OUR CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY MONDAY EVENING CHAT FOR August 28, 2023: “The Red Dragon”
CHAT NUMBER: 1,218
FROM CHARLIE CHAN: “Hens sit often, but they lay eggs.”
THIS WEEK: Charlie Chan, Number Three Son, Tommy, and Birmingham Brown’s cousin Chattanooga fly to Mexico City to investigate the death of a US federal agent. Danger lurks at every turn!
OUR 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: “The Red Dragon” (1945; 64 minutes) Our film is available online at: https://www.retrovisionmedia.com/2017/02/08/charlie-chan-red-dragon-1945/
FEATURE SUMMARY: In Mexico City, an attempt is made to steal the papers of the mysterious Alfred Wyans. His secretary, Walter Dorn, is working undercover for the U.S. government. At the U.S. embassy, he begs that they send for Charlie Chan. The next day, Dorn is mysteriously shot during a luncheon party at Wyans’ home. Chan arrives in Mexico City, accompanied by Number Three Son Tommy and his chauffeur and assistant Chattanooga Brown. Chan reveals that Wyans’ papers relate to the discovery of a new, 95th element that could be used to make a bomb much more powerful than an atomic bomb. The detective suspects one of the party guests, setting out to find which one is responsible for Dorn’s death.
FEATURE NOTES: The film’s working title was “Charlie Chan in Mexico.” The title card reads “Charlie Chan in The Red Dragon.”
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ck91s1Eve4
Running time: 20:14
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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!
AT OUR BULLETIN BOARD: THE CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY HOME 2022 NEWSLETTER is now available at our “Bulletin Board” at our Charlie Chan Family Home! Also, at our Bulletin Board you will find a lot more in the form of links to other Chan-related items of possible interest!
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A MOST WONDERFUL, “MUST GET” NEW BOOK!
Our own "HonoluLou," Lou Armagno, has just published a fantastic new book focusing on the aphorisms of Charlie Chan as found in the original Chan mysteries by Earl Derr Biggers! To learn more about this book, please visit our BULLETIN BOARD section: https://charliechan.org/bulletin-board/
Thank you so much, Lou, for creating the most unique of Charlie Chan studies!
NEXT WEEK: We will be sharing “Dark Alibi.” Also, we will include Chapter 8 of the 13-part serial, “Secret Agent X-9,” featuring Keye Luke with Benson Fong as the week’s “extra”!
Take care, and please join us within the always-friendly confines of our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room at our Charlie Chan Family Home, located at charliechan.org, as we share “The Red Dragon”!
