FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Front seldom tell truth. To know occupants of house, always look in back yard.”

THIS WEEK: We celebrate the birthday of WARNER OLAND with a viewing of “Charlie Chan in London,” the second-oldest remaining Oland portrayal of the world-famous detective! Happy Birthday, Warner Oland! Thank YOU so much for your lasting gift to US!

OUR PRESENTATIONS: “Charlie Chan in London” (1934; 79 minutes) AND we continue our “extra” presentation with another cartoon episode of “The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan,” starring Keye Luke, who provides the voice of Charlie Chan: “The Phantom Sea Thief“(1972; 20 minutes). (Unfortunately, with our online versions of our Chan Clan cartoons seen through YouTube, commercials are sometimes automatically inserted each 5 minutes.)

FILM SUMMARY: When a young Englishman, Paul Gray, is convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, his sister, convinced of his innocence, asks Charlie Chan, who is visiting London, to investigate and find the real murderer. To that end, Chan visits a large country manor house in England where the killing occurred. There are a number of suspects among the large group of fox hunters who are staying at the manor, and it soon becomes clear that the killer is still actively trying to avoid capture. Charlie Chan must work fast to discover the real murderer's identity and save Paul Gray from the gallows.

FILM NOTES: This was the first film in the Charlie Chan series that was not based on a particular novel by Chan's creator, Earl Derr Biggers. ‘The New York Times’ commented that this film, written by Philip MacDonald, a noted detective novelist himself, "maintains the Chan tradition." “Charlie Chan in London” is the second-oldest film in the Charlie Chan series that we have available to us today for viewing as the intervening three following “The Black Camel” (at his time the oldest existing title in the Charlie Chan series, as the initial picture in the series, “Charlie Chan Carries On” is considered lost). “Charlie Chan’s Chance” (1932), “Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case” (1933) and “Charlie Chan’s Courage” (1934), are also presently deemed lost.

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 London.”

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, happily, this week’s feature IS available for viewing at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETEKnse3utQ

For our Charlie Chan cartoon, “The Phantom Sea Thief,” you may use this link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4204gf

(Unfortunately, with our online versions of our Chan Clan cartoons, seen through YouTube, commercials might be automatically inserted each 5 minutes.)

OUR MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment to cast your vote in our October 2018 Poll, located at our Entrance Page (http://www.charliechan.info/index.html)!

NEXT WEEK: Join us on Monday, October 8, as we view “The Trap,” Sidney Toler’s final movie. Also, we continue our next series of pre-movie extras with the third episode of “The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan” cartoon series featuring Keye Luke as the voice of Charlie Chan!

THE COMPLETE 39-EPISODE COLLECTION OF “THE NEW ADVENTURES OF CHARLIE CHAN”…A BARGAIN ON EBAY: What I consider to be the best collection available of "The New Adventures of Charlie Chan" is now being offered at The Nostalgia Merchant Store on eBay for $25.98 with FREE POSTAGE! This is your chance to purchase all 39 episodes of this 1957 TV crime series starring J. Carroll Naish as Charlie Chan with James Hong as his Number One Son, Barry. That's just 65 cents per episode!

At different points during our yearlong tours through the entire Charlie Chan series, we share a pair of these half-hour-long adventures. (These are RARELY available for viewing online, and even then, perhaps one or two random episodes at best!) This is a great opportunity for anyone who lacks these adventures in their personal collections to pick up one of these nicely produced box sets, which is one of the two versions that I have.

Here is the link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Charlie-Chan-Complete-Series-TV-Classics/123258830834?hash=item1cb2cc7ff2:g:UX8AAOSwAOdbT~Pk

SO, PLEASE JOIN US for our Monday Evening Chat and Film Viewing as we celebrate Warner Oland’s birthday and share “Charlie Chan in London.”

Sincerely,

Rush Glick

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