OUR CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY MONDAY EVENING CHAT FOR August 14, 2023: “The Scarlet Clue”
CHAT NUMBER: 1,216
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “So many fish in fish market, even flower smell same.”
THIS WEEK: It’s murder at a radio and television broadcasting center, as Charlie Chan, son Tommy, and Birmingham Brown dodge death at every turn!
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OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION: “The Scarlet Clue” (1945; 65 minutes) Our film is available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5rUvotBmoQ
FEATURE SUMMARY: Charlie Chan of the Secret Service is searching for the killer of an enemy agent. The trail leads to a radio and television broadcast center, where Number Three Son, Tommy, and assistant Birmingham Brown, accompany the detective as he winds his way through a host of suspects and hidden dangers.
FEATURE NOTES: The working title of this film was “Robot Murder.” The title card reads: “Charlie Chan in The Scarlet Clue.” ‘Hollywood Reporter’ production charts include Harry Bradley and William Gould in the cast, but their participation in the released film has not been confirmed. ‘Hollywood Reporter’ production charts also note that director of photography William Sickner was borrowed by Monogram from Universal to work on this film. The minor role of actor “Horace Carlos” is obviously based on film actor Boris Karloff, while the film’s killer wears a mask modeled on actor Rondo Hatton. Modern sources add the following actors to the cast: Charles Jordan (Nelson) and Kernan Cripps (Detective).
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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!
AT OUR BULLETIN BOARD: THE CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY HOME 2022 NEWSLETTER is now available at our “Bulletin Board” at our Charlie Chan Family Home! Also, at our Bulletin Board you will find a lot more in the form of links to other Chan-related items of possible interest!
OUR AUGUST POLL, also available on our Bulletin Board or our Home Page…or directly at this address: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6JKZHB6
A MOST WONDERFUL, “MUST GET” NEW BOOK!
Our own "HonoluLou," Lou Armagno, has just published a fantastic new book focusing on the aphorisms of Charlie Chan as found in the original Chan stories by Earl Derr Biggers! To learn more about this book, please visit our BULLETIN BOARD section: https://charliechan.org/bulletin-board/
Thank you so much, Lou, for creating the most unique of Charlie Chan studies!
NEXT WEEK: We will be sharing “The Shanghai Cobra.” Also, we will include Chapter 6 of the 13-part serial, “Secret Agent X-9,” featuring Keye Luke with Benson Fong as the week’s “extra”!
Take care, and please join us within the always-friendly confines of our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room at our Charlie Chan Family Home, located at charliechan.org, as we share “The Scarlet Clue”!
