FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “So much for so much.”

GREETINGS! This week’s adventure finds Charlie Chan, Number Two Son, Tommy, and Birmingham Brown searching the dark tunnels of an Arizona gold mine to find clues involving a mysterious accident to its owner. The trail they follow eventually leads to MURDER!

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THIS WEEK’S PRESENTATION: “The Golden Eye” (1948; 69 minutes; along with our “extra,” the NINETH episode of “The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack” with Keye Luke…and Sidney Toler! (1943; 21 minutes).

FEATURE SUMMARY: In San Francisco, Judge Wesley Armstrong is stabbed to death in his study by an intruder, and Victor, the judge's nephew, who has come to see him, is attacked and rendered unconscious. As the police arrive at the Armstrong home, they discover Victor recovering consciousness and holding the murder knife in his hand. This, plus other incriminating evidence, makes him the prime suspect in the murder. When Charlie Chan comes to see the district attorney to apologize about a misadventure with his number two son Tommy and assistant Birmingham Brown, word is received that two sets of fingerprints were found on the knife - Victor's and those of a criminal who was executed six months earlier. Lieutenant Mike Ruark asks for Chan's help with the case.

FEATURE NOTES: The working title of this film was “The Mystery of the Golden Eye.” The opening title card reads: “Charlie Chan in ‘The Golden Eye’." The Call Bureau Cast Service lists Herman Cantor and Sam McDaniel in the cast, but they do not appear in the finished film that we have available today. Copyright records list George L. Spaulding as Dr. Groves, but the role was played by Sam Flint. Richard Loo, Barbara Jean Wong, and Tom Tyler are also listed in the cast, but they do not appear in the finished film.

CAST (as credited):

Roland Winters: Charlie Chan (also posing as "Chan, dealer in Oriental curios")
Wanda McKay: Evelyn Manning
Mantan Moreland: Birmingham Brown
Victor Sen Young: Tommy Chan
Bruce Kellogg: Talbot Bartlett
Tim Ryan: Lt. Mike Ruark (also posing as Vincent O'Brien)
Evelyn Brent: Sister Teresa
Ralph Dunn: [Jim] Driscoll
Lois Austin: Mrs. Margaret Driscoll
Forrest Taylor: Manning
Lee "Lasses" White: Pete


UNCREDITED CAST (alphabetical):

Herman Cantor
Edmund Cobb: Miner
Geraldine Cobb: Girl in Riding Clothes
Aileen Babs Cox: Bathing Girl
Lee Tung Foo: Wong Fai
Michael Gaddis: Pursuer
Sam Flint: Dr. Groves
Jack Gargan: Voice from Darkness
Mary Ann Hawkins: Bathing Girl
Richard Loo
Sam McDaniel
John Merton: Miner
Suzanne Ridgway: Dude Ranch Guest
George Spaulding: Dr. Groves
Tom Tyler
Bill Walker: Gang Member
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TRIVIA: Charlie Chan's car is a 1947 Hudson convertible.

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: Within the Golden Eye mine, Birmingham Brown makes a grim discovery!



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NEXT WEEK: “The Feathered Serpent,” starring Roland Winters.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,
Rush Glick