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OUR CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY MONDAY EVENING CHAT FOR May 29, 2023: “Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise”

CHAT NUMBER: 1,205

FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Truth like oil – will in time rise to surface.”

THIS WEEK: We join Charlie Chan and Number Two Son, Jimmy in the “remake” of “Charlie Chan Carries On,” as we embark on a MURDER CRUISE!

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’s Murder Cruise” (1940; 75 minutes)

FEATURE SUMMARY:
Charlie Chan, continuing for a murdered colleague, and assisted by Number Two Son, Jimmy, seeks to uncover the identity of a strangler who strikes multiple times on an around-the-world cruise ship bound from Honolulu to San Francisco.

FEATURE NOTES:
“Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise” is a much looser adaptation of Earl Derr Biggers’ novel, “Charlie Chan Carries On” (1930), than was Fox studios’ original adaptation, also titled “Charlie Chan Carries On,” from 1931, which was closely scripted to reflect the original Biggers Chan mystery. The working titles of this film were variously “Charlie Chan’s Cruise,” “Charlie Chan’s Oriental Cruise,” and “Chan’s Murder Cruise.” According to materials contained in the UCLA Produced Scripts Collection at the UCLA Theater Arts Library, Robert Ellis and Helen Logan wrote the first treatment for this film, which was followed by a treatment and screenplay written by John Larkin. Their contribution to the final film has not been determined.

THIS WEEK’S EXTRAS: Please join us earlier before the start of our feature for these extra presentations:

The White Ships: 1930s Matson Hawaii Cruise Lines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFCPHQzCpj8

(Running time: 5:09)


SS Lurline: Matson's Queen of the Pacific

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAVWgJzanik

(Running time: 15:14)


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”!

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!

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 “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.”

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’s Murder Cruise.”

Sincerely,

Rush Glick