Our Monday Evening Chat: "Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo"
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Truth cannot be insult.”
THIS WEEK, Charlie Chan and son, Lee, return Europe to attend the opening of a Paris art show in which his Number One son, Lee is a participant. Passing through Monte Carlo, Chan and son are brought into another murder case with international monetary implications.
Preceding our Charlie Chan feature, our weekly “extra,” will be another chapter, episode 24) 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.
OUR PRESENTATIONS: “Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo” (1937; 71 minutes) …AND “The Landini Murder Case,” Episode 25 (Radio Drama: 1936; 15 minutes).
FILM SUMMARY: Charlie Chan and number one son Lee are passing through Monte Carlo on their way to Paris for an art show in which Lee has a painting. They meet Inspector Jules Joubert, chief of police of Monte Carlo with whom they work to solve the murder of the courier of a wealthy financier, Victor Karnoff, who was carrying a fortune in bonds. Among the many suspects are Savarin, a bitter financial rival of Karnoff, Evelyn Gray, a beautiful blonde without visible means of support, and Al Rogers, a shady bartender who is blackmailing Mrs. Karnoff.
FILM NOTES: “Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo” was Warner Oland's last film. Oland began work on “Charlie Chan at the Ringside” in January of 1938, but the production was halted when the actor walked off the set on the 17th of that month. According to news items, there was a dispute between Oland and the studio.
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 at Monte Carlo.”
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. Once again, good fortune beams her bright smile as our feature IS available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzgpTDZQ7ws&t=1350s
And, for our Charlie Chan radio drama, you may use this link: https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/crime/charlie-chan/charlie-chan-25-landini
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NEW BOOK RELEASE! Here is the link at amazon.com to pre-order James Neibaur’s new Charlie Chan book:
This is the link to the softcover version which sells for $25. It is also available in hardcover for an additional $10.
NEXT WEEK: Join us on April 23 when we join Charlie Chan and Number One Son, Lee and Mr. Moto in “Mr. Moto’s Gamble,” the film that was originally planned as “Charlie Chan at the Ringside” and would have starred Warner Oland.
SO, PLEASE JOIN US this week as we have fun viewing and sharing “Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo”!
