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Our Monday Chat Film: "The Chinese Ring" starring Roland Winters...and MORE!

FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Strange events permit themselves the luxury of occurring in strange places.”

Greetings! This week’s stop on our CHARLIE CHAN
FILM TOUR 2016 will be at Malibu Beach as we view “The Chinese Ring,” starring Roland Winters in his first appearance as Charlie Chan. In this adventure, the death of a Chinese princess brings Charlie Chan into a case involving international smuggling and a gang of ruthless individuals who will stop at nothing to further their nefarious scheme.
We will also be sharing, before our featured presentation, another episode of “The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan,” “Double Trouble,” which can be viewed at this link: http://www.toon.is/the-amazing-chan-and-the-chan-clan-09-double-trouble-video_bfd3e11e5.html.

OUR PRESENTATIONS: “The Chinese Ring” (1947; Runtime: 67 minutes)…AND “Double Trouble” (originally aired November 4, 1972; Runtime: 22 minutes)

SUMMARIES:
“Double Trouble” - An Arab prince, Prince Harim, is due to sign extremely important documents for his country the next day, so he is under strict security precautions, even though he is taking part in an automobile race. However, during the race he is switched for a look-alike, and, later, when the double himself disappears, the Chans join in on the hunt for the missing prince.

“The Chinese Ring” - Mei Ling, a Chinese princess, arrives in San Francisco aboard the boat ‘Shanghai Maid,’ and, several weeks later, visits Charlie Chan at his home. She gives Chan's butler and assistant, Birmingham Brown, an ancient Chinese ring, and while she is momentarily alone, an assailant kills her by shooting a poison dart through the window. As she is dying, the princess is able to write "Capt. K" on a piece of paper, but is unable to finish the full name. Chan, with the help of Number Two Son, Tommy, and Birmingham, soon finds himself in the midst of international intrigue and danger as he seeks to discover the identity of the mysterious Captain K and the murderer of Princess Mei Ling.
OF NOTE:

“The Chinese Ring” - The title card on this film reads: “Charlie Chan in ‘The Chinese Ring’". The film's working titles were “The Mandarin's Secret,” “The Red Hornet,” and “Charlie Chan and the Chinese Ring.” ‘Independent Film Journal’ reviewed the picture as “The Red Hornet.” Although ‘Call Bureau Cast Service’ lists Valerie Ardis as "Stenographer," the ‘Variety’ review and studio production files list Charmienne Harker in the role. This film marked the first Charlie Chan film to star Roland Winters, who was chosen to replace Sidney Toler who had died earlier in 1947.

TIME: We begin with arrivals and greetings at 7:30 EASTERN TIME. Then, we share “extra” which will be followed at exactly 8:15 when we roll our feature, “The Chinese Ring.”

LOCATION: Our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room, which is accessed at http://www.charliechan.info/id17.html.

IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FILM: Often our features can be found available online, happily, tonight’s feature is presently available at: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x297j6u_charlie-chan-the-chinese-ring-1947-roland-winters_shortfilms.

A GHOSTLY REMINDER: Please be prepared for our eerie gathering on Halloween Night, Monday, October 31, as we hold our annual Charlie Chan family Virtual Halloween Party! Come virtually costumed as any character, good or bad, human or animal and prepared for FUN!
PLEASE have a happy Monday, everyone! See you at the chat!

Sincerely,
Rush Glick