Our film for this week's CCF Monday Evening Chat: "Murder Over New York"
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Nut easy to crack often empty."
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THIS WEEK’S PRESENTATIONS: “Murder Over New York” (1940; 65 minutes) AND we have as our “extra” presentation, the TWELFTH chapter of the well-produced movie serial, “The Green Hornet Strikes Again!“ (1940; 19 minutes), which features our Number One Son, Keye Luke, as the Green Hornet’s assistant, Kato!
FEATURE SUMMARY: Charlie Chan arrives in New York City for a policeman's convention, only to find that Number Two Son Jimmy, in that city to visit the World's Fair, is there to greet him! Following the convention, Chan's old friend, Inspector Hugh Drake, a British intelligence officer, is found dead. The killing is tied in with a gang of enemy saboteurs who are responsible for the crash of an experimental bomber. Chan must proceed through a complex web of suspects in order to capture the killer and break up the saboteur ring before another bomber and its crew meets the same fate as the first.
FEATURE NOTES: The working title of this film was “Charlie Chan in New York.” According to Fox publicity material contained in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Library files, the studio changed the title in order to prevent the public from confusing this film with other Chan features.
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, “Murder Over New York.”
LOCATION: Our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room, which is accessed at http://www.charliechan.info/id17.html.
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NEXT WEEK: Please join us on Monday, July 1, as we move along on our Charlie Chan Film Tour and share “Dead Men Tell.”
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.com/
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SO, PLEASE JOIN US for this week’s Monday Evening Chat and Film Viewing as we share “Murder Over New York.”
