OUR CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY MONDAY EVENING CHAT FOR March 27, 2023: “Charlie at the Olympics”
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Modesty most commendable.”
THIS WEEK: Charlie Chan follows Number One Son, Lee, to the Olympic Games in Berlin to track down a murderer as well as competing players in ruthless game of espionage!
THE CHAT ROOM: Go to our “Chat Room” page, and, at the bottom of that page, click on the “Charlie Chan Family Chat Room ENTRANCE” link. You may then enter as a “Guest.”
OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION: “Charlie Chan at the Olympics” (1937; 71 minutes)
FOR IN-DEPTH INFORMATION on our film, go to “Films” at charliechan.org, then scroll down to “Charlie Chan at the Olympics.”
FEATURE SUMMARY:
During flight tests over Honolulu, an experimental airplane is hijacked and its pilot murdered. When the missing plane is chanced upon by Charlie Chan and his son Charlie, Jr., it is discovered that the new guidance device, designed to allow military planes to fly unmanned, is missing. The detective traces the strategically important invention to the summer Olympic Games in Berlin, where spies, enemy agents, and other criminals are trying to obtain it, intent on selling it to another government. Chan’s son, Lee, a member of the U.S. Olympic swim team, is on hand to help his father recover the device and solve the mystery.
FEATURE NOTES:
This film contains newsreel footage of the dirigible Hindenburg which exploded only two weeks before the release of Charlie Chan at the Olympics, as well as several highlights of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, including a sequence featuring American runner Jesse Owens participating in the 4x100 relay. John Carradine is listed as a cast member in Hollywood Reporter production charts, but his participation in the final film has not been confirmed.
THIS WEEK’S EXTRAS: Please join us earlier before the start of our feature for these extra presentations:
Olympic Sports In Berlin Aka 11th Olympiad (1936)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4clb83HBeU
(Running time: 2:41)
Highlights of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games In Berlin, Nazi Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a461M699YLE
(Running time: 10:03)
AND... An interesting read regarding “Charlie Chan at the Olympics” at this address: https://charliechan-mhoefler-de.translate.goog/charlie-chan-at-the-olympics-1937/?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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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...or even three! (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 and Number One Son, Lee travel through New York City on their way home following the Olympic Games. However, their stay in the Big Apple will be much different than originally thought as we shall see in “Charlie Chan on Broadway”!
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 Olympics.”
