Our CCF Chat/Film Viewing for Monday, April 15: "Charlie Cghan at Monte Carlo"
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Humble presence of no more importance than one drop of rain in cloudburst.”
OUR CHAT ROOM: Our Chat Room can be accessed the same way that we accessed by going to our “Chat Room” link at charliechan.info, or use this direct link: http://www.charliechan.info/id17.html
While our “new” but reliable Chat Room is not as “fun” as our old Parachat room that was discontinued earlier this year (sadly, no sound effects!), still, it is proving to be quite functional as far as the “basics” are concerned, and it seems to be working well for the most part.
THIS WEEK: Charlie Chan and Number One Son, Lee, return to Europe as the latter has a painting in a prestigious Paris art exhibition. Along the way, the father-son duo stop for what they expect to be but a brief stay in Monte Carlo. However, as fate would have it, they soon become caught up in a complex case of bank bond theft and…murder!
OUR PRESENTATIONS: “Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo” (1937; 71 minutes) AND we have as our “extra” presentation, the FIRST chapter of the well-produced movie serial, “The Green Hornet Strikes Again!“ (1940; 21 minutes), which features our Number One Son, Keye Luke, as the Green Hornet’s assistant, Kato!
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For detailed information on our feature, “Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo,” please go to: http://www.charliechan.info/id34.html
TIME: We begin with arrivals and greetings at 7:30 EASTERN TIME. Then, we share our “extra” presentation which will be followed at exactly 8:15 when we roll our feature for our 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 online. Happily, both our feature as well as our extra are available online. Please use the links provided at our Chat Room.
OUR APRIL MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment to cast your vote in our new APRIL 2019 POLL, found as you scroll down our Entrance Page (http://www.charliechan.info/index.html)!
OUR CCF CHAT ARCHIVE: Please take a look at our growing collection of CCF Chat Texts from previous years and this year: http://www.charliechan.info/id630.html
NEXT WEEK: Please join us on Monday, April 22, as we move along on our Charlie Chan Film Tour with “Mr. Moto's Gamble” (19380, the film that began production as "Charlie Chan at the Ringside."
A NEW CHARLIE CHAN BLOG!: A NEW blog site, The Postman on Holiday, offered by our own Lou Armagno which is: "A place to explore all things surrounding Detective Charlie Chan, his creator Earl Derr Biggers, and their connection with Hawaii, Cleveland, and mystery fiction." It can be found at this address: https://thepostmanonholiday.home.blog/
SO, PLEASE JOIN US for this week’s Monday Evening Chat and Film Viewing as we continue our group tour through the entire Charlie Chan film series…and more…with our feature, “Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo.”
