Hi Sam,

What a wonderful story you posted; thanks for sharing!

I have recollections of watching Chan movies in the mid 70s but it wasn't until my local PBS station ran a "Charlie Chan Theater" on weekend nights in the late 70s that I got hooked. This would generally start about 10:30 or 11:00 at night and the series alternated with the Rathbone Holmes films. The PBS station even hired an on air host to give background on the films.

The Fox films were the ones shown except for Black Camel and Paris (which was still lost at the time). I never saw Paris until the VHS came out in the late 80s and I never saw Black Camel until good old Doug Palmer provided me a copy in the late 90s. I had the first six Monogram Chans from their commercial release and another Chan board member provided me with copies of the remaining Monograms several years ago. For some reason, the Monograms were never aired regularly in my viewing area although I remember WGN in Chicago airing some of them at one time.

When I found the other Chan board in 1997 I was pleased to see that there were so many other fans of Chan plus they provided information/sources for other series that I had never seen or even heard of in some cases. When AMC did their first Chan marathon in 1998 or so it was the first time I'd been able to see a Chan in several years so it was like falling in love with the character all over again.

Steve

Thanks everyone for welcoming me to this nice board.Thanks for letting me know about Vintage Theatre. Does anyone else know a reputable dealer selling decent DVD copies of the Roland Winters Chans?Personally I'd rather wait until WB releaes them but who knows when that will be? I am looking foward to Monday Night.

DEar Sam,

Our Monday Evening Chat/Film Viewings begin at 8:00 P.M., Eastern Time (5:00, Pacific - as you mentioned being from California). We start off with arrivals, greetings, and preparation for the evening's simultaneous viewing of out film, which, this week, will be "Charlie Chan in London." At exactly 8:30 (5:30), we begin rolling our personal copies of the movie, which allows us to watch the picture together. During the movie, we speak on what we like, either regarding the on-screen goings-on, or otherwise!

You, or anyone else who might be interested, will be very much welcomed to our group which, I can guarantee, you will find to be very friendly - and fun!

Sincerely,
Rush Glick

Hi Sam and welcome to the Chan family. I "discovered" Chan at the age of 13 also. I'm the family night owl and my parents had finally given up hope that I would go to sleep at a decent hour. I turned out all the lights for The Late Late Show and on came "Murder Cruise." I was delighted. As the weeks progressed I discovered Chan wasn't an isolated film - there were more! As I started talking about them I found out they had always a favorite of my Dad also. He got to see the originals as they were released in the theater. He always wanted to stay up and watch them with me, but he would get tired waiting and go to bed. Toler is my favorite also, but there are some Olands in my Top Ten. Oops, time for Chan Chat - need to change rooms for that.