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This week's Chat Feature: "Charlie Chan at the Olympics"

FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “When all players hold suspicious cards, good idea to have joker up sleeve.”

April is here, and, as we head into Spring, we continue along on our Charlie Chan Film Tour 2017. This week, we join Charlie Chan and Number One Son, Lee, as the elder Chan takes on a case of murder in his hometown of Honolulu, but the trail takes him halfway around the world and deep into the dark recesses of international intrigue! We also meet Charlie Chan, Junior, who helps his famous Pop at the first leg of our case, and then his big brother, a participant in the Olympic Games, takes it from there!

As is our custom, we begin arriving at 7:30 Eastern Time, we will be sharing, before our featured presentation, an “extra” in the form of a vintage Charlie Chan continuing radio drama! Following our “extra,” we will collectively run our feature at 8:15!

OUR PRESENTATIONS:
1.“The Landini Murder Case” (part 23) radio program (1936; Runtime: 14:40)
2.“Charlie Chan at the Olympics” (1937; Runtime: 71 minutes)

FEATURE SUMMARY: During flight tests over Honolulu an experimental airplane is hijacked and its pilot murdered. When the missing plane is chanced upon by Charlie Chan and son Charlie, Jr., it is discovered that the new guidance device, designed to allow military planes to fly unmanned, is missing. The detective traces the strategically important invention to the summer Olympic Games in Berlin, where spies, enemy agents, and other criminals are trying to obtain it, intent on selling it to another government. Chan's son, Lee, a member of the U.S. Olympic swim team, is on hand to help his father recover the device and solve the mystery.

FILM NOTES: This film contains newsreel footage of the dirigible ‘Hindenburg’ which exploded only two weeks before the release of “Charlie Chan at the Olympics,” as well as several highlights of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, including a sequence featuring American runner Jesse Owens participating in the 4x100 relay. John Carradine is listed as a cast member in Hollywood Reporter production charts, but his participation in the final film has not been confirmed.

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 share our featured presentation “Charlie Chan at the Olympics.”

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

IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FEATURE: Often our features can be found available online. GOOD NEWS! Our feature for this week, “Charlie Chan at the Race Track,” is available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4DAkRiFM9w Also, our “extra” can be found at: https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/crime/charlie-chan/charlie-chan-23-landini

NEXT WEEK: “Charlie Chan on Broadway” starring Warner Oland, with Keye Luke.

PLEASE accept this humbly offered invitation join us as we enjoy “Charlie Chan at the Olympics”!

Sincerely,

Rush Glick