Mantan Moreland
Shanghai Chest (1948)
Shanghai Chest is a 1948 American film directed by William Beaudine and featuring Roland Winters in his third appearance as Charlie Chan.
Starring: Roland Winters•Nina Mae McKinney
Dark Alibi (1946)
Dark Alibi is a 1946 American film directed by Phil Karlson featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. It is also known as Charlie Chan in Alcatraz, Fatal Fingerprints and Fatal Fingertips.
Starring: Roland Winters•Edna May Harris
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
Shadows Over Chinatown is a 1946 film directed by Terry O. Morse. It is the second to last film featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.
Starring: Roland Winters•Edna May Harris
The Jade Mask (1945)
The Jade Mask is a 1945 film featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan and the only appearance of Number Four Son, Eddie Chan, played by Edwin Luke, the real-life younger brother of Keye Luke, who had depicted Number One Son throughout the 1930s.
Starring: Roland Winters•Edna May Harris
The Scarlet Clue (1945)
The Scarlet Clue is a 1945 American film directed by Phil Rosen.
Starring: Roland Winters•Edna May Harris
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
The Shanghai Cobra is a 1945 mystery film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.
Starring: Joan Woodbury•Roland Winters•Edna May Harris
Black Magic (1944)
Black Magic, later retitled Meeting at Midnight for television, is a 1944 mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.
Starring: Roland Winters•Edna May Harris•Marjorie Reynolds
Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat (1944)
The Chinese Cat is a 1944 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.
Starring: Ralph Byrd•Roland Winters•Edna May Harris
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service is a 1944 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. It is the first film made by Monogram Pictures after the series was dropped by 20th Century Fox, and it marks the introduction of Number Three Son and taxi driver, Birmingham Brown.
Starring: Roland Winters•Edna May Harris•Dorothy Dandridge
Freckles Comes Home (1942)
Freckles Comes Home is a 1942 American film directed by Jean Yarbrough based on the novel by Jeannette Stratton-Porter that was a sequel to Freckles by her mother Gene Stratton-Porter.
Starring: Vernon McCalla•Roland Winters•Kenny Washington
Lucky Ghost (1942)
Lucky Ghost is a 1942 American film directed by William Beaudine. The film is a sequel to the 1941 film Mr. Washington Goes to Town.
Starring: Roland Winters•Gale Storm
The Gang's All Here (1941)
The Gang's All Here (1941) is an American black-and-white feature film starring Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland, Marcia Mae Jones, and Jackie Moran in a story about a trucking company targeted by saboteurs. The film was directed by Jean Yarbrough, produced by Lindsley Parsons, and is one of several that paired Darro and Moreland. The film is known a...
Starring: F. E. Miller•Jacqueline deWit•Roland Winters
Sign of the Wolf (1941)
Sign of the Wolf is a 1941 American adventure film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Elizabeth Sutphin and Edmond Kelso. The film stars Michael Whalen, Grace Bradley, Darryl Hickman, Mantan Moreland, Louise Beavers and Wade Crosby. The film was released on March 25, 1941, by Monogram Pictures.
Starring: Nina Mae McKinney•Mary Kornman•Roland Winters
You're Out of Luck (1941)
You're Out of Luck is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Edmond Kelso. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kay Sutton, Mantan Moreland, Vickie Lester, Richard Bond and Janet Shaw. The film was released on January 20, 1941, by Monogram Pictures.
Starring: F. E. Miller•Roland Winters•James Ellison
Chasing Trouble (1940)
Chasing Trouble is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Howard Bretherton, from Monogram Pictures.
Starring: F. E. Miller•Roland Winters•Lucille Ball
Drums of the Desert (1940)
Drums of the Desert is a 1940 American romantic adventure film directed by George Waggner and written by Dorothy Davenport and George Waggner. The film stars Ralph Byrd, Lorna Gray, Mantan Moreland, George Lynn, Willy Castello and Jean Del Val. The film was released on October 7, 1940, by Monogram Pictures.
Starring: Roland Winters•Grace Bradley•Michael Whalen
Four Shall Die (1940)
Four Shall Die is a 1940 American supernatural crime film directed by William Beaudine. It features Dorothy Dandridge in her first credited film role.
Starring: Roland Winters•Herb Jeffries•Nathan Curry
On the Spot (1940)
On the Spot is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by George Waggner and Dorothy Davenport. The film stars Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland, John St. Polis, Robert Warwick and Maxine Leslie. The film was released on June 11, 1940, by Monogram Pictures.
Starring: F. E. Miller•Lorna Gray•Roland Winters
While Thousands Cheer (1940)
While Thousands Cheer is a lost American film released in 1940. Leo C. Popkin directed. It was the only football-themed film with an African American lead character for decades. It starred Kenny Washington, a football star from UCLA who went on to become the first African American in the NFL after initially being refused an opportunity to play in t...
Starring: Roland Winters•Marjorie Reynolds•Ralph Byrd
Gang Smashers (1938)
Gang Smashers, also released as Gun Moll, is an American film released in 1938. It features an African American cast. The National Museum of African American History and Culture has a poster for the film in its collection. Leo C. Popkin directed the Million Dollar Productions film from a screenplay by Ralph Cooper. The University of South Carolina ...
Starring: Kay Sutton•Roland Winters
Next Time I Marry (1938)
Next Time I Marry is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Garson Kanin and written by John Twist and Helen Meinardi. The film stars Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Lee Bowman, Granville Bates and Mantan Moreland. The film was released on December 9, 1938, by RKO Pictures.
Starring: Joe Louis•Edna May Harris•Roland Winters
Spirit of Youth (1938)
Spirit of Youth is a 1938 boxing film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring then-heavyweight world champion Joe Louis in a story with similarities to his own real life.
Starring: Roland Winters•Dorothy Dandridge•Vernon McCalla
Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)
Two Gun Man from Harlem is a 1938 American contemporary Western film directed by Richard C. Kahn. It was produced by Merit Pictures, distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises and featured an all-African-American cast.
Starring: Jeni Le Gon•Roland Winters
Harlem on the Prairie (1937)
Harlem on the Prairie (1937) is a race movie, billed as the first "all-colored" Western musical. The movie reminded audiences that there were black cowboys and corrected a popular Hollywood image of an all-white Old West.
Starring: Jeni Le Gon•Roland Winters•Nathan Curry