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OUR CCF MONDAY EVENING CHAT AND FILM VIEWING FOR June 15: “Phantom of Chinatown”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEYE LUKE!


FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Confucius say, ‘No man is poor who have worthy son.’"

GREETINGS… as we celebrate the birthday of our Number One Son…KEYE LUKE…with a showing of “Phantom of Chinatown” as the young detective James Lee Wong.

OUR CHAT ROOM: Our Chat Room can be accessed the same way that we accessed by going to our “Chat Room” link at charliechan.info, or use this direct link: http://www.charliechan.info/id17.html

THIS WEEK’S PRESENTATIONS: “Phantom of Chinatown” (1940; 63 minutes) along with our “extra,” the ELEVENTH episode of “Lost City of the Jungle” with Keye Luke! (1946; 15 minutes [Begin viewing at the 31:35 mark, finishing at the 46:45 mark!]).
“Phantom of Chinatown” CAST:

CAST (as credited):
Keye Luke... James Lee 'Jimmy' Wong
Lotus Long... Win Len
Grant Withers... Police Captain Street
Charles Miller... Dr. John Benton (as Charles Miller)
Huntley Gordon... Dr. Norman Wilkes
Virginia Carpenter... Louise Benton
John Dilson... Charlie Frasier (as John H. Dilson)
Paul McVey... Detective Grady
John Holland... Mason
Richard Terry... Toreno (as Dick Terry)
Robert Kellard... Tommy Dean
Willy Castello... Jonas (as William Castello)
Lee Tung Foo... Foo

UNCREDITED CAST (alphabetical):
Lynton Brent... Radio News Broadcaster (uncredited)
Morgan Brown... Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham... Hospital Stakeout Cop (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin... Detective in Refrigerator (uncredited)
William Gould... Hospital Stakeout Cop (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell... Police Officer Stationed at Front Door (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien... Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Victor Wong... Charley Won (uncredited)

FEATURE SUMMARY: In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on. Win Lee, Benton's secretary, reveals the doctor's dying words refer to a scroll which tells the location of rich oil deposits. Wong and Street then begin the search for the killer among Benton's associates.

FEATURE NOTES: “Phantom of Chinatown” is the last of the six Mr. Wong films and the only one to star Luke in the role originated by Boris Karloff.

TRIVIA: “Phantom of Chinatown” features Keye Luke’s only starring role of his long and illustrious career.

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 online. Fortunately, OUR FEATURE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, so please use the link provided at our Chat Room.

OUR MONTHLY POLL: Please take a moment to cast your vote in our JUNE 2020 POLL, found as you scroll down our Entrance Page (http://www.charliechan.info/index.html)! To paraphrase this month’s poll question: “Do you picture yourself as more like Charlie Chan or Birmingham Brown?” Be sure to cast your vote in this month’s poll!

OUR MAY POLL RESULT:
QUESTION: Has the viewing of Charlie Chan's adventures helped you to ease some of the realities of isolation brought on by the current virus situation?

Yes 100%
No 0%

(NOTE: Rarely do we have such a one-sided result!)

DO YOU HAVE A POLL QUESTION? Please feel free to suggest a Monthly Poll question! Send your ideas to: charliechanfamily@lyahoo.com.

OUR CCF CHAT ARCHIVE: Please take a look at our growing collection of CCF Chat Texts from previous years and this year: http://www.charliechan.info/id630.html

NEXT WEEK: Please join us on Monday, June 22 as we share “Murder Over New York”!

AND… DON’T MISS THIS GREAT CHARLIE CHAN BLOG!: Continuing strongly in 2020, great blog site, The Postman on Holiday, offered by our own Charlie Chan and Earl Derr Biggers expert, Lou Armagno which is: "A place to explore all things surrounding Detective Charlie Chan, his creator Earl Derr Biggers, and their connection with Hawaii, Cleveland, and mystery fiction." Updated each month, it can be found at this address: https://thepostmanonholiday.com/

THE CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY NEWSLETTER FOR THE YEAR 2019 REMAINS AVAILABLE! HonoluLou has edited and produced this year's recap of the past year, 2019, for all things Charlie Chan. This tour de force issue can be accessed at: https://thepostmanonholidayhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/2019-newsletter-master1-dec-28.pdf ENJOY!

SO, PLEASE JOIN US for this week’s Monday Evening Chat and Film Viewing as we join “Phantom of Chinatown.”

THANK YOU SO MUCH…

Sincerely,
Rush Glick

Re: OUR CCF MONDAY EVENING CHAT AND FILM VIEWING FOR June 15: “Phantom of Chinatown”

Wow! Got the email and all the actors are linked to their respective IMDb page...totally AWESOME! (alotta work, that!) Hats off to you, Rush.

Lou
P.S. You missed one GIANT of a star: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2295209/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

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