CHARLIE THE CHAN MAN

One of the most popular movie series during the 1930s and 1940s featured the Hawaiian police detective of Oriental ancestry, Charlie Chan.

The Chan films always appeared in Salisbury and Rowan County.

Here are fourteen examples:

1931
This is a lost film.

1931

1931
This is a lost film.

1934
This is a lost film.

1934

1935

1935

1936

1936

1937

1937

1937

1939

1939

THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD

(1) GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA

(2) HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

(3) STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA

(4) TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS

(5) MAUSOLEUM OF MAUSSOLLOS AT HALICARNASSUS

(6) COLOSSUS OF RHODES

(7) LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA

(8) KING KONG

Prior to 1933, there were Seven Wonders of the World. According to the film's advertising, KING KONG became the eighth.

It remains to this day, nearly eighty years after it was produced, a screen marvel.

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THE CAPITOL - SALISBURY'S SHOWPLACE FOR 40 YEARS

CAPITOL THEATRE
December 13, 1925

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December 24, 1925

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June 6, 1926

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May 20, 1928

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March 10, 1929

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February 25, 1933

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October 30, 1935

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April 12, 1936

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November 8, 1936

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April 27, 1938

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September 14, 1941

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January 3, 1943

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May 2, 1943

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June 16, 1943

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November 7, 1948

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June 23, 1953

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December 31, 1953

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May 20, 1954

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June 21, 1958

CAPITOL THEATRE
July 20, 1958