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OUR CCF MONDAY EVENING CHAT AND FILM VIEWING FOR JUNE 6 “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum”

FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Truth speak from any chair.”

GREETINGS: Charlie Chan flies to New York City for a police gathering, but finds himself re-opening an old, supposedly closed case of murder.

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 at the Wax Museum” (1940; 63 minutes)

FEATURE INTRODUCTION: Escaped killer Steve McBirney vows to get even with Charlie Chan whose testimony was key in his conviction. Recovering from plastic surgery at an eerie wax museum run by Dr. Cream, the killer lies in wait. Chan is lured to the museum through an offer to participate in a live radio broadcast there. Fortuitously escaping a death trap, Chan, along with Number Two Son, Jimmy, investigates the murder of one of the other participants who is connected to a crime that occurred a decade before.

FEATURE NOTES: According to David Robert Cellitti, the wax figure of Charlie Chan (and, perhaps we may assume that the rest of the wax figures used in the film) was made by a studio in Los Angeles called The Stubergh's, which was run by Katherine Stubergh. "The late Katherine Stubergh was my mentor. She supplied wax figures for such films as ‘House of Wax,’ ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ ‘The Frozen Ghost’ and many other pictures...including ‘Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum’."

CAST (as credited):

Sidney Toler: Charlie Chan
Sen Yung: Jimmy Chan
C. Henry Gordon: Dr. Cream
Marc Lawrence: Steve McBirney (also called "Mac")
Joan Valerie: Lily Latimer
Marguerite Chapman: Mary Bolton
Ted Osborn: Tom Agnew
Michael Visaroff: Dr. Otto von Brom
Hilda Vaughn: Mrs. [Joe] Rocke
Charles Wagenheim: Willie Fern
Archie Twitchell: Carter Lane
Edward Marr: Grenock
Joe King: Inspector O'Matthews
Harold Goodwin: Edwards

UNCREDITED CAST (alphabetical):

Walter Bacon: Sidewalk Passerby
Stanley Blystone: Police Officer in Alley
Jimmy Conlin: Tour Guide
David Newell: Courtroom Attorney
Brick Sullivan: Pete
Charles Trowbridge: Judge
Emmett Vogan: Prosecuting Attorney

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: (Attached) A production still (keybook still) showing the interior at the entrance of Dr. Cream's Museum of Crime.



IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FEATURE: Often our features can be found online, and happily, the good news continues! Our feature IS available through the link provided at our Chat Room.

THIS WEEK’S EXTRAS: Thanks again to Hawaii Steve for his contribution of this week’s “extras” which we will share before this week’s feature! First, we have a preview snippet from “The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan” cartoon series of 1972. Next, we will be sharing a 10-minute tribute to the Movieland Wax Museum which closed in 2005.

OUR MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment, before it closes at the end of this month, to cast your vote in our JUNE 2022 POLL, right here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DSV6RPV

LAST MONTH’S POLL RESULT: To see our MAY Poll result as well as ALL of our polls going back to 2003, please use this link: http://www.charliechan.info/id93.html

NEXT WEEK (June 13): Please join us as we continue our Charlie Chan Film Tour 2022 with a shared viewing of “Phantom of Chinatown” as we mark the birthday of our Number One Son, Keye Luke!

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 the Wax Museum.”

AS ALWAYS: THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,

Rush Glick