OUR CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY MONDAY EVENING CHAT FOR April 3, 2023: “Charlie Chan on Broadway”
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Murder case like revolving door – when one side close, other side open.”
THIS WEEK: Charlie Chan and son, Lee, return to the U.S. following the Olympics. On the way home to Honolulu, they stop over in New York City. However, their stopover suddenly becomes another case of murder and more!
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 on Broadway” (1937; 65 minutes)
FOR IN-DEPTH INFORMATION on our film, go to “Films” at charliechan.org, then scroll down to “Charlie Chan on Broadway.”
FEATURE SUMMARY:
Billie Bronson, having left the country hurriedly a year earlier when sought as an important witness in a political scandal, has returned to New York City to “blow the lid off the town.” Later, Billie is mysteriously murdered and Charlie Chan is summoned from a police banquet in his honor. While seeking a motive for her murder, a second killing is discovered in the hotel room of Chan and his son Lee. A package is missing from the detective’s trunk and it is realized that it must have contained Billie Bronson’s inflammatory diary. Chan must piece together a string of clues in order to find the killer.
FEATURE NOTES:
Thomas Beck is listed as a cast member in early ‘Hollywood Reporter’ cast charts, but his participation in the final film is doubtful.
THIS WEEK’S EXTRA: Please join us earlier before the start of our feature for this extra presentation:
Broadway Highlights #7 (September 4, 1936)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNchETORLPo
(Running time: 9:28)
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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 become involved in a case of murder and missing bank bonds in “Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo.” Sadly, with this film, we must bid a very fond farewell to Warner Oland…
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 on Broadway.”
