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OUR CCF MONDAY EVENING CHAT AND FILM VIEWING FOR NOVEMBER 14: "Mr. Wong. Detective”

FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Thousand friends too few.”

NOTE: PLEASE vote in our NOVEMBER Poll! The poll can be reached at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SP8XP7V

GREETINGS: This week we celebrate the birthday of Boris Karloff, with a showing of “Mr. Wong, Detective.” This film was also the basis for the plot in our film from last week, “Docks of New Orleans.” Let’s compare the two, shall we?

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. 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 PRESENTATION: “Mr. Wong, Detective” (1938; 69 minutes)

FEATURE NOTES: “Mr. Wong, Detective” was directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff in his first appearance as Mr. Wong.

FEATURE INTRODUCTION: Simon Dayton is in fear for his life and seeks the help of Mr. Wong to protect him. Just prior to meeting Mr. Wong, Dayton is found dead in his office in San Francisco without a mark on him. Several witnesses testify Dayton was alone in his office that was locked from the inside. Though the police view Dayton's death as due to a heart attack,

CAST (as credited):

Boris Karloff: Mr. James Lee Wong

Grant Withers: Capt. Sam Street

Maxine Jennings: Myra Ross

Evelyn Brent: Olga - aka Countess Dubois

George Lloyd: Devlin

Lucien Prival: Anton Mohl

John St. Polis: Carl Roemer

William Gould: Theodore Meisle

Hooper Atchley: Christian Wilk

John Hamilton: Simon Dayton

Wilbur Mack: Russell

Lee Tung Foo: Tchin (as Lee Tong Foo)

Lynton Brent: Tommy

Grace Wood: Mrs. Roemer


UNCREDITED CAST (alphabetical):

Frank Bruno: Lescardi - Mohl's Henchman

Ed Cassidy: Ambulance Doctor

Wheaton Chambers: Chemistry Lab Director

Clancy Cooper: Warehouse Man

George DeNormand: John

Lester Dorr: Coroner

Herbert Evans: Mr. Wilk's Butler

Dick Reinhart: Dock Worker

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: (None this week…)

IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FEATURE: It is available online through a link provided at our Chat Room Page!

THIS WEEK’S EXTRA:

We have just ONE extra this week, but it is a GOOD one! Please arrive early if you wish to watch along with early arrivers, as we need to begin viewing it at :40 after the hour:

Boris Karloff “This is Your Life” (1957) 25 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvNrMhmhPao

OUR MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment to cast your vote in our NOVEMBER 2022 POLL, right here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SP8XP7V

LAST MONTH’S POLL RESULT: To see our OCTOBER 2022 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 (November 21): Please join us for “The Shanghai Chest,” starring Roland Winters. (As of this writing, there is, sadly, no copy of this movie available on the Internet. If you lack a copy, perhaps seek a DVD copy through one of MANY sellers on the Internet!

AND… 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 still 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, “Mr. Wong, Detective.”

AS ALWAYS… THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,

Rush Glick