FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Journey of life like feather on stream - must continue with current.”

HEADLINE!

As of JANUARY 1, 2023 the NEW ADDRESS of our Charlie Chan Family Home will be:

www.charliechan.org

Please Join There as the Legacy Continues!

NOTE: PLEASE vote in our DECEMBER Poll! The poll can be reached at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SP2NN9Q

GREETINGS: As we come to the conclusion of this year’s journey through the entire Charlie Chan film series, and MORE, we finish with a viewing of “The Return of Charlie Chan” with Ross Martin as Chan. Not only will we be concluding our 21st year of Chan Family Chats, but we also close the doors at charliechan.info following two WONDERFUL decades together! May our now location bring us many MORE magical, Chan-filled years together!

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: “The Return of Charlie Chan” (1972; 91 minutes)

FEATURE NOTES: “The Return of Charlie Chan” was a pilot film for a projected Charlie Chan television series. However, the project was shelved due to pressure-group complaints due to the casting of a Caucasian in the lead role. Although the film was released theatrically in Europe in 1973, it was not seen by American audiences until it was finally aired on U.S. television by NBC in 1979.

Adapted from: A Guide to Charlie Chan Films by Charles P. Mitchell, pp. 186-187

FEATURE INTRODUCTION: The patriarch of the ultra-wealthy Hadrachi family, Alex Hadrachi, shipping magnate and fifth-richest man in the world, is shot at aboard his luxury boat one evening as he is talking with Richard Lovell, one of his guests. Refusing to report the incident to the nearby Vancouver police, writer Andrew Kidder, a friend of Charlie Chan, suggests that Hadrachi call on the famous detective for assistance.

CAST (as credited):

Ross Martin: Charlie Chan
Rocky Gunn: Peter Chan
Virginia Ann Lee: Doreen Chan
Leslie Nielsen: Alex Hadrachi
Richard Haydn: Andrew Kidder
Louise Sorel: Ariane Hadrashi
Joseph Hindy: Paul Hadrashi
Kathleen Widdoes: Irene Hadrashi
Don Gordon: Lambert
Peter Donat: Noel Adamson
Soon-Taik Oh: Stephen Chan
Ernest Harada: Oliver Chan
Pearl Hong: Jan Chan
Adele Yoshioka: Mai-Ling Chan
Otto Lowy: Anton Grombach
Pat Gage: Sylvia Grombach
William Nunn: Fielding
Ted Greenhalgh: Dr. Howard Jamison
Graeme Campbell: McKenzie
Neil Dainard: Richard Lowell
John Juliani: Gian Carlo Tui

THIS WEEK’S IMAGE: (Attached) A press release photo with text of Ross Martin as Charlie Chan.


IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FEATURE: HAPPILY, our feature IS available online if needed!

THIS WEEK’S “EXTRA”: As this will be our final chat at our present location, perhaps it will be best to discuss our coming change from charlie chan.info over to charlie chan.org…!

OUR MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment to cast your last-minute vote in our DECEMBER 2022 POLL, right here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SP2NN9Q

LAST MONTH’S POLL RESULT: To see our NOVEMBER 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 (January 2): Please join us for “Behind That Curtain” as we kick off our Charlie Chan family Charlie Chan Film Tour for 2023!

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…LOOK FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEWSLETTER FOR 2023, covering the year 2022!!!

AND, FINALLY, REMEMBER: PLEASE JOIN US for this week’s feature, “The Return of Charlie Chan.”

AS ALWAYS… THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,

Rush Glick