FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Youth tonic for old blood.”

GREETINGS! This week we cross the English Channel, following Charlie Chan to the City of Light, Paris! We will share a pleasant surprise with Mr. Chan as Number One Son, Lee, unexpectedly arrives to assist his Pop on a complex and dangerous case!

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We Begin our evening at 7:30 Eastern Time with a 45-minute time for arrivals and greetings. During this time, we also have the opportunity to engage in open dialogue. Then, at precisely 8:15, we begin our feature film simultaneously starting our personal or online copies of this week’s feature!

THIS WEEK’S PRESENTATION: “Charlie Chan in Paris” (1935; 70 minutes).

FEATURE INTRODUCTION: Charlie Chan is hired by British investors to investigate a bond-forgery racket involving a Parisian bank. Upon his arrival in Paris, Chan, who pretends to be on vacation, is made harshly aware through a warning note that the true nature of his visit is known. Later, his agent, a nightclub dancer named Nardi is killed before she can tell give the detective any information. Surprised by the appearance of his Number One Son, Lee, father and son work as a team on a dangerous case that is complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette.

FEATURE NOTES: According to ‘Daily Variety,’ Hamilton MacFadden, the original director, was relieved of his assignment after the film was in production one week. Dan Clark, who did not receive screen credit, was the original cameraman. This was the first film in which Keye Luke played the role of Lee Chan. “Charlie Chan in Paris” was thought to be lost for many years until a print was discovered in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s.

CAST (as credited):

Warner Oland: Charlie Chan
Mary Brian: Yvette Lamartine
Thomas Beck: Victor Descartes
Erik Rhodes: Max Corday
John Miljan: Albert Dufresne
Murray Kinnell: Henri L*******
Minor Watson: [Inspector] Renard
John Qualen: Concierge
Keye Luke: Lee Chan
Henry Kolker: M. [Paul] Lamartine
Dorothy Appleby: Nardi (also called Mademoiselle Nardi)
Ruth Peterson: Renee Jacquard
Perry Ivans [Ivins]: Bedell

UNCREDITED CAST (alphabetical):

Lynn Bari: Nightclub Patron

Ed Cecil: Customs Officer
Gino Corrado: Head Waiter Pierre
Harry Cording: Gendarme
George Davis: Roberts
John Dilson: Information Clerk
Marty Faust: Taxicab Driver
Samuel T. Godfrey: Cashier
Robert Graves: Gendarme
Richard Kipling: Master of Ceremonies
Wilfred Lucas: Doorman
Paul McVey: Detective LaVerne
Moore & Allen: Apache Dancers
Louis Nartheaux: Reporter
Gloria Roy
Rolfe Sedan: Bank Teller
Landers Stevens: Bank Attendant
Auguste Tollaire: Concierge
Eddie Vitch: Sketch Artist

IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FEATURE: Often our features can be found online. GOOD NEWS! Our feature IS available through the link provided at our Chat Room.

OUR MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment, before it closes, to cast your vote in our JANUARY 2022 POLL, right here: February 2022 Poll

OUR JANUARY POLL RESULT:

QUESTION: If The Return of Charlie Chan had successfully resulted in a Charlie Chan television series starring Ross Martin, how long do you feel it would have run?

Less than one season 32%

One full season 40%

More than one full season 28%

NEXT WEEK (February 14): Please join us as we begin our Charlie Chan Film Tour 2022 with a shared viewing of “Charlie Chan in Egypt.”

AND, AS ALWAYS… 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

OUR 2022 CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY NEWSLETTER!

This year’s Charlie Chan Family Newsletter, chronicling the year 2021, is now available! Thank you so much, Lou, for your continued, masterfully hard work and dedication! It can be accessed at the following link:

https://thepostmanonholidayhome.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/2021-newsletter-lou-final.pdf

AND, FINALLY, REMEMBER: PLEASE JOIN US for this week’s feature “Charlie Chan in Paris.”

THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,

Rush Glick