FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Guilty conscience always first to speak up.”

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GREETINGS: Traveling to Mexico City, Charlie Chan, Sons Number One and Two, along with Birmingham Brown, are caught up in a strange case revolving around a newly discovered Aztec tomb!

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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 Feathered Serpent” (1949; 60 minutes)

FEATURE NOTES: The opening title card of this film reads: “Charlie Chan in ‘The Feathered Serpent’.” This is the only film in which Charlie Chan's Number One and Number Two sons actively work together with their father on a case. It is also the final appearance in a Charlie Chan film by Victor Sen Yung (Sen Yung). The plot of this film was based on that of the 1937 movie, “The Riders of the Whistling Skull” (which, interestingly, featured Robert Livingston who later appeared as John Stanley in the Charlie Chan version).

FEATURE INTRODUCTION: In San Pablo, Mexico, an expedition prepares to look for two missing archeologists, Professors Scott and Farnsworth, who had been searching for the lost Aztec Temple of the Sun. The two men have now been missing for two months. Charlie Chan, who is on his way to Mexico City for a vacation with two of his sons, Number One Son, Lee and Number Two Son, Tommy plus chauffeur and associate, Birmingham Brown, finds Professor Scott delirious as he collapses in a field near the road to San Pablo. Later, in San Pablo, Scott explains that after he and Farnsworth had found the temple, they were held as hostages and were forced to unearth a fortune in Aztec jade and gold. However, before Scott can name his captor, the lights go out and he is murdered with a knife. A search party, including Chan, his sons, and Birmingham, is organized out to look for Farnsworth and the lost temple.

CAST (as credited):

Roland Winters: Charlie Chan
Keye Luke: Lee Chan
Mantan Moreland: Birmingham Brown
Victor Sen Yung: Tommy Chan
Carol Forman: Sonia Cabot
Robert Livingston: [Professor] John Stanley
Nils Asther: Professor Paul Evans
Beverly Jons: Joan Farnsworth
Martin Garralaga: Pedro [Francisco Lopez]
George J. Lewis: Captain Juan Gonzalez
Leslie Dennison: Professor [Henry] Farnsworth

UNCREDITED CAST (alphabetical):

Erville Alderson: Professor Scott
Fred Cordova: Felipe
Juan Duval: Dr. Castelar
Frank Leyva: Jose
Jay Silverheels: Diego
Charles Stevens: Manuel

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: (Attached) Charlie Chan's sons, Lee and Tommy, take action.



IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FEATURE: Sadly, our feature is NOT available online. Hopefully, you have a personal copy available…

THIS WEEK’S EXTRA:

We have one short extra to share:

Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent of Aztec & Mayan Mythology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZN8dR0sOQ&list=TLPQMDQxMjIwMjIQ6z2WNhyNCA&index=1

(6:47)

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NEXT WEEK (December 12): Please join us for “The Sky Dragon,” 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 Feathered Serpent.”

AS ALWAYS… THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,

Rush Glick