OUR CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY MONDAY EVENING CHAT FOR June 12 2023: “Phantom of Chinatown”
CHAT NUMBER: 1,207
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEYE LUKE!
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Confucius say, ‘No man is poor who have worthy son.’”
THIS WEEK: We join our Number one Son, Keye Luke, whom we see in his only starring film roll as we share “Phantom of Chinatown” and commemorate his birthday!
THE CHAT ROOM: Go to our “Chat Room” page, and, at the bottom of that page, click on the “Charlie Chan Family Chat Room ENTRANCE” link. You may then enter as a “Guest.”
OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION: “Phantom of Chinatown” (1940; 63 minutes)
FEATURE SUMMARY:
Detective James Lee Wong is on the scene as archaeologist Dr. John Benton, recently returned from an expedition in China where a valuable ancient scroll was recovered, is murdered while giving a lecture on the expedition. (IMdB)
FEATURE NOTES:
“Phantom of Chinatown” was the final film of the Mr. Wong series at Monogram Pictures. In what would be something of a “prequel,” a young James Lee Wong, played by Keye Luke, in his only starring motion picture roll, follows Boris Karloff in the title roll.
CAST:
Keye Luke - James Lee Wong
Grant Withers - Police Captain Street
Lotus Long - Win Lee
Charles F. Miller - Dr. Benton
Huntley Gordon - Dr. Norman Wilkes
Virginia Carpenter - Louise Benton
John Dilson - Charles Fraser
Paul McVey - Detective Grady
THIS WEEK’S EXTRAS: Please join us earlier before the start of our feature for these extra presentations.
KEYE LUKE TRIBUTE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcpkxsqCr8
Running time: 2:47
KEYE LUKE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqUH0-CcvOI
Running time: 12:03
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AS ALWAYS, WE BEGIN OUR EVENING at 7:30 Eastern Time with a 45-minute block of time for arrivals and greetings, and the sharing of an extra…or two...or even three! (see above). Then, at precisely 8:15 ET, we begin running our feature film simultaneously starting our personal or online copies of this week’s feature!
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NEXT WEEK: We will be sharing “Murder Over New York”
Take care, and I hope to see you at this week’s Monday Evening Chat at our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room at charliechan.org as we share “Phantom of Chinatown.”
