OUR CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY MONDAY EVENING CHAT FOR March 6, 2023: “Charlie at the Circus”
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Much evil can enter through very small space.”
THIS WEEK: We join Charlie Chan and his whole family at the circus! All is fun and games until the evil specter of murder enters the big top!
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OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION: “Charlie Chan at the Circus” (1936; 72 minutes)
FOR IN-DEPTH INFORMATION on our film, go to “Films” at charliechan.org, then scroll down to “Charlie Chan at the Circus.”
FEATURE SUMMARY:
Charlie Chan brings his wife and twelve children, who are currently sightseeing on the mainland, to a circus owned by kindly John Gaines and his unscrupulous partner, Joe Kinney. Kinney had sent Chan free passes to bring him to the circus, and he tells the detective that he has been receiving threatening letters. Kinney, who is widely disliked by his co-workers and employees, is murdered, and virtually anyone might have killed him. Convinced to assist the investigation by circus performer Lady Tiny, Chan and Number One Son, Lee, travel with the circus seeking to unmask the killer.
FEATURE NOTES:
According to Hollywood Reporter news items and production charts, June Lang and
John Dilson were to be in the cast, but their participation in the final film has not been confirmed. According to another Hollywood Reporter news item, the film was shot “on location at the Al G. Barnes winter quarters,” and a Motion Picture Herald pre-release article states that “the Barnes Circus [was] used as a background for production settings.” In a mid-1980s interview, Keye Luke mentioned that the winter home of the circus used in the film was in the eastern Los Angeles community of El Monte.
THE WEEK’S EXTRA: Please join us earlier before the start of our feature for this extra presentation:
“THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN" 1937 COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS W/ CLYDE BEATTY BIG TOP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihi2yF954s
(Running time: 9:54)
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AS ALWAYS, WE BEGIN OUR EVENING at 7:30 Eastern Time with a 45-minute time for arrivals and greetings, and the sharing of an extra or two (see above). Then, at precisely 8:15 ET, we begin running our feature film simultaneously starting our personal or online copies of this week’s feature!
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NEXT WEEK: “Charlie Chan at the Race Track”
Take care, and I hope to see you at this week’s Monday Evening Chat at our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room at charliechan.org as we share “Charlie Chan at the Circus.”
