The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for January 12, 2026
Feature: Eran Trece (There Were Thirteen)
Chat Number: 1,343
Extra:
(None)
Note:
The Spanish language version of Charlie Chan Carries On
Participants:
*Charlie’s Angel*
Godwinshelley
hounder
Matt
Rush
tenman
exit stage left”
01-12 17:45
Rush:
01-12 18:45
Rush:
Good evening, Matt!
01-12 18:45
Matt:
Hello Rush!
01-12 18:45
Rush:
How was your week?
01-12 18:46
Matt:
Pretty good, thnx…..yourself?
01-12 18:46
Rush:
Yes, same here, thank you.
01-12 18:46
Matt:
We’re dealing with a cold snap here for another week or so.
01-12 18:47
Rush:
2026 has been good so far… 
01-12 18:47
Rush:
Ah! Today was in the low 40s here…not bad.
Supposed to be a little warmer tomorrow…then winter temps return!
01-12 18:48
Matt:
I think the low here on Wed or Thu may be in upper 30’s VERY cold for us!
01-12 18:48
Rush:
YES!
01-12 18:48
Matt:
I have to find some slacks!
01-12 18:49
Rush:
Thermal underwear!
01-12 18:49
Matt:
Hello Hounder!
01-12 18:49
Rush:
Hounder!
Good evening!
How are things for you this evening?
01-12 18:52
hounder:
hi. things are cool but good
01-12 18:52
Rush:
I never remember where “Eran Trece” is in the Fox discs! I found it on the “Shanghai” disc as an extra!
01-12 18:52
Matt:
Shanghai
01-12 18:52
Rush:
Matt was just telling me about the low temperatures!
Yes.
01-12 18:53
Rush:
It is not on the back but on the same side as “Shanghai.”
It’s a one-sided disc.
01-12 18:53
Matt:
Correct
01-12 18:53
Rush:
Got it in and ready!
01-12 18:53
hounder:
temps changed like it saw a state trooper on the highway. 80 2vdays ago. mid 60’s here today.
01-12 18:54
Rush:
Again…it sure does not seem like a full year has passed since we last watched it!
01-12 18:54
hounder:
time is flying faster than ever
01-12 18:54
Rush:
Yes.
01-12 18:55
Rush:
Too bad it isn’t so that the older one gets, the SLOWER time passes!
oh, well…
01-12 18:56
hounder:
yes! i like that idea
01-12 18:56
Rush:
01-12 18:56
Matt:
Well, the older I get, the slower I am, soooooo it’s a start?
01-12 18:57
Rush:
Yes! I understand!
01-12 18:57
Matt:
Hello GS!
01-12 18:57
Godwinshelley:
Hello all
01-12 18:57
Rush:
WELCOME….GS!!!
How are you doing?
01-12 18:58
Godwinshelley:
Better than I will be next week – I’ll be prepping for a Colonoscopy
01-12 18:58
Rush:
Oh. Not the most fun thing…
01-12 18:58
hounder:
lol @Matt
01-12 18:58
Rush:
To me, the prep is worse than the event.
01-12 18:58
Matt:
I go for a 2nd next week GS…..I feel for you
01-12 18:59
Godwinshelley:
I mailed two packages to Mr Berlin before the holidays to the two address I had – none have been returned
01-12 18:59
Godwinshelley:
Matt – I’m a crackerjack box when when do my colonoscopy – there is ALWAYS a Prize inside – I have to go every 3-5 years
01-12 18:59
Matt:
He’s getting older….no?
01-12 18:59
Rush:
15 minutes….
01-12 19:00
Rush:
That’s not a bad sign, GS.
TYSM for reaching out to him.
Hopefully he is doing well.
01-12 19:00
Godwinshelley:
I might write those addresses again and ask if he would be so kind as to autograph a couple books – and ask if I should mail them or just drive up. Will let you know
01-12 19:00
Matt:
I went last month…..gotta go back next week. Not happy here
01-12 19:01
Godwinshelley:
Matt – scheduling error?
01-12 19:01
Rush:
Very good, GS!
01-12 19:02
Matt:
Found something, tested Ok, but need to go to OR to play it safe
01-12 19:02
Rush:
We can maybe start thinking of a possible next CCF get together…?
01-12 19:02
Godwinshelley:
I might print our annual newsletter and include it in the letter to Mr Berlin
01-12 19:03
Rush:
Good idea!
01-12 19:03
Godwinshelley:
Yeah – I understand that Matt – at least they are checking
01-12 19:04
Rush:
Yes. They are probably just making sure that all is well.
01-12 19:05
Rush:
10 minutes…
01-12 19:05
Godwinshelley:
So sounds like alot of us will be in for alot of fun next week
01-12 19:05
Matt:
01-12 19:05
Godwinshelley:
Rush – did you look up the Nutshell Murders Dioramas from last weeks discussion?
01-12 19:06
Rush:
Yes, my turn is coming soonish as well.
YES, I did! WONDERFUL!!!!
01-12 19:06
Godwinshelley:
Most of them are housed at the Medical Examiner’s Office in Baltimore
01-12 19:06
Rush:
Maybe I can add it to our Study?
01-12 19:07
Godwinshelley:
Might be a good addition – there is a documentary on it somewhere that might be narrated by John Waters (Baltimore native_
01-12 19:07
Matt:
Hello Tenman!
01-12 19:07
tenman:
Hello all!
01-12 19:07
Rush:
The one I am interested in, maybe I am confused a little, is your Chan one.
TM!
01-12 19:07
Godwinshelley:
Hi 10Man
01-12 19:07
Rush:
Hello!
01-12 19:07
tenman:
(we’re doing english subtitles tonight, yes?)
01-12 19:07
Rush:
Yes.
01-12 19:07
Matt:
Si
01-12 19:08
Rush:
01-12 19:08
Matt:
Cued here!
01-12 19:08
Godwinshelley:
Oh – you mean Louise’s diorama – which was amazing
01-12 19:08
Rush:
There is the online copy if needed.
Yes…I mean Louise’s!
Sorry!
01-12 19:08
hounder:
ready here too.
01-12 19:08
Rush:
7 minutes
01-12 19:09
Matt:
Hello CA!
01-12 19:09
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Hello fellow Detectives!
01-12 19:09
Rush:
Welcome CA!
01-12 19:09
hounder:
hi ca. welcome
01-12 19:10
Rush:
FIVE MINUTES…
01-12 19:10
Rush:
Cued here as well…
01-12 19:11
Rush:
4 minutes…
3 1/2 minutes…
01-12 19:11
Matt:
I have a hat from Gibraltar with four monkey’s. The 4th monkey is holding a cell phone…..because they are notorious for stealing them, lol
01-12 19:11
Rush:
AH!
01-12 19:12
Rush:
I’ll bet they are, Matt!
3 minutes…
I have heard that those monkeys are pretty brazen!
01-12 19:12
Matt:
I have some FUNNY pics
01-12 19:12
Godwinshelley:
I’m cued here
01-12 19:13
Rush:
Ready?
TWO MINUTES….
01-12 19:13
Rush:
90 seconds…
75 seconds…
01-12 19:14
Rush:
60 seconds…
50 seconds…
40 seconds…
01-12 19:15
Rush:
30 seconds…
25…
20…
15…
10…
5…
GO!!!
01-12 19:15
Matt:
01-12 19:15
Rush:
Title….
Music….
Credits…
01-12 19:15
Rush:
I think this is probably the same intro music used for “CC Carries On”
TYSM…Matt…for the gong!
Scotland Yard….
01-12 19:16
Rush:
Duff mentions CC.
The Chan family photo.
01-12 19:17
Rush:
“Each man thinks his own cuckoos better than next man’s nightingales.” (Inscribed on a family photo given to and read by Inspector Duff)
(From: “CC Carries On”)
01-12 19:18
Matt:
01-12 19:18
Rush:
TYSM…Matt…
01-12 19:18
*Charlie’s Angel*:
What’s our “TIME”? My YT connection dropped off.
01-12 19:19
Rush:
Stockton, Ca.
4:00
4:10
01-12 19:19
Godwinshelley:
4:15
01-12 19:19
Rush:
4:20
4:30
01-12 19:19
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Gracias!!
01-12 19:19
Rush:
Ne nada…
01-12 19:20
*Charlie’s Angel*:
😁😁😁
El Director del Tour!!
01-12 19:20
Rush:
I guess some may still be in “New Year Mode.”
01-12 19:20
*Charlie’s Angel*:
UP TILL NOW—-
“NO! NO NO NO NO NO!!”
01-12 19:20
Rush:
01-12 19:21
*Charlie’s Angel*:
I gotta get a pince-nez.
01-12 19:22
Rush:
Oh…the idea came up to note how many times Charlie Chan says, “Thank you so much” in each movie this year!
maybe we can start with this one…!
01-12 19:22
*Charlie’s Angel*:
That dude wearing a MERKIN
(fake facehair)??
01-12 19:22
Rush:
Nice hat!
01-12 19:22
Godwinshelley:
Wow look at his cuffs
01-12 19:23
Godwinshelley:
Did he take them off??
01-12 19:24
*Charlie’s Angel*:
He was screaming too loud himself. Having a wonderful time!!
He’s ALL SHOOK UP?—-
Wait a minute. Let’s get a pen &’ paper—-
01-12 19:24
Rush:
To get an accurate count, I can go through the four scripts and count those. We will be seeing the recreation of “CC’s Chance” in two weeks, and we can count those.
01-12 19:24
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Rush, were all walls brown in the 1930s?
01-12 19:24
Rush:
This one can be an “asterisk” TYSM count!
01-12 19:25
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Looks like Homer S. fading into shrubbery
01-12 19:25
Rush:
CA, maybe they were in films to appear better on film?
01-12 19:25
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Now he’s a believer.
01-12 19:27
Rush:
01-12 19:27
Rush:
Nice derny hat.
01-12 19:27
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Not a TRÉCE of doubt in my [redacted]!
01-12 19:28
Rush:
(derby)
Uh, oh!
Get the meds!
01-12 19:28
*Charlie’s Angel*:
RCA’s victories were few at that point.
KLONK!
01-12 19:28
Rush:
yes, just ask Nipper, CA!
01-12 19:29
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Always hire an INFERIOR DECORATOR!
01-12 19:30
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Generalissimo Franco in the parlor with the candlestick and Hitler.
01-12 19:30
*Charlie’s Angel*:
I always order money.
01-12 19:30
Rush:
Note the Spanish phonetic spelling of the names…such as Keane spelled as “Kin.”
01-12 19:31
*Charlie’s Angel*:
He’s in the exporting game ONLY?
A LIKELY STORY.
01-12 19:32
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Nielson’s ratings not so hot.
01-12 19:32
Rush:
01-12 19:33
Rush:
He shouldn’t be on that tour with such a bad heart!
01-12 19:34
*Charlie’s Angel*:
We ALL should take a tip from Mr.Nielson. Feign heart attack, pull a Redd Foxx collapse. “IT’S THE BIG ONE, LUCILLE!”
01-12 19:35
Rush:
Max Minchin.
Note how his gruff manner chances by the time of the big party!
01-12 19:35
*Charlie’s Angel*:
THAT SONG—-?
Punji Punji Punji, GOTTA be!
01-12 19:35
Rush:
One of those hats with the ribbon’s bow to the back of the hat.
01-12 19:36
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Dukc! Hey Duke!—-
Duke of Earl, meet the Dork of Cork.
01-12 19:37
Rush:
01-12 19:38
*Charlie’s Angel*:
A Canon?
01-12 19:38
Rush:
An aphorism courtesy of Inspector Duff…
01-12 19:38
*Charlie’s Angel*:
WE KNOW how sorry you are, bud.
01-12 19:38
*Charlie’s Angel*:
LOS TORRES FAWLTY
01-12 19:39
Rush:
This first Chan movie follows Biggers’ original story pretty well, including how long it takes for Charlie Chan to appear.
01-12 19:40
Godwinshelley:
Still better than “Behind That Curtain”
01-12 19:40
Rush:
Oh, INDEED!!!
01-12 19:41
*Charlie’s Angel*:
NICE!!
01-12 19:41
Rush:
That was the “M.O.” of the first “Charlie Chan” movies, beginning with the silents. Chan was a very secondary character for the most part.
01-12 19:42
Matt:
01-12 19:42
Rush:
Beginning with “Charlie Chan Carries On,” that changing of the story changed.
TYSM…Matt…
01-12 19:42
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Hemingway?
01-12 19:42
Rush:
Looks kind of like him!
01-12 19:43
Godwinshelley:
So they were more like a Perry Mason episode – with the murder first, then the detective?
01-12 19:43
Rush:
“NosTALgia…”
01-12 19:43
*Charlie’s Angel*:
NeurALGIA.
01-12 19:44
tenman:
I seem to have a sick dog. See you next week!
01-12 19:44
Rush:
“Carries On” has the murders first, and “Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case” did as well, with a murder that brought Chan on to the case right away.
01-12 19:45
Godwinshelley:
Oh no – hope the dog feels better
01-12 19:45
Rush:
Sorry, TM!
I hope all goes well!
01-12 19:45
Matt:
Take care Tenman
01-12 19:45
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Best wishes for your Fido, tM
01-12 19:46
Godwinshelley:
elevators are very dangerous places in Chan films
01-12 19:46
Rush:
YES!
01-12 19:46
Matt:
01-12 19:47
Rush:
If the floor’s not falling open, the top is open to a shot!
TYSM…Matt…
Number Three…
01-12 19:47
*Charlie’s Angel*:
About 47 minutes, lady.
01-12 19:47
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Elsa Lanchester woulda been great in that part there.
01-12 19:48
Godwinshelley:
That train looked like LA
01-12 19:48
Rush:
Travel shots…
Egypt….
Istanbul….
Indai?
01-12 19:48
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Sphinx ruined by Napoleon’s dynamite.
01-12 19:49
Rush:
Hong Kong….
Funny dialogue here.’
01-12 19:49
*Charlie’s Angel*:
FLIP SIDE of “Punji”?
01-12 19:49
Godwinshelley:
That is funny Rush
01-12 19:50
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Face a bit like Margaret Dumont.
01-12 19:50
Rush:
Looks like a Japanese image on her fan.
Yes, CA!
01-12 19:51
Godwinshelley:
The folding umbrella looks Japanese as well
01-12 19:51
Rush:
Yes.
01-12 19:51
Godwinshelley:
The women’s hats still look like pilots should wear them
01-12 19:52
Rush:
More funny dialogue…
01-12 19:53
Rush:
In the English version of this movie, the blond lady in “The Black Camel” played Mrs. Minchin.
01-12 19:53
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Kinda part geisha, part Amy Winehouse?
01-12 19:53
Rush:
HM.
01-12 19:54
Rush:
That’d be around $5,000 today.
Her mistake coming!
01-12 19:55
Rush:
Remember….”Silence is golden.”
Also, it’s a lot better for a longer life!
01-12 19:56
Rush:
Arrival in Honolulu!
01-12 19:56
Matt:
Pop!
01-12 19:56
Rush:
Charlie Chan at home!
Yes, Matt!
01-12 19:56
*Charlie’s Angel*:
NICE FONT, by the way!
01-12 19:56
Rush:
Probably looking at a human hair.
01-12 19:57
Rush:
Yes, CA.
Duff is waiting at HPD headquarters.
01-12 19:57
Rush:
Or, probably meeting CC there.
01-12 19:58
Rush:
Rear projection is actually shot in Honolulu.
A wider brimmed hat on Chan.
01-12 19:58
*Charlie’s Angel*:
REMARKABLY lame “greenscreen” here!
01-12 19:58
Matt:
Do we know of any other existing foreign made Chan movies out there?
01-12 19:59
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Yeah, the hat is NOT Our Guy.
01-12 19:59
Rush:
Not like this one, Matt. There were a number made in China BASED on Charlie Chan.
01-12 19:59
Godwinshelley:
NEVER stay in Chan’s office with your back to an open door or window
01-12 20:00
*Charlie’s Angel*:
BANG!!
01-12 20:00
Rush:
Looks like it got him in the upper back!
The three monkeys.
01-12 20:01
*Charlie’s Angel*:
¡¡Jajajajajajaja!!
01-12 20:01
Godwinshelley:
Did he call his son “John” or “Juan”
01-12 20:01
Rush:
John.
01-12 20:02
Godwinshelley:
That’s a new one
01-12 20:02
Rush:
Sure is taking a long time to get a doctor to see Duff!
01-12 20:02
Godwinshelley:
So no medical help for this poor guy
01-12 20:03
Rush:
They took a long time!
Mrs Chan is speaking Japaneese!
01-12 20:03
Godwinshelley:
So that must be John?
01-12 20:03
Rush:
Noteshe says “Sayonara.”
01-12 20:04
Rush:
Yes, that would be “John”
The first TYSM.
01-12 20:05
Matt:
The “ery” first, perhaps?
very
01-12 20:07
Rush:
Well, Chan can narrow the suspects down to the four seen on that Hong Kong street.
01-12 20:08
Godwinshelley:
Sounds like early Universal studio music
01-12 20:08
Rush:
Yes, it sort of did.
01-12 20:10
Godwinshelley:
How many white suits would you have to carry to wear on an around the world trip?
I can’t keep my black pants clean enough while travelling
01-12 20:10
Rush:
Each traveler probably had at least one large trunk!
01-12 20:10
*Charlie’s Angel*:
CHERISH the CABIN!
01-12 20:10
Rush:
Chan probably had to pack quickly and didn’t bring too much!
01-12 20:11
Rush:
5 TYSMs so far.
01-12 20:12
*Charlie’s Angel*:
When Goatee Guy goes to ROAM
he puts on ANCIENT GREASE.
01-12 20:12
Rush:
01-12 20:13
Rush:
Mr. Kennaway has a wedding ring!
01-12 20:15
Rush:
That would be around $200 today.
01-12 20:16
*Charlie’s Angel*:
She looks like a biker moll.
01-12 20:17
Rush:
Chan has a plan!
01-12 20:17
Rush:
A funny “misunderstanding” coming up here!
Due to the ship’s horn….
01-12 20:19
Rush:
Enter Chan…
See his ring?
Wedding ring?
01-12 20:21
Rush:
A pretty talented gangster!
01-12 20:22
Godwinshelley:
Keeping fellow inmates entertained may keep you alive
01-12 20:22
Rush:
Now, a Brazilian song…sung in Portuguese.
We lost Angel…
01-12 20:23
Rush:
Dans Apache…
With words….
01-12 20:24
*Charlie’s Angel*:
How about just throw the haystack in the sea?
01-12 20:24
Rush:
I think it was mock French.
WB, CA!
01-12 20:24
Rush:
Chan places the notes…
01-12 20:25
*Charlie’s Angel*:
Amazing the music from the CC series didn’t hit big as a soundtrack album!
01-12 20:25
Rush:
Sort of like Lee in “Race Track.”
01-12 20:25
Rush:
I would buy that one, Angel!
01-12 20:29
Rush:
The notes are opened….
01-12 20:30
Rush:
We hear this music in “Egypt” and “Secret”.
01-12 20:30
Rush:
CC rigs his trap!
01-12 20:31
hounder:
great shadows here
01-12 20:31
Rush:
Yes!
01-12 20:33
Rush:
NEXT WEEK: “The Black Camel”
01-12 20:34
Rush:
“FINIS”
01-12 20:34
Godwinshelley:
finis
01-12 20:34
*Charlie’s Angel*:
YAY!!!!!!
01-12 20:34
Matt:
<yee-haw>
01-12 20:34
Rush:
Exit music….
(Applause…)
Well!
01-12 20:34
Rush:
There it is…a version of “Charlie Chan carries On.”
An official start to the series proper!
01-12 20:35
hounder:
thanks for the fun. trying to follow the spanish was definitely a brain workout. have a great week
01-12 20:35
Rush:
I thank you for the wonderful company this evening.
01-12 20:35
Godwinshelley:
Have a safe week everyone – and good luck with next week’s “activities”
01-12 20:35
Rush:
hopefully more participants next week…?
01-12 20:35
Matt:
You too, GS!
01-12 20:35
Rush:
You as well!
May everyone have a GREAT week!
01-12 20:36
Matt:
Good night everyone and have a great week ahead
01-12 20:36
Godwinshelley:
Night all
01-12 20:36
Rush:
Be happy…be SAFE!
01-12 20:36
hounder:
nite all.
01-12 20:36
Rush:
Take care….
I thank you all!
Good night!
01-12 20:37
Rush:
Good night, Matt and Hounder…
TYSM….
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