FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Man who ride tiger cannot dismount.”

OUR CONTINUING SAGA… As the dusts of change begin to settle, it seems that WordPress is the best option for a platform from which to reconstruct our present Charlie Chan Family Home. Through fits and starts, trial and error, and LOTS of help from our Louise and HonoluLou. This will be a lengthy process where the main features will be completed first, and as time passes, more items will be transferred to our new home at WordPress.

For the foreseeable near future, our present site will be our home, and modest changes and additions will continue to be made until the new site is officially opened. Even then, the “old” site will remain available for not-yet-transferred material.

A continued “thank you so much” to everyone…

AND NOW…GREETINGS! This week we will be sharing “The Chinese Ring,” the first entry of the Roland Winters era of the Charlie Chan film series. With this adventure, Chan is now based in San Francisco, a city that was quite familiar to the detective throughout his illustrious career!

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THIS WEEK’S PRESENTATION: “The Chinese Ring” (1947; 67 minutes); along with our “extra,” a Charlie Chan radio drama: “The Deacon Jessop Murder Case” (13 minutes).

FEATURE INTRODUCTION: Mei Ling, a Chinese princess, arrives in San Francisco aboard the boat Shanghai Maid, and, several weeks later, visits Charlie Chan at his home. She gives Chan's butler and assistant, Birmingham Brown, an ancient Chinese ring, and while she is momentarily alone, an assailant kills her by shooting a poison dart through the window. As she is dying, the princess is able to write "Capt. K" on a piece of paper, but is unable to finish the full name. Chan, with the help of Number Two Son, Tommy, and Birmingham, soon finds himself in the midst of international intrigue and danger as he seeks to discover the identity of the mysterious Captain K and the murderer of Princess Mei Ling.

FEATURE NOTES: The title card on this film reads: “Charlie Chan in ‘The Chinese Ring’." The film's working titles were “The Mandarin's Secret,” “The Red Hornet,” and “Charlie Chan and the Chinese Ring. Independent Film Journal reviewed the picture as The Red Hornet. Although Call Bureau Cast Service lists Valerie Ardis as "Stenographer," the Variety review and studio production files list Charmienne Harker in the role. This film marked the first Charlie Chan film to star Roland Winters, who was chosen to replace Sidney Toler who had died earlier in 1947.

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THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: Charlie Chan shows Sgt. Davidson Princess Mei Ling's ring, signifying her royal standing, as son, Jimmy, looks on.



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IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FEATURES: Often our features can be found online. GOD NEWS! Both of our episodes of “The New Adventures of Charlie Chan” ARE AVAILABLE online!

OUR MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment to cast your vote in our OCTOBER 2021 POLL, right here: October 2021 Poll

OUR SEPTEMBER POLL RESULT:

QUESTION: What do you like most about the Monogram Pictures Charlie Chan series?

The addition of other Chan offspring 13%

Birmingham Brown and the inclusion of humor 67%

The unusual technological gimmicks 13%

The 'Forties "feel" 7%

NEXT WEEK (October 25): Please join us for our Annual Charlie Chan family Virtual Halloween Party as we watch Warner Oland and BORIS KARLOFF in “Charlie Chan at the Opera”!

AND… DON’T MISS THIS GREAT CHARLIE CHAN BLOG!: AND… DON’T MISS THIS GREAT CHARLIE CHAN BLOG!: A great blog site, The Postman on Holiday, is offered by our own Charlie Chan and Earl Derr Biggers expert, 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." Updated each month, it can be found at this address: www.thepostmanonholiday.com

AND, FINALLY, REMEMBER, PLEASE JOIN US for this week’s feature, “The Chinese Ring.”

THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,
Rush Glick