Our Monday Evening Chat Session (11/27): "The Shanghai Chest"
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Sometimes muddy waters, when stirred sufficiently, bring strange things to surface.”
The month of November draws to a close as we join Charlie Chan, Number Two Son…Tommy…, and Birmingham Brown in “The Shanghai Chest.” Can Chan clear a man who is wrongly accused of murder?
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 is “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
OUR PRESENTATIONS: “The Shanghai Chest” (1948; 65 minutes) …AND “The Mummy’s Tomb” (1972; 22 minutes).
FILM SUMMARY: In San Francisco, Judge Wesley Armstrong is stabbed to death in his study by an intruder, and Victor, the judge's nephew, who has come to see him, is attacked and rendered unconscious. As the police arrive at the Armstrong home, they discover Victor recovering consciousness and holding the murder knife in his hand. This, plus other incriminating evidence, makes him the prime suspect in the murder. When Charlie Chan comes to see the district attorney to apologize about a misadventure with his number two son Tommy and assistant Birmingham Brown, word is received that two sets of fingerprints were found on the knife - Victor's and those of a criminal who was executed six months earlier. Lieutenant Mike Ruark asks for Chan's help with the case.
FILM NOTES: This film's working title was “Murder By Alphabet.” Louis Mason is listed in the Call Bureau Cast Service in the role of the cemetery custodian, but the part was actually played by Paul Scardon.
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 Shanghai Chest.”
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 fortune once again smiles, as our featured film is available in TWO PARTS online as these addresses: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4h7zvd and http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4h7zy0
And, for our Chan cartoon, you may use this link: https://watchcartoonsonline.to/watch/the-amazing-chan-and-the-chan-clan-episode-11-the-mummys-tomb/
OUR MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment to cast your vote in our November 2017 Poll, located at our Entrance Page (www.charliechan.info)!
NEXT WEEK: Join us as we begin December with “The Golden Eye,” starring Roland Winters.
SO, please join in on the Monday fun as we watch and share “The Shanghai Chest.”
