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OUR CCF MONDAY EVENING CHAT AND FILM VIEWING FOR February 21 “Charlie Chan in Shanghai

FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Talk cannot cook rice.”

GREETINGS! Visiting his ancestral homeland, Charlie Chan stops over in the mysterious city of Shanghai where he again connects with his Number One Son, Lee who assists him in one of the most dangerous cases of his illustrious career!

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

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 or perhaps an impromptu sharing of a short video upon request! 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 Shanghai” (1935; 70 minutes).

FEATURE INTRODUCTION: Charlie Chan travels to his ancestral homeland, China, at the request of Sir Stanley Woodland, a prominent official in Shanghai, to help break up an opium-smuggling organization. When Chan is honored at a Shanghai banquet, Sir Stanley informs the detective that he has discovered some sinister activities. Before Sir Stanley can share this information he is silenced by a booby-trapped box. With Number One Son, Lee, at his side, Chan seeks to discover the secrets of the smuggling activities in Shanghai as well as the identity of Sir Stanley's killer.

FEATURE NOTES: Although the character played by Frederik Vogeding is listed as "Burke" in the onscreen credits, he is called "Ivan Marloff" throughout the dialog of the film.

CAST (as credited):

Warner Oland: Charlie Chan
Irene Hervey: Diana Woodland
Charles Locher: Philip Nash
Russell Hicks: James Andrews
Keye Luke: Lee Chan
Halliwell Hobbes: Chief of Police [Commissioner of Police; Colonel Watkins]
Frederick Vogeding: Burke [Ivan Marloff]
Neil Fitzgerald: Dakin
Max Wagner: Taxi Driver

UNCREDITED CAST (alphabetical):

Lynn Bari: Second Hotel Switchboard Operator
Luke Chan: Reporter
Jack Chefe: Reporter
Frank Darien: Tourist at Versailles Cafe
Harrison Greene: Tourist at Versailles Cafe
Jockey Haefeli: Crook on Boat
Ed Hart: G-Man
Russel Hopton: G-Man
Gladden James: Forrest
Collin Kenny: Reporter
William Kum: Porter
Eddie Lee: Servant
James B. Leong: Shanghai Police Telephone Operator
Bo Ling: Lee Chan's Girlfriend
Pat O'Malley: Beldon
Torben Meyer: French Diplomat
Moy Ming: Mr. Sun Wong
Jimmy Phillips: Reporter
Regina Rambeau
Pat Somerset: Reporter
Harry Strang: Chauffeur
Phil Tead: Reporter
Sam Tong: Waiter
David Torrence: Sir Stanley Woodland
Guy Usher: Shanghai Chamber of Commerce President
Beal Wong: Reporter
Jehim Wong: Ricksha Boy
Walter Wong: Waiter
Joan Woodbury: Exotic Dancer

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: Charlie Chan shows Number One Son, Lee, how he used a trick to avoid an assassin's bullet!



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 28): Please join us as we begin our Charlie Chan Film Tour 2022 with a shared viewing of “Charlie Chan’s Secret.”

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 Shanghai.”

THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,

Rush Glick