OUR CCF MONDAY EVENING CHAT AND FILM VIEWING FOR SEPTEMBER 9, 2019: "Dark Alibi"
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Accidents can happen, if planned that way.”
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
PLEASE NOTE: In testing our Chat Room minutes ago, I experienced difficulties in having it load. However, on the third try, it worked. If you experience the same, please try, try again!
THIS WEEK’S PRESENTATIONS: “Dark Alibi” (1946; 61 minutes) AND we have as our “extra” presentation, Chapter 8 of the movie serial, “Secret Agent X-9“ (1945; 20 minutes), which features our Number One Son, Keye Luke, as well as our Number Three Son, Benson Fong.
FEATURE SUMMARY: Ex-convict Thomas Harley is arrested for robbing a bank and killing a bank guard. He claims that he was summoned to a theatrical warehouse by a note that sent to him by a former cell mate named James Wyatt and was subsequently locked inside at the time the robbery and killing took place. The police do not believe his alibi because Wyatt has been dead for eight years. Fingerprints belonging to Harley are found at the crime scene, and he is put on trial, found guilty, and condemned to death. Desperate to prove her father innocent, Harley's daughter, June asks Charlie Chan to help her and her father.
FEATURE NOTES: The film's working titles were “Fatal Fingerprints,” “Fatal Fingertips,” and “Charlie Chan in Alcatraz.” Stock footage used in “Dark Alibi” shows California's San Quentin State Prison. The opening title card reads: "Charlie Chan in 'Dark Alibi.'" The Call Bureau Cast Service Lists Minerva Urecal as "Mrs. Foss." However, production information included in the file on the film at the American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences library states that she was replaced by Edna Holland, who is listed in the onscreen credits.
WORD OF THE WEEK FROM OUR FILM:
needle - (Informal) To tease.
Danvers: "Always giving me the needle..."
TIME: We begin with arrivals and greetings at 7:30 EASTERN TIME. Then, we share our “extra” presentation, “Secret Agent X-9,” which will be followed at exactly 8:15 when we roll our feature for our Monday evening, “Dark Alibi.”
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 MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment to cast your vote in our SEPTEMBER 2019 POLL, found as you scroll down our Entrance Page (http://www.charliechan.info/index.html)! This month’s question: “To which son does Charlie Chan give the hardest time?”
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, September 16, as we continue along the route of our Charlie Chan Film Tour as we share a viewing of “Shadows Over Chinatown.”
DON’T MISS THIS GREAT CHARLIE CHAN BLOG!: A great 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." …Take a look at the September edition, featuring: “Those loveable ‘Sidekicks!’ Who’s your favorite?” It can be found at this address: https://thepostmanonholiday.com/
DO YOU HAVE A POLL QUESTION? Please feel free to suggest a Monthly Poll question! Send your ideas to: charliechanfamily@lyahoo.com!
SO, PLEASE JOIN US for this week’s Monday Evening Chat and Film Viewing as we share “Dark Alibi.”
