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"Dark Alibi," our film for tonight!

FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Honorable grandmother always say, ‘Do not think of future - it come too soon.’"

Monday greetings! As the month of September flies by, we gather to share another Monday evening together as we view another entry in the Charlie Chan film series! This time, our film will be “Dark Alibi.” Charlie Chan, Number Three Son, Tommy, and Birmingham Brown try to beat the calendar and the clock to save an innocent man from execution!

Also, as our weekly “extra,” we will be sharing another of the cartoons from the 16-episode cartoon series from 1972 which featured KEYE LUKE as the voice of Charlie Chan, “The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan.” The episode we will be sharing will be the fourth one, “The Phantom Sea Thief,” which can be found online at: http://www.toon.is/the-amazing-chan-and-the-chan-clan-04-the-phantom-sea-thief-video_bae03156b.html

OUR PRESENTATIONS: “Dark Alibi” (1946; 61 minutes) …AND “”The Phantom Sea Thief” (1972); runtime: 20:00 (originally aired: September 30, 1972).

FILM SUMMARY: Ex-convict Thomas Harley is arrested for robbing a bank and killing a bank guard. He claims that he was summoned to a theatrical warehouse by a note that sent to him by a former cell mate named James Wyatt and was subsequently locked inside at the time the robbery and killing took place. The police do not believe his alibi because Wyatt has been dead for eight years. Fingerprints belonging to Harley are found at the crime scene, and he is put on trial, found guilty, and condemned to death. Desperate to prove her father innocent, Harley's daughter, June asks Charlie Chan to help her and her father.

FILM NOTES: Ex-convict Thomas Harley is arrested for robbing a bank and killing a bank guard. He claims that he was summoned to a theatrical warehouse by a note that sent to him by a former cell mate named James Wyatt and was subsequently locked inside at the time the robbery and killing took place. The police do not believe his alibi because Wyatt has been dead for eight years. Fingerprints belonging to Harley are found at the crime scene, and he is put on trial, found guilty, and condemned to death. Desperate to prove her father innocent, Harley's daughter, June asks Charlie Chan to help her and her father.

TIME: We begin with arrivals and greetings at 7:30 EASTERN TIME. Then, we share our special short “extra” which will be followed at exactly 8:15 when we roll our feature for this Monday evening, “The Red Dragon.”

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. GOOD NEWS! Our feature, “Dark Alibi,” is presently available online at Daily Motion at this address: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x297itp_charlie-chan-dark-alibi-1946-sidney-toler_shortfilms

SO, have a wonderful Monday, be safe, and let’s gather together as we start off the week as we have for more than 16 years, as we watch our Charlie Chan feature, and please don’t forget the bonus extra!

Sincerely,
Rush Glick