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Our Monday Evening Chat/Film Sharing: "Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise"

FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “To speak without thinking is to shoot without aiming.”

THIS WEEK we go on a cruise! One problem, however that I must tell you before you pack your best Hawaiian shirts and sets of shorts: it’s a MURDER cruise! Charlie Chan is out to find the killer who stalks members of an around the world tour group. Who is this person and will the detective, with the help of his Number Two Son, be able to find the one who even killed one of his own friends?

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 32) radio program (June 18, 1936; Runtime: 14:55)
2.“Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise” (1940; Runtime: 75 minutes)

FEATURE SUMMARY: Charlie Chan, continuing for a murdered colleague, and assisted by Number Two Son, Jimmy, seeks to uncover the identity of a strangler who strikes multiple times on an around-the-world cruise ship bound from Honolulu to San Francisco.

FILM NOTES: “Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise” is a much looser adaptation of Earl Derr Biggers' novel, Charlie Chan Carries On (1930), than was Fox studios' original adaptation, also titled “Charlie Chan Carries On,” from 1931, which was closely scripted to reflect the original Biggers Chan mystery. The working titles of this film were variously “Charlie Chan's Cruise,” “Charlie Chan's Oriental Cruise,” and “Chan's Murder Cruise.” According to materials contained at the UCLA Produced Scripts Collection at the UCLA Theater Arts Library, Robert Ellis and Helen Logan wrote the first treatment for this film, which was followed by a treatment and screenplay written by John Larkin. Their contribution to the final film has not been determined.

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 (EDT) when we share our featured presentation “Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise.”

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’s Murder Cruise,” is available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af2De6_26RM. Also, our “extra” can be found at: https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/crime/charlie-chan/charlie-chan-32-landini

NEXT WEEK: “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum” starring Sidney Toler with Victor Sen Yung.

SAD NEWS: We mark the passing, on May 30, of Elena Verdugo, who played a prominent role in "The Sky Dragon" (1949), the final film in the Charlie Chan series.

PLEASE accept this invitation share part of your Monday evening as we enjoy “Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise.”

Sincerely,

Rush Glick