OUR CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY MONDAY EVENING CHAT FOR May 22, 2023: “Charlie Chan in Panama”
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Intelligent defense of nation best guarantee for years of peace.”
THIS WEEK: Charlie Chan, working for U.S. intelligence in the Panama Canal Zone, is thrust into a case involving international spies, espionage, sabotage, and murder!
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OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION: “Charlie Chan in Panama” (1940; 67 minutes)
FEATURE SUMMARY:
Charlie Chan, working with the U.S. government, poses as a maker of Panama hats. Amidst a backdrop of suspicion, espionage, and murder, Chan seeks to thwart a plot that would destroy part of the Panama Canal, thus trapping the Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific.
FEATURE NOTES:
“Charlie Chan in Panama” provides a glimpse at the stresses experienced by the United States in the stages that led to the eventual entry of our nation into World War II. At this point, the United States was “neutral” in the war which had already begun in both Europe and in the Far East. We note the hints throughout the movie as to the identities of the hostile nations, although no definite references are provided in the interest of appearing neutral. Film footage containing sequences of US Navy warships, including the USS ‘Arizona’ and USS ‘Lexington’ passing through the Panama Canal, is seen in this picture.
THIS WEEK’S EXTRAS: Please join us earlier before the start of our feature for these extra presentations:
1940s EDUCATIONAL FILM “GEMS OF THE GLOBE: FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN” THRU THE PANAMA CANAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GecB1qIRPas
(Running time: 10:18)
US Guards Panama Canal (1939)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWD-iZ0i2AY
(Running time: 1:58)
American fighters patrol the Panama Canal Zone (1942)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHfgBXPkh9c
(Running time: 0:43)
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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’s Murder Cruise,” the “remake” of “Charlie Chan Carries On.”
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 Panama.”
