FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Little knowledge sometimes very dangerous possession.”

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GREETINGS: Charlie Chan and company travel to an Arizona dude ranch seeking to uncover the perpetrator (or perpetrators) who are out to bring harm to Mr. Manning, the owner of the Golden Eye mine!

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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 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: “The Golden Eye” (1948; 69 minutes)

FEATURE NOTES: The working title of this film was “The Mystery of the Golden Eye.” The opening title card reads: “Charlie Chan in ‘The Golden Eye’." The Call Bureau Cast Service lists Herman Cantor and Sam McDaniel in the cast, but they do not appear in the finished film that we have available today. Copyright records list George L. Spaulding as Dr. Groves, but the role was played by Sam Flint. Richard Loo, Barbara Jean Wong, and Tom Tyler are also listed in the cast, but they do not appear in the finished film.

FEATURE INTRODUCTION: In San Francisco's Chinatown, an Arizona mine owner named Manning visits a curio shop seeking help from Charlie Chan because he believes that someone is out to kill him. While in the shop, Manning is shot at by an unseen assailant. Later, Chan agrees to help Manning. Posing as a dealer in oriental curios, Chan travels to the Manning home where he finds that Manning has been gravely injured in a mysterious accident in his mine. Very suspicious of the situation, Chan, along with his number two son Tommy and assistant Birmingham Brown proceed with what proves to be a very dangerous investigation.

CAST (as credited):

Roland Winters: Charlie Chan (also posing as "Chan, dealer in Oriental curios")
Wanda McKay: Evelyn Manning
Mantan Moreland: Birmingham Brown
Victor Sen Young: Tommy Chan
Bruce Kellogg: Talbot Bartlett
Tim Ryan: Lt. Mike Ruark (also posing as Vincent O'Brien)
Evelyn Brent: Sister Teresa
Ralph Dunn: [Jim] Driscoll
Lois Austin: Mrs. Margaret Driscoll
Forrest Taylor: Manning
Lee "Lasses" White: Pete

UNCREDITED CAST (alphabetical):

Herman Cantor
Edmund Cobb: Miner
Geraldine Cobb: Girl in Riding Clothes
Aileen Babs Cox: Bathing Girl
Lee Tung Foo: Wong Fai
Michael Gaddis: Pursuer
Sam Flint: Dr. Groves
Jack Gargan: Voice from Darkness
Mary Ann Hawkins: Bathing Girl
Richard Loo
Sam McDaniel
John Merton: Miner
Suzanne Ridgway: Dude Ranch Guest
George Spaulding: Dr. Groves
Tom Tyler
Bill Walker: Gang Member

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: (Attached) Charlie Chan, Number Two Son, Tommy, and Birmingham Brown search within the shafts of the Golden Eye Mine.



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 one fairly lengthy one to share! Please arrive early if you wish to watch along with early arrivers:

1940s HOME MOVIE, SILENT “VISIT TO MONTE VISTA DUDE RANCH, WICKENBURG, ARIZONA”

This one shows many aspects of a dude ranch in the 1940s, from horseback riding and rope tricks to the teasing of rattle snakes!

(17:16)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZC15ZIkano

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

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NEXT WEEK (December 5): Please join us for “The Feathered Serpent,” starring Roland Winters.

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, “The Golden Eye.”

AS ALWAYS… THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,

Rush Glick