Our Monday Evening Chat/Film Viewing: "The Black Camel"!
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Wages of stupidity is hunt for new job.”
As we edge toward the end of January, we continue along, reaching the next stop on our Charlie Chan Film Tour 2017, “The Black Camel,” starring Warner Oland and featuring Bela Lugosi! “Who killed Shelah Fane?” Even Charlie Chan’s kids are asking him this question as their famous Pop works to solve a case of Murder in Waikiki!
As is our custom, we begin arriving at 7:30 Eastern Time, we will be sharing, before our featured presentation, an “extra.”
OUR PRESENTATIONS:
“The Landini Murder Case” (part 12) radio program (Circa 1936; Runtime: 14:27)
“The Black Camel” (1931; Runtime: 71 minutes)
FILM SUMMARY: Hollywood star Shelah Fane, who is in Hawaii shooting a film on location, is murdered in her beach house in Waikiki. Detective Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police Department is called on to investigate. "Death is a black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate. Tonight black camel has knelt here," Chan tells the assembled suspects.
NOTES: The novel “The Black Camel,” by Earl Derr Biggers, was originally published serially in ‘The Saturday Evening Post’ between May 18 and June 22, 1929. Sources conflict concerning the release date of the film. According to information in the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department at the UCLA Theater Arts Library, some scenes were shot in Honolulu, where some of the of the film's music was also recorded.
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 (EST) when we roll our featured presentation, “The Black Camel.”
LOCATION: Our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room, which is accessed at http://www.charliechan.info/id17.html.
IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FEATURES: Often our features can be found available online. GOOD NEWS! For those lacking a copy of “The Black Camel,” our movie is presently available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwkTewuR_HM&t=3222s. Our “extra” can be found at: http://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/crime/charlie-chan/charlie-chan-12-landini
NEXT WEEK: Please join with us as we share “Charlie Chan in London” with Warner Oland!
PLEASE join in on the fun as we watch the oldest existing Warner Oland Charlie Chan adventure!
