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This week's Monday Evening Chat/Film Viewing: "The Trap"

"Best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go a little bit haywire.” – Charlie Chan

Our Monday Evening Chat and film viewing for this week features “The Trap,” starring Sidney Toler, in his final appearance as Charlie Chan. Sadly, death was to take him but a scant few months following the completion of our film. In this movie, we also have Victor Sen Yung as Number Two Son, Jimmy, and Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown, as well as Kirk Alyn, the first Superman of the movies, as Sgt. Reynolds of the California Highway Patrol. We are all invited to a Malibu beach house where the frolic by the sea becomes a walk down Murder Street as, one-by-one, members of a variety troupe meet their end!

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 through such outlets as YouTube, etc. HAPPY NEWS…this week’s film, “Dangerous Money,” IS available at YouTube at this address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVZTnhXHr2Y

FILM NOTES: Working titles for The Trap were Murder in Malibu Beach and Charlie Chan in the Trap. This is one of two Chan films in the series proper to have been filmed in large measure on location, the other being The Black Camel (1931). The Trap marked the final film appearance for Sidney Toler, who died on February 12, 1947. Roland Winters assumed the role of Charlie Chan in the 1947 film The Chinese Ring. For more information, please check our Charlie Chan Family Home site at: http://charliechanfamily.tripod.com/id60.html

NEXT WEEK: (October 20) we will be sharing “The Chinese Ring” starring Roland Winters in his first appearance as Charlie Chan, along with Victor Sen Yung as Number Two Son…TOMMY, and Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown.

PLEASE NOTE: “THE RETURN OF CHARLIE CHAN” ON DVD: If you are interested in purchasing a clear, clean copy of “The Return of Charlie Chan” (Universal – 1971) a made-for-TV movie starring Ross Martin as Charlie Chan (which will be our final film stop on this year’s Chan Film Tour), I can recommend a version which you will find available at: http://www.ioffer.com/i/the-return-of-charlie-chan-ross-martin-dvd-504052734. It lists for $12.00 which includes postage/handling. However, you may make a lower offer! “The Return of Charlie Chan” is this year’s final film in our journey through Chandom!

As always, have a pleasant Monday, and let’s all get together for an evening of fun, as we watch “The Trap.”

Sincerely,
Rush Glick