the crime and free her brother. Chan heads for Geoffrey Raymond's (Alan Mowbray) country estate where the murder occurred. He has only 65 hours to expose the real murderer before Paul is scheduled to be executed.
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Charlie Chan's Courage 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: George Hadden
Cast: Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Donald Woods, Paul Harvey, Murray Kinnell, Jerry Jerome, Si Jenks, Harvey Clark
Murder amidst a jewelry delivery confronts Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) who sets out to solve the case. This film, like several other Charlie Chan movies in the early 1930s, was lost in the archives.
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| 1. Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
2. Charlie Chan in London (1934)
3. Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
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