FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “If befriend donkey, expect to be kicked.”

GREETINGS: Charlie Chan and Number Two Son, Jimmy travel to the West Coast World’s Fair, but their time is spend solving the mysterious death of a friend, a case that leads to much more!

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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 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 at Treasure Island” (1939; 74 minutes; Production: April 17 to May 13, 1939

FEATURE INTRODUCTION: On a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco, Paul Essex, a novelist friend of Charlie Chan, appears to have committed suicide. At the Golden Gate International Exposition, held on San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island, Chan, with Number Two Son, Jimmy, at his side, investigates a strange mystic called Dr. Zodiac who, the detective learns, blackmails clients.

FEATURE NOTES: According to ‘Hollywood Reporter’ news items and production charts, John Carradine and Joyce Compton were to be included in the cast of this film, but their participation in the completed picture is doubtful. It is of interest, however, to note that two photographs, one that is certainly of John Carradine and another that is very possibly of Joyce Compton, can be seen on a wall in Rhadini's office in “Charlie Chan at Treasure Island.” According to Kay Linaker, Gerald Mohr was the voice of Dr. Zodiac. An April 19, 1939 ‘Hollywood Reporter’ news item refers to the film as "Charlie Chan at the World's Fair." The Golden Gate International Exposition, held on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay from February 1939 to October 1940, provided the backdrop for some of the picture's action.

CAST (as credited):

Sidney Toler: Charlie Chan
Cesar Romero: [Fred] Rhadini
Pauline Moore: Eve Cairo
Sen Yung: Jimmy Chan
Douglas Fowley: Pete Lewis
June Gale: Myra Rhadini
Douglas Dumbrille: Thomas Gregory (alias Stewart Salisbury)
Sally Blane: Stella Essex
Billie Seward: Bessie Sibley
Wally Vernon: Elmer Kelner
Donald MacBride: Deputy Chief J.J. Kilvaine
Charles Halton: Redley
Trevor Bardette: Abdul (called "The Turk")
Louis Jean Heydt: Paul Essex (alias Paul Ellison)

UNCREDITED CAST (alphabetical):

Jack Chefe: Audience Member
Heinie Conklin: First Taxicab Driver
Sayre Dearing: Audience Member
John Elliott: Backstage Doctor
Bud Geary: Police Officer at Station House
Harold Goodwin: Airline Steward
Edith Hallor: Toots
Fred Kelsey: Lead Detective in Taxi and Theater
Al Kikume: Hawaiian Village Waiter
Kay Linaker: Séance Apparition
Hank Mann: Second Taxicab Driver
Margaret Mann: Airline Passenger
Frank Meredith: Second Detective
Harold Miller: Audience Member
Bruce Mitchell: Police Desk Sergeant
Hans Moebus: Audience Member
Gerald Mohr: Dr. Zodiac
Bert Moorhouse: Audience Member
David Newell: Audience Member
Harry Owens: Band Leader
Imboden Parrish: Airline Passenger
Tom Quinn: Person at Arrival Gate
Arthur Rankin: Airline Official
Frank Rapport: Audience member
Gloria Roy: Airline Passenger
Jeffry Sayre: Man at Landing Gate
Harry Strang: Taxicab Dispatcher
Charles Tannen: Airline Passenger
Freddie Tavares: Steel Guitar Musician
Edwin Tuttle: Audience Member

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: At Rhadini's party, Charlie Chan meets psychic, Eve Cairo.



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NEXT WEEK (May 16): Please join us as we continue our Charlie Chan Film Tour 2022 with a shared viewing of “Charlie Chan in City in Darkness.”

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 at Treasure Island.”

AS ALWAYS: THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,

Rush Glick