OUR CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY MONDAY EVENING CHAT FOR May 15, 2023: “Charlie Chan in City in Darkness�
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Truth is only path out of tangled web.”
THIS WEEK: Charlie Chan happens to be in Paris for a reunion when the rumblings of possible hostilities between nations, while murder adds to the danger and drama.
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 in City in Darkness” (1939; 69 minutes)
FEATURE SUMMARY:
Charlie Chan is in Paris attending the twentieth-anniversary gathering of members of the Intelligence Service, who have come together in that city to mark the occasion. There, as the City of Light is darkened by the gathering clouds of impending war, he investigates the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy.
FEATURE NOTES:
“Charlie Chan in City in Darkness” begins with newsreel-like footage featuring actual European leaders of the moment, including Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Edward Benes (then president of Czechoslovakia), and Neville Chamberlain, then prime Minister of Great Britain, who became famous for his “Peace for Our Time” statement based on the dubious outcome of the Munich Conference which figures at the end of the film via Charlie Chan’s ominous warning.
THIS WEEK’S EXTRAS: Please join us earlier before the start of our feature for these extra presentations:
Paris, France 1930s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added
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AS ALWAYS, WE BEGIN OUR EVENING at 7:30 Eastern Time with a 45-minute block of 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: We will be sharing “Charlie Chan in Panama,” as Charlie Chan, working in the Panama Canal Zone, begins his work with the U.S. Secret Service with possible hostilities on the horizon.
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 in City in Darkness.”
