OUR CCF MONDAY EVENING CHAT AND FILM VIEWING FOR MAY 8: “Charlie Chan at Treasure Island”
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Sometimes black magic very close to blackmail.”
THIS WEEK: We follow Charlie Chan and his Number Two Son, Jimmy to San Francisco as they seek to find the facts behind the death of a friend. The trail soon leads to a deadly world of the occult, blackmail, and MURDER!
OUR 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 Treasure Island” (1939; 74 minutes)
FEATURE SUMMARY:
On a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco, Paul Essex, a novelist friend of Charlie Chan, appears to have committed suicide. At the Golden Gate International Exposition, held on San Francisco Bay’s Treasure Island, Chan, with Number Two Son, Jimmy, at his side, investigates a strange mystic called Dr. Zodiac who, the detective learns, blackmails clients.
FEATURE NOTES:
According to ‘Hollywood Reporter’ news items and production charts, John Carradine and Joyce Compton were to be included in the cast of this film, but their participation in the completed picture is doubtful. It is of interest, however, to note that two photographs, one that is certainly of John Carradine and another that is very possibly of Joyce Compton, can be seen on a wall in Rhadini’s office in “Charlie Chan at Treasure Island.” According to Kay Linaker, Gerald Mohr was the voice of Dr. Zodiac. An April 19, 1939 ‘Hollywood Reporter’ news item refers to the film as “Charlie Chan at the World’s Fair.” The Golden Gate International Exposition, held on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay from February 1939 to October 1940, provided the backdrop for some of the picture’s action. “Charlie Chan at Treasure Island’ is considered among many Chan fans as the best film of the Charlie Chan series.
THIS WEEK’S EXTRA: Please join us earlier before the start of our feature for this extra presentation, and please arrive as early as you can as we will begin sharing this lengthy extra at 7:40 EDT:
Golden Gate International Exposition - Treasure Island Museum Oral Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEPRHI_AuyM
(Running time: 21:14)
OUR MESSAGE BOARD: Please consider regular visits to our Message Board, and feel free to add a message to begin a conversation or state a thought! Our Message Board has been there for YOU since 2004! Take a trip back in time and take a look at what was happening with your Charlie Chan Family “way back when”! (Go to charliechan.org and use the “Message Board” link.)
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!
AT OUR BULLETIN BOARD: THE CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY HOME 2022 NEWSLETTER is now available at our “Bulletin Board” at our Charlie Chan Family Home, charliechan.org! Also, at our Bulletin Board you will find a lot more in the form of links to other items of possible interest!
AND, please take a minute to cast your vote on our MAY POLL, also available on our Bulletin Board…or directly at this address:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SFH6FVG
NEXT WEEK: We will be sharing what many consider to be the finest film of the Charlie Chan film series with “Charlie Chan in City in Darkness.”
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 Treasure Island.”
