FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Strange, is it not, how wishes can sometimes turn into reality.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Benson Fong (October 9)

NOTE: PLEASE vote in our OCTOBER Poll! The poll can be reached at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DMXNNJ3

GREETINGS: This week we will be sharing TWO episodes of the 1957 TV crime drama series, “The New Adventures of Charlie Chan.”

OUR CHAT ROOM is located at: 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 along with one or more “extras” that relate in some way to our feature presentation(s). Then, at precisely 8:15 ET, we begin our feature film simultaneously starting our personal or online copies of this week’s feature!

THIS WEEK’S PRESENTATIONS: “Safe Deposit” and “Something Old, Something New” (Both 1957; 25 minutes)

FEATURE INTRODUCTIONS:
“Safe Deposit”: When his son, Barry, accidentally gets caught up in a London bank robbery, Charlie Chan becomes involved in the investigation.

“Something Old, Something New”: A woman's murder is witnessed by a burglar who is then blamed for the crime. Charlie Chan is employed by the thief to prove that he is innocent of the crime.

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: (Attached) J. Carrol Naish as Charlie Chan in a publicity still for “The New Adventures of Charlie Chan.”



IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FEATURES: They are available online through links provided at our Chat Room Page!

THIS WEEK’S EXTRAS:

As Hawaii Steve takes a well-deserved break in his search for our weekly extras, here is a humbly gathered selection collected in his absence…


EXTRA NUMBER ONE:

“Ten Things You Should Know About J. Carrol Naish” (2:07)

(10 Things You Should Know About J. Carrol Naish)



EXTRA NUMBER TWO:

“The Life and Sad Ending of J. Carrol Naish” (3:59)

(NOTE: It’s really not THAT sad!)

(The Life and Sad Ending of J Carrol Naish)



EXTRA NUMBER THREE:

“A Review of the Year 1957”

(NOTES: A British Pathe newsreel of a summary of the year 1957, the year and world of “The New Adventures of Charlie Chan.” Also, there may be commercials at the beginning to pass through before the extra!)

(Reviews 1957 Aka Review Of The Year - 1957 (1957)



MIKE IN DC’s GREAT CHARLIE CHAN QUIZ, PART 6!:

Part VI: “Keep eyes open and mouth shut.” (Charlie Chan on Broadway) – 12 pts.

Keeping with Charlie’s “open and shut” advice to his son, here is a two-part quiz consisting of six opening and six closing scenes from some of Charlie’s cases (Eleven cases in all, two are represented by both a first and last scene). Name the films for one point each.



1. Divers find a briefcase bearing the initials A.C.

2. A shabbily-dressed man is furtively taking photos of ships.

3. A criminal is sentenced to be executed on Dec. 10 and responds, “Thanks, your honor. I won’t have to do any Christmas shopping.”

4. A fashionably dressed woman consoles a prisoner in Pentonville Prison.

5. “Yessir, it’s the biggest little city in the world”

6. Charlie jogs in place, touches his toes and is pronounced fit for duty.

7. “Excellent clue, but like last rose of summer—bloom too late.”

8. Charlie is kicked in the rear by Number Two Son, who makes yet another “dummy” move.

9. “Gee pop. Now I got a war on my hands!”

10. “If family continue to increase may consider generous offer.”

11. “Think fourteen quite sufficient—maybe more later.”

12. Birmingham Brown snaps his fingers and cries, “Abracadabra.”

NEXT WEEK: The ANSWERS!



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NEXT WEEK (October 17): Please join us as we share “The Chinese Ring.”

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 features from, “The New Adventures of Charlie Chan.”

AS ALWAYS: THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,

Rush Glick