Our Monday Evening Chat/Film Viewing/Sharing: "Charlie Chan in Shanghai"
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Sixty summers young, sixty winters old...brrr.”
THIS WEEK, Charlie Chan travels to the land of his ancestors as we follow the great detective to Shanghai, China. Even before his arrival there, Charlie Chan finds that he is in great danger! However, in something of a pleasant surprise, Number One Son, Lee, who is there on business, greets his famous pop as father and son share the danger and intrigue as they work in tandem to thwart the evil machinations of an international opium ring.
Preceding our Charlie Chan feature, our weekly “extra,” will be another chapter of the 1936 radio dramatization of “The Landini Murder Case,” an adaptation, of Earl Derr Biggers’ “Keeper of the Keys,” the only Biggers Chan Story never to have been made into a film, starring Walter Connolly.
FILM SUMMARY: Charlie Chan travels to his ancestral homeland, China, at the request of Sir Stanley Woodland, a prominent official in Shanghai, to help break up an opium-smuggling organization. When Chan is honored at a Shanghai banquet, Sir Stanley informs the detective that he has discovered some sinister activities. Before Sir Stanley can share this information he is silenced by a booby-trapped box. With Number One Son, Lee, at his side, Chan seeks to discover the secrets of the smuggling activities in Shanghai as well as the identity of the Sir Stanley's killer.
FILM NOTES: Although the character played by Frederik Vogeding is listed as "Burke" in the onscreen credits, he is called "Ivan Marloff" throughout the dialog of the film.
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, “Charlie Chan in Shanghai.”
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 smiles as our feature IS available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_GFnA_b-vc
For our Charlie Chan radio drama, you may use this link: https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/crime/charlie-chan/charlie-chan-18-landini
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NEXT WEEK: Join us on Monday, March 5 as we view and share our thoughts on “Charlie Chan’s Secret.”
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