FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Old excuse, like ancient billy goat, has whiskers.”
Monday greetings one and all as we move along on our CHARLIE CHAN FILM TOUR 2016! This week we will be Charlie Chan in Shanghai,” starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan with Keye Luke as Number One Son, Lee. This time, we find Mr. Chan arriving in his homeland only to find himself and Lee thrust into mortal danger as father and son seek to find the secrets of who is behind a murderous drug syndicate that works out of the mysterious city of Shanghai!
Also, per our newly inaugurated custom, we will be sharing, before our featured presentations, a vintage Charlie Chan radio show; “The Curious Ride of the Sea Witch,” which can be found on the Internet at: http://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/crime/charlie-chan/charlie-chan-curious-ride-of-the-sea-witch
OUR PRESENTATIONS:
1. “The Curious Ride of the Sea Witch” (circa 1950; Runtime: 25:31)
2. “Charlie Chan in Shanghai” (1935; Runtime: 70 minutes)
SUMMARIES:
“The Curious Ride of the Sea Witch” - The grand prison walls loomed forbiddingly through the fog settling down on Honolulu. Then, suddenly, the sirens blare as a daring prison break takes place, and after the convicts are herded back in to their cells and a check-up is made, two men are missing, Big Lou Gleason and Porky Bates, each serving a life a sentence for murder!
“Charlie Chan in Shanghai” - Charlie Chan travels to his ancestral homeland, China, at the request of Sir Stanley Woodland, a prominent official in Shanghai, to help break up an opium-smuggling organization. When Chan is honored at a Shanghai banquet, Sir Stanley informs the detective that he has discovered some sinister activities. Before Sir Stanley can share this information he is silenced by a booby-trapped box. With Number One Son, Lee, at his side, Chan seeks to discover the secrets of the smuggling activities in Shanghai as well as the identity of the Sir Stanley's killer.
NEW TIME: We begin with arrivals and greetings at 7:30 EASTERN TIME. Then, we share our radio program which will be followed at exactly 8:15 when we roll our features from “The New Adventures of Charlie Chan.”
LOCATION: Our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room, which is accessed at http://www.charliechan.info/id17.html.
IF YOU LACK A COPY OF OUR FILM: Often our features can be found available online. Happily, tonight’s feature IS presently available online at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_GFnA_b-vc
OF NOTE: Although the character played by Frederik Vogeding is listed as "Burke" in the onscreen credits, he is called "Ivan Marloff" throughout the dialog of the film.
PLEASE have a pleasant, safe Monday, and I hope to see you in our Chat Room as we share our featured film: “Charlie Chan in Shanghai.”
