This Monday will mark the closing point of the Sidney Toler era of the Charlie Chan film series. We will be watching and sharing “The Trap,” which, sadly proved to be Sidney Toler’s final film.
Also, as our weekly “extra,” we will be sharing another of the cartoons from the 16-episode cartoon series from 1972 which featured KEYE LUKE as the voice of Charlie Chan, “The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan.” The episode we will be sharing will be the third one, “The Phantom Sea Thief,” which can be found online at: http://watchcartoonsonline.eu/watch/the-amazing-chan-and-the-chan-clan-episode-4-the-phantom-sea-thief/
OUR PRESENTATIONS: “The Trap” (1946; 69 minutes) …AND “The Eye of the Idol” (1972; 20 minutes).
FILM SUMMARY: The members of Cole King's variety troupe occupy a Malibu, California beach house. One of the showgirls disappears, and her body is discovered by San Toy, a Chinese member of the troupe. Because Lois has been strangled, a murder technique said to be favored by the Chinese and the French, both San Toy and Adelaide, who is French, are under immediate suspicion. San Toy, who is a friend of Jimmy Chan, asks his father to investigate.
FILM NOTES: Working titles for “The Trap” were “Murder in Malibu Beach” and “Charlie Chan in the Trap.” This is one of two Chan films in the series proper to have been filmed in large measure on location, the other being “The Black Camel” (1931). “The Trap” marked the final film appearance for Sidney Toler, who died on February 12, 1947. Roland Winters assumed the role of Charlie Chan in the 1947 film “The Chinese Ring.”
TIME: We begin with arrivals and greetings at 7:30 EASTERN TIME. Then, we share our special short “extra” which will be followed at exactly 8:15 when we roll our feature for this Monday evening, “The Trap.”
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. GOOD NEWS! Our feature, “The Trap,” is presently available online at this address: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x297kc7
And, for our Chan cartoon: http://watchcartoonsonline.eu/watch/the-amazing-chan-and-the-chan-clan-episode-5-eye-of-the-idol/
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NEXT WEEK: We will be sharing TWO episodes from “The New Adventures of Charlie Chan.”
SO, please join in on an evening of fun and mystery fun as we share “The Trap.”
