FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Confucius say, 'Sleep only escape from yesterday.'"
THIS WEEK we will be viewing and sharing “Shadows Over Chinatown.” Starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan, who is called upon to solve a gruesome series of "torso murders."
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:
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan in "To Catch a Pitcher" (1972; Runtime: 20:16)
“Shadows Over Chinatown” (1946; Runtime: 64 minutes)
FEATURE SUMMARY: Charlie Chan, Number Two Son, Jimmy, and assistant Birmingham Brown are all on a bus heading south to San Francisco to investigate a murder case involving an unidentified armless, legless, headless torso. Chan learns that an elderly woman, Mrs. Conover, is traveling to San Francisco to search for her missing granddaughter, Mary. He tells the concerned woman that he will do what he can to help her find her missing loved one.
FILM NOTES: This film's working titles were "Corpus Delecti" and "The Mandarin's Secret." "Shadows Over Chinatown" featured the return of Sen Yung (Victor Sen Young) as Charlie Chan's Number Two Son, whose previous appearance had been as a member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps on leave in "Castle in the Desert" (1942). Victor Sen Yung's return to the Chan series, now being produced at Monogram Pictures, in a case of art mirroring life in the case of Jimmy Chan, followed his return to civilian life after having served in the Army Air Forces during the war.
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 “Shadows Over Chinatown."
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. SAD NEWS! Our feature for this week, “Shadows Over Chinatown,” is NOT available online. However, our “extra” can be found at: http://watchcartoonsonline.eu/watch/the-amazing-chan-and-the-chan-clan-episode-2-to-catch-a-pitcher/
NEXT WEEK: “DANGEROUS MONEY” starring Sidney Toler.
PLEASE accept this invitation share part of your Monday evening with us as we view together, enjoy, and comment on “Shadows Over Chinatown."
