Our Monday Evening Chat/Film Viewing: "Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum"
Greetings, as we enter the month of July, our mid-point in our journey through the entire Charlie Chan film series!
Our film for this week’s Monday Evening Chat and Film Viewing will be “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum,” starring Sidney Toler and featuring Victor Sen Yung as Number Two son, Jimmy. In this, one of the more spooky entries in the Chan series, an escaped murderer seeks to end the life of Charlie Chan who was responsible for his conviction and appointment with the electric chair. Can Chan and son capture this killer who lurks within the confines of a wax figure-filled crime museum as the body count grows?
NOTES: According to David Robert Cellitti, the wax figure of Charlie Chan (and, perhaps we may assume that the rest of the wax figures used in the film) was made by a studio in Los Angeles called The Stubergh's, which was run by Katherine Stubergh. "The late Katherine Stubergh was my mentor. She supplied wax figures for such films as 'House of Wax,' 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,' 'The Frozen Ghost' and many other films...including 'Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.'"
So, please join us in our Chat Room which is located at our Charlie Chan Family Home: www.charliechan.info, and use any of the “Chat Room” links to join us. We begin with arrivals and greetings at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and we roll our personal copies of our film exactly 15 minutes later (8:15).
Even if you cannot access a copy of the above-noted film, please do join us anyway, as you will NOT be left out of our ongoing chat and festivities. Also, as is our custom, newcomers are offered the seat of honor at our humble table. (Many of our films, such as this week’s entry, may be found available for viewing online through such outlets as YouTube, etc. Again this week we have HAPPY NEWS! A check at YouTube reveals that “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum” IS available online at YouTube for viewing.)
NEXT WEEK we will be viewing “Murder Over New York,” starring Sidney Toler.
ONE MORE NOTE: “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum” will be screened at the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo, California during the weekend of July 19-21. Anyone interested in attending a Charlie Chan Family evening or matinee, please express your thoughts and we can, perhaps, come up with a plan. Please post at our Message Board right here at www.charliechan.info or email at charliechanfamily@lycos.com.
Thank you so much, and let’s meet for yet another fun Monday evening as we gather to watch “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.”
