FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “So many fish in fish market, even flower smell same."
THIS WEEK: Charlie Chan, Number Three Son, Tommy, and assistant, Birmingham Brown carry out a investigation of a murder connected with espionage that leads them to a radio and television studio! Will they, themselves, fall prey to the ruthless killer who inhabits the studio’s confines?
OUR PRESENTATIONS: “The Scarlet Clue” (1945; 65 minutes) …as well as our fourth installment of “The Baffling Murder of Colonel Willoughby,” (Radio Drama: 1936; 15 minutes).
FILM SUMMARY: Charlie Chan of the Secret Service is searching for the killer of an enemy agent. The trail leads to a radio and television broadcast center, where Number Three Son, Tommy and assistant Birmingham Brown accompany the detective as he winds his way through a host of suspects and hidden dangers.
FILM NOTES: The working title of this film was “Robot Murder.” The title card reads: “Charlie Chan in ‘The Scarlet Clue’". ‘Hollywood Reporter’ production charts include Harry Bradley and William Gould in the cast, but their participation in the released film has not been confirmed. ‘Hollywood Reporter’ production charts also note that director of photography William Sickner was borrowed by Monogram from Universal to work on this film. The minor role of actor "Horace Carlos" is obviously based on film actor Boris Karloff, while the film's killer wears a mask modeled on actor Rondo Hatton. Modern sources add the following actors to the cast: Charles Jordan (Nelson) and Kernan Cripps (Detective).
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 Scarlet Clue.”
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, and, I am pleased to announce that our feature IS available online at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyN1wB_a0Is
And, for our Charlie Chan radio drama, you may use this link: http://podbay.fm/show/288425504/e/1244891184?autostart=1
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NEXT WEEK: Join us on Monday, August 27, as we share a viewing of “The Shanghai Cobra.” We also continue with Part SIX (as part five is missing) of our Charlie Chan radio mystery, “The Baffling Murder of Colonel Willoughby” as an “extra” prior to the viewing of our film!
SO, PLEASE JOIN US for our Monday Evening Chat and Film Viewing as we share “The Scarlet Clue.”
