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Tonight: "The Return of Charlie Chan"

FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “So much for so much.”

Greetings, as we move deeply into the Holiday Season and Christmas fast approaches!
This week, we reach the conclusion of our journey through the entire Charlie Chan film series for 2016. Our movie for tonight, “The Return of Charlie Chan,” stars Ross Martin (of “Wild, Wild, West” fame) as Charlie Chan, in a case that takes the Chinese Detective out of retirement to help solve a case of murder involving one of the wealthiest men in the world (played by Leslie Nielsen).

As is our custom, we begin arriving at 7:30 Eastern Time, we will be sharing, before our featured presentation, an “extra.”

OUR PRESENTATIONS:
1. The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan in: “White Elephant” (1972; Runtime: 22 minutes)
2. “The Return of Charlie Chan” (1972; Runtime: 91 minutes)

FILM SUMMARY: The patriarch of the ultra-wealthy Hadrachi family, Alex Hadrachi, shipping magnate and fifth-richest man in the world, is shot at aboard his luxury boat one evening as he is talking with Richard Lovell, one of his guests. Refusing to report the incident to the nearby Vancouver police, writer Andrew Kidder, a friend of Charlie Chan, suggests that Hadrachi call on the famous detective, now in retirement, for assistance.

NOTES: “The Return of Charlie Chan” was produced in 1971 and was released through Universal Pictures in 1972. Made as a TV movie and as a pilot for a possible television series starring Ross martin in the title role, the film was not aired on US television until 1979. The film has also been titled “Happiness is a Warm Clue,” partially in reference to a cultural catch-phrase of the time: “Happiness is…”

TIME: We begin with arrivals and greetings at 7:30 EASTERN TIME. Then, we share our “extra,” which will be followed at exactly 8:15 when we roll our featured movie: “The Return of Charlie Chan.”

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. Sadly, our feature for this week IS NOT presently available online. Our “extra” can be found at: http://www.toon.is/the-amazing-chan-and-the-chan-clan-15-white-elephant-video_be09416f6.html

NEXT WEEK: Please plan on joining us as we begin our Charlie Chan Film Tour 2017 with “Behind That Curtain,” with E.L. Park as Charlie Chan and…Boris Karloff.

PLEASE plan on joining us, even if you lack a copy of our feature movie! There is always lots of fun to go around!

Sincerely,
Rush Glick