FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Truth speak from any chair.”

TONIGHT, Charlie Chan in in New York City for a police dinner while Number Two son, Jimmy, is also present, to his Pop’s dismay, to attend the New York World’s Fair. Soon, father and son will find themselves caught in a murderous web extending a decade into the past and into the present, as a killer seeks his revenge against Charlie Chan in the eerie midst of a crime museum populated by lifelike wax figures…and more!

Preceding our Charlie Chan feature, our weekly “extra,” will be another chapter, episode 33) 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 the Wax Museum” (1940; 63 minutes) …AND “The Landini Murder Case,” Episode 33 (Radio Drama: 1936; 15 minutes).

FILM SUMMARY: Escaped killer Steve McBirney vows to get even with Charlie Chan whose testimony was key in his conviction. Recovering from plastic surgery at an eerie wax museum run by Dr. Cream, the killer lies in wait. Chan is lured to the museum through an offer to participate in a live radio broadcast there. Fortuitously escaping a death trap, Chan, along with Number Two Son, Jimmy, investigates the murder of one of the other participants which is connected to a crime that occurred a decade before.

FILM NOTES: According to David Robert Cellitti, the wax figure of Charlie Chan (and, perhaps we may assume that the rest of the wax figures used in the film) was made by a studio in Los Angeles called The Stubergh's, which was run by Katherine Stubergh. "The late Katherine Stubergh was my mentor. She supplied wax figures for such films as ‘House of Wax,’ ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ ‘The Frozen Ghost’ and many other films...including ‘Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.’"

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 the Wax Museum.”

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 nods affirmatively as our feature IS available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ztg5wAf0Wo

And, for our Charlie Chan radio drama, you may use this link: https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/crime/charlie-chan/charlie-chan-33-landini

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: We see the table set-up for the "Crime League" live radio broadcast inside of Dr. Cream's Museum of Crime.



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NEW BOOK RELEASE! “The Charlie Chan Films” Here is the link at amazon.com to order James Neibaur’s new Charlie Chan book, “The Charlie Chan Films”:

https://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Chan-Films-James-Neibaur/dp/162933314X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523727689&sr=1-2&keywords=charlie+chan+film

This is the link to the softcover version. It is also available in hardcover for an additional $10.

In spite of a number of publisher-made typos, I recommend getting a copy! These errors will not detract from your enjoyment (that’s what second editions are for!). New information and insights abound, including tidbits gleaned from the author’s 1971 interview(s) with Mantan Moreland! Please, do yourself a favor, and GET THIS BOOK!

NEXT WEEK: Join us on June 18 as we celebrate the birthday of our Number One Son, Keye Luke, with a shared viewing of his only starring film role as he portrays detective James Lee Wong in “Phantom of Chinatown.”

SO, PLEASE JOIN US TONIGHT for our Monday Evening Chat and Film Viewing as we share “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.”

Sincerely,

Rush Glick