Chat Archive 1/20/2025

Feature: The Black Camel

Chat Number: 1,291

Extras:
Continental Airlines – “Golden Dragon Service” with Charlie Chan (Commercial, 1979);Dancing on the Beach in Hawaii in 1931; Outrigger Canoe on Waikiki Beach 1931; THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL+ HELUMOA: legendary playground of the Hawaiian Kings| hotel, ocean & more!

Participants:
Barbie Dahl
Burt Barnard
Godwinshelley
Hawaii_Steve
Hounder
Louise
Nothere
Paul Minturn
Rich in Maine
Rush
tenman

01-20 18:26

Rush:

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01-20 18:26

Hounder:

Hi rush.

01-20 18:26

Rush:

Hello, Hounder!

01-20 18:27

Rush:

Good evening to you!!!

How are you this evening?

Burt!

WELCOME!!!

01-20 18:27

Hounder:

Good evening. Hope you’re well.

01-20 18:27

Rush:

Great to see you here!

01-20 18:27

Hounder:

Hi bur

01-20 18:28

Rush:

Yes, cold here, but doing well.

01-20 18:28

Burt Barnard:

Thanks!  This is my first time here.  I may have to step out to go pick up my wife in awhile, but I wanted to join you.

01-20 18:28

Rush:

I am so happy you were able to be with us tonight!

01-20 18:28

Barbie Dahl:

Hello Rush!👋🏻

01-20 18:29

Rush:

If you need to leave early, no problem!

BD!

Welcome!

01-20 18:29

Barbie Dahl:

Hey hey Hounder👋🏻

Hello Burt👋🏻

01-20 18:29

Burt Barnard:

Hello!

01-20 18:29

Rush:

Please meet Burt…our newest member!

01-20 18:29

Barbie Dahl:

Welcome to the Chan fam, Burt!

01-20 18:30

Burt Barnard:

Thanks!

01-20 18:30

Rush:

Burt, did you see that I was able to track down the Continental Airlines Charlie Chan commercial?

01-20 18:30

Hawaii_Steve:

Aloha from the land of Chan !!!

01-20 18:30

Burt Barnard:

Yes, I did.

01-20 18:30

Rush:

Steve!

ALOHA!

01-20 18:30

Hounder:

You guys will have to carry on without me tonight. I caught the local crud that’s making the rounds here. And next week I’ll have company.

01-20 18:30

Barbie Dahl:

Is that one of the shorts tonight, Rush?

01-20 18:30

Rush:

I have now included it at our Study.

01-20 18:30

Barbie Dahl:

Hiya Steve👋🏻

01-20 18:31

Rush:

we could add it!

Sure…why not?

01-20 18:31

Hawaii_Steve:

Hi kids.  And how are all the Channets tonight?

01-20 18:31

Rush:

We will make it the first extra tonight!

Doing very well, Steve….TYSM!

01-20 18:31

Barbie Dahl:

Kewl!

01-20 18:32

Rush:

Steve, please meet Burt, and I don’t know if you know BD yet.

01-20 18:32

Hawaii_Steve:

BTW, I did a sneak peek at the Extras for tonight’s presentation. A very nice selection of vintage Waikiki.

01-20 18:32

Rush:

I thought they were fun tidbits, Steve.

01-20 18:32

Barbie Dahl:

A little tired today, Steve, but doing well otherwise. Thanks for asking and how are you?

01-20 18:32

Hawaii_Steve:

Aloha Burt.  Welcome to the Chan Family Chat.

01-20 18:32

Burt Barnard:

Thank you.

01-20 18:32

Rush:

I also chose a contemporary look at the Royal Hawaiian.

01-20 18:33

Hawaii_Steve:

Just coming off working 8 days in a row.  I’m taking it easy today.  Mahalo.

01-20 18:33

Rush:

We can start our extras in about 7 minutes?

01-20 18:33

Barbie Dahl:

Whew!

Sure, Rush.

01-20 18:34

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes, Rush.  I watched to contemporary video of the Royal.  It’s okay.  Not the best camera work.

01-20 18:34

Rush:

Yes.

01-20 18:34

Barbie Dahl:

What is it you do, Steve, if you don’t mind?

01-20 18:35

Hawaii_Steve:

I own the Royal Hawaiian.

01-20 18:35

Rush:

I tried to find one that wasn’t really an ad for the hotel.

01-20 18:35

Hounder:

Good night all. Stay warm and well.

01-20 18:35

Hawaii_Steve:

Stay safe Hounder.

01-20 18:35

Rush:

take care, hounder.

01-20 18:35

Barbie Dahl:

Night Hounder👋🏻🤗

01-20 18:35

Rush:

Stay warm!

01-20 18:35

Burt Barnard:

Night.

01-20 18:35

Rush:

See you next week.

01-20 18:35

Hawaii_Steve:

Only kidding.  I am a local historian based on the island of Oahu.  30 years now.

01-20 18:36

Barbie Dahl:

Wow! Seriously? Kewl

01-20 18:36

Rush:

You sort of “own” it, Steve!

01-20 18:36

Barbie Dahl:

Ahhhhh! You got me.😝

01-20 18:37

Barbie Dahl:

Oh, that’s kewl.

01-20 18:37

Hawaii_Steve:

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01-20 18:37

Rush:

AH!

01-20 18:37

Burt Barnard:

Hopefully, I’ll be able to go back to Hawaii this summer.

01-20 18:37

Barbie Dahl:

Kewl!🤙🏻

01-20 18:38

Hawaii_Steve:

This is the same entrance that Shelia Fane and Otto run up in our film tonight.

01-20 18:38

Barbie Dahl:

I went to Hawaii on my high school senior trip back in 1984.

01-20 18:38

Rush:

My family may be able to go there in June following my older daughter’s college graduation on the West Coast.

NICE, BD!

01-20 18:38

Hawaii_Steve:

Barbie, good for you.  Still the same as in 1984.

01-20 18:39

Rush:

I was there the same year on my way to Micronesia.

01-20 18:39

Burt Barnard:

Back in a minute…

01-20 18:39

Rush:

okay, Burt.

Yes to the Shelah Fane entrance, Steve!

01-20 18:40

Hawaii_Steve:

I have had the pleasure of having Rush and his family visit me twice in Hawaii.  Great times.

01-20 18:40

Rush:

Steve, tonight please feel free to jump in and describe anything you would like as we watch the movie!

01-20 18:40

Barbie Dahl:

What were you doing in Micronesia, Rush?

01-20 18:40

Rush:

I will try to make that THREE this june, Steve!

01-20 18:41

Rush:

Just “

Just looking for a non-touristy place way out in the Pacific, BD.

01-20 18:41

Barbie Dahl:

That’s very cool that you guys got to hang out. 😁

01-20 18:41

Rush:

Actually, ’84 was my trip to Tahiti.

01-20 18:42

Hawaii_Steve:

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01-20 18:42

Rush:

The NEXT year I went out to Micronesia.

There you see Steve and some other guy!

01-20 18:42

Hawaii_Steve:

Rush and Steve in 2010.  The marker seen in tonight’s film.

01-20 18:42

Barbie Dahl:

Ha!

01-20 18:43

Rush:

Yep.

Are you back yet, Burt?

01-20 18:43

Hawaii_Steve:

When Rush visited Oahu, we visited every site related to the filming of The Black Camel.

01-20 18:44

Rush:

Yes.

That was really fun.

01-20 18:44

Barbie Dahl:

Oh, that so kewl.

01-20 18:44

Rush:

Well…we can go ahead with out first “added” extra?

01-20 18:45

Barbie Dahl:

👍🏻👍🏻

01-20 18:45

Rush:

There was a 1968 VW Beetle ad on TV with actor Marvin Miller as Charlie Chan.

01-20 18:46

Hawaii_Steve:

Dancing on the beach

01-20 18:46

Rush:

In 1979, he appeared again in that role, briefly, in a Continental Airlines commercial!

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So….

Ready?

01-20 18:46

Barbie Dahl:

Yes

01-20 18:47

Rush:

Short countdown….

15…

10…

5….

GO!!!

01-20 18:47

Rush:

Short…and sweet.

01-20 18:47

Barbie Dahl:

I seem to remember this…

01-20 18:48

Rush:

Yes?

01-20 18:48

Rush:

Next….Dancing on the Beach in Hawaii in 1931

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Ready?

01-20 18:49

Barbie Dahl:

Kk

01-20 18:49

Rush:

15…

10…

5…

GO!!!

01-20 18:49

Hawaii_Steve:

I believe that this is shot of the Outrigger Canoe Club.  Or the dance floor at the Royal.

01-20 18:50

Rush:

Yes?

01-20 18:50

Barbie Dahl:

Spectacular view

01-20 18:51

Rush:

It appears to be at about the right spot.

yes.

Made the same year as our movie tonight!

01-20 18:51

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes.  It is close to the tin roof of the canoe club.

01-20 18:51

Rush:

Speaking of which…Outrigger Canoe on Waikiki Beach 1931

01-20 18:52

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes.

01-20 18:52

Rush:

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Ready…?

01-20 18:52

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes.

01-20 18:52

Rush:

15…

10…

5…

GO!!!

No sound…quick one.

01-20 18:53

Hawaii_Steve:

Shot to the Diamond Head side of the Moana Hotel.

01-20 18:53

Rush:

Yes.

Lastly tonight….

01-20 18:53

Hawaii_Steve:

Very nice.  That may have been Duke at the head of the canoe.

01-20 18:53

Rush:

THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL+ HELUMOA: legendary playground of the Hawaiian Kings| hotel, ocean & more!

01-20 18:54

Rush:

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Just sit back and relax with this one….

Ready…?

01-20 18:55

Hawaii_Steve:

You will sites related to tonight’s film in this video.

01-20 18:55

Rush:

Hello, NT!

01-20 18:55

Rush:

WELCOME!!!

Yes, Steve!

15 seconds…

10…

5…

GO!!!

01-20 18:56

Nothere:

Hey Rush.

01-20 18:57

Hawaii_Steve:

This is the back side of the the hotel.

This is the front side.

01-20 18:57

Nothere:

16 bucks? Outragous

01-20 18:58

Rush:

I would love to look inside that big guest registry!

NT…:)

01-20 18:58

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes Rush.  There were decadents of the Hawaiian Kings and Queens in 1927.

01-20 18:59

Nothere:

You’d think for 16 buck the chairs would at least have cushions.

01-20 19:00

Hawaii_Steve:

The camera goes by these images too fast … in my opion.

The famous beach wall which is featured in the movie tonight.

01-20 19:01

Nothere:

So Burt first time?

01-20 19:01

Hawaii_Steve:

The middle arch is where Oland and Lugosi stood.

01-20 19:01

Rush:

beautiful place!

01-20 19:02

Hawaii_Steve:

Even with the modern touches, the Royal has a feel for the past.

01-20 19:02

Rush:

Yes.

01-20 19:02

Louise:

Hey Chan family!

01-20 19:03

Rush:

Hello, LOUISE!!!

Good evening!!!

01-20 19:03

Louise:

I would love to go back to Hawaii

01-20 19:03

Barbie Dahl:

Hello Nothere👋🏻

01-20 19:03

Nothere:

Hey Louise

01-20 19:03

Rush:

Just finishing our last extra!

01-20 19:03

Nothere:

Hey Barbie

01-20 19:03

Barbie Dahl:

Hello Louise👋🏻

01-20 19:03

Louise:

Just finishing dinner!

Hi all

01-20 19:04

Rush:

Very good, louise!

12 minutes till showtime!

01-20 19:04

Barbie Dahl:

Me, too, Louise.

01-20 19:04

Rush:

make that 11…

01-20 19:04

Hawaii_Steve:

Aloha Louise.  The islands are calling you.

01-20 19:04

Rush:

Ahhhh….

01-20 19:05

Rush:

5 degrees here….telling me to go THERE….!

10 minutes…

01-20 19:05

Hawaii_Steve:

Thank you Rush.

01-20 19:05

Nothere:

Go while P:e;e is not angry.

01-20 19:05

Barbie Dahl:

So, Steve, are you saying we should look you up when we go back to the islands? 😉

01-20 19:05

Nothere:

Pele even

01-20 19:05

Rush:

01-20 19:06

Louise:

Froze my buns off here clearing my car off. Only 2 inches of snow but the temperature is inching towards zero.

01-20 19:06

Rush:

9 minutes….

Yes, Louise!

01-20 19:06

Nothere:

So Louise snow angels or snowman?

01-20 19:06

Rush:

I fully understand!

01-20 19:07

tenman:

Brrrrrr…..5º here….

01-20 19:07

Rush:

Tenman!

WELCOME!!!

01-20 19:07

tenman:

Hola all!

01-20 19:07

Nothere:

Hey Ten

01-20 19:07

Rush:

GS!

01-20 19:07

Godwinshelley:

Greetings all

01-20 19:07

Rush:

Wewlcome to YOU as well!!!

01-20 19:07

Louise:

Nothere: neither. Too cold

01-20 19:07

Nothere:

Hey God

01-20 19:08

Rush:

Next week I need to take a training for my school district.  Mike in DC said he might be able to take over, but as he is not here, can someone else at lease co-host next Monday night?

01-20 19:09

Louise:

Hey Rush, is the newsletter with my article on women in Chan world out yet?

01-20 19:09

Barbie Dahl:

Hello GS👋🏻hello Tenman👋🏻

01-20 19:09

Rush:

Yes it is, louise!

01-20 19:09

Rush:

You can see a link in the Study under “Charlie Chan” or at the Bulletin Board here.

01-20 19:09

tenman:

Hola

01-20 19:09

Louise:

Remind me where I can find it. I looked for it yesterday.

01-20 19:09

Nothere:

Most sorry for this unworthy ones patheti9c faliure but I suspect I won’t  be here next week Rush.

01-20 19:10

Rush:

Hola, TM!

01-20 19:10

Louise:

Nowhere, you will be living up to your name!

01-20 19:10

Rush:

Well…if no one can officially host, I guess it can be a group effort?

01-20 19:10

Louise:

*NOTHERE

01-20 19:11

tenman:

I wouldn’t know the first thing about it, and can’t 100% guarantee I’ll be in attendance.

01-20 19:11

Godwinshelley:

There I got rid of my clone

01-20 19:11

Nothere:

Hey their adults. We can leave them alone for one night and 20 k in damages.

01-20 19:11

Rich in Maine:

Welcome all !

01-20 19:11

Nothere:

Hey Rich

01-20 19:12

Rush:

The feature will be the recreation of “Charlie Chan’s Chance.”

RICH!

01-20 19:12

Rich in Maine:

A chilly evening here, stoke those flames

01-20 19:12

Rush:

Welcome!

3 minutes…

01-20 19:12

Nothere:

GENTELMEN START YOUR ENGINES! or CANOES given our sjhorts.

01-20 19:12

Rush:

Please pause at the OPENING TITLE…

01-20 19:13

Hawaii_Steve:

Got called away for a business call.  What did I miss?

01-20 19:13

Louise:

Do you believe there were people surfing today here in New Jersey?

01-20 19:13

Rush:

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01-20 19:13

Barbie Dahl:

Hello Rich 👋🏻

01-20 19:13

Hawaii_Steve:

Louise, I find that hard to believe.

01-20 19:13

Rush:

90 seconds….

01-20 19:13

Hawaii_Steve:

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01-20 19:13

Rush:

75 seconds….

60 seconds to go…

01-20 19:14

Louise:

HS- I watch them from my window. Shivers!!!

01-20 19:14

Rush:

50 seconds…

40 seconds…

01-20 19:14

Nothere:

Would you believe motorboating in pokipsi?

01-20 19:14

Hawaii_Steve:

I’m playing the DVD on a big screen TV.

01-20 19:14

Rush:

30 seconds…

25…

20…

01-20 19:14

Nothere:

Go big or go Hawaian.

01-20 19:15

Rush:

15…

10…

5…

GO!!!

Title….

Music….

Credits….

01-20 19:15

Godwinshelley:

Poor Dwight Frye didn’t get an opening credit

01-20 19:15

Rich in Maine:

Bela Lives

01-20 19:15

Rush:

Yes.

01-20 19:16

Nothere:

Considering the last time he was in a movie with Bela Dwight didn’t want anyone to knowe.

01-20 19:16

Louise:

Oh that hat

01-20 19:16

Rush:

In your backyard, Steve!

01-20 19:16

tenman:

:D\

01-20 19:16

Rush:

Val Martino the director played here by Hamilton MacFadden the actual director of our movie.

01-20 19:17

Louise:

Interesting, Rush

01-20 19:17

Rush:

Note the crowd of locals watching the filming!

01-20 19:17

Rich in Maine:

Father Knows Best

01-20 19:18

Rush:

Yes.

So, next week you will all be on your own.

01-20 19:18

Nothere:

He wants to sell Honolulu? Steve are you asking a good price?

01-20 19:18

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes Rush.  I can walk to Kailua Beach where the opening scene was shot.

For sale: Three coconuts and a lei.

01-20 19:19

Rush:

I can get things sort of ready by posting the link to the “Charlie Cha’s Chance” recreation at the top of the posts just under the title.

01-20 19:19

Nothere:

But remember the neighbors wil be watching so no drunken parties next week.

01-20 19:19

Hawaii_Steve:

Tonight, the bridge and stream are still there.  But one cannot see the mountains.

01-20 19:19

Barbie Dahl:

Whew! I’m back.

01-20 19:19

Rush:

We saw the Lani Kai monument?

01-20 19:20

Hawaii_Steve:

Did you see the marker that Rush and I stood next to?

01-20 19:20

Rush:

It was at the very start of that driving scene.

01-20 19:20

Louise:

Ok folks, I want you to check out the short essay I wrote on Chan’s women in the last edition of the annual newsletter:  2024-newsletter-final-1.pdf

01-20 19:20

Rush:

“Call for Mr. Tarneverro, please!”

01-20 19:21

Nothere:

Tjhank goodness . We missed you Barbie.

01-20 19:21

Louise:

sounds like he is say tony barrow

01-20 19:21

Rush:

Yes, louise!  it is a really good one!

01-20 19:21

Rich in Maine:

Call for Phillip Morris

01-20 19:21

Rush:

Kashimo!

01-20 19:21

Hawaii_Steve:

When Godwinshelley visited the Royal, I played the hotel page boy for her and her husband.

01-20 19:21

Rush:

AH!

01-20 19:21

Nothere:

Kashimo. Number one assitant.

01-20 19:21

Godwinshelley:

He was very gracious

01-20 19:21

Barbie Dahl:

Ha!

01-20 19:22

Godwinshelley:

We really enjoyed the tour HS

01-20 19:22

Hawaii_Steve:

The three of us stood in the same spots as Oland and Lugosi.

01-20 19:22

Godwinshelley:

Rush – did you get the emails

01-20 19:23

Hawaii_Steve:

The mailbox behind Oland is still standing today.

And being used.

01-20 19:23

Rush:

YES!

01-20 19:23

Godwinshelley:

Yes – one day there will be 3D recreations of these films – then we could walk along with the characters

01-20 19:23

Rush:

Yes, GS, I did.

01-20 19:23

Godwinshelley:

So no luck in Canton

01-20 19:23

Hawaii_Steve:

GS, what a great idea!

01-20 19:23

Rich in Maine:

Hold the mayo please

01-20 19:23

Godwinshelley:

Should we look into something in Warren

01-20 19:24

Rush:

It seems that we will be keeping our possible gathering at a smaller scale?

Yes.

01-20 19:24

Nothere:

Considering how Honolulu feels about psychics I wonfer if Chan invites any of them to meet him at home.

01-20 19:24

Godwinshelley:

Yes

01-20 19:24

Rush:

I am sure that Lou would he a good idea on that.

01-20 19:24

Nothere:

Hwey Paul

01-20 19:24

Rush:

PAUL!

01-20 19:24

Hawaii_Steve:

There is the famous Shelia Fane walkway.

01-20 19:24

Rush:

Welcome!

yes, Steve!

01-20 19:24

Rich in Maine:

Wait, I am adjusting my turban

01-20 19:25

Godwinshelley:

I’ve never learned to wrap a turban

It’s on my bucket list

01-20 19:25

Rush:

Of course!

01-20 19:25

Hawaii_Steve:

All interior shots were filmed in Hollywood at the old Fox Studios.  Not the current studio.

01-20 19:25

Rush:

See the spots on the globe?

01-20 19:25

Rich in Maine:

snow

01-20 19:25

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes.  Indeed.

01-20 19:25

Rush:

They are bubbles as the globe is water-filled!

01-20 19:25

Nothere:

I have spotted the spots.

01-20 19:26

Paul Minturn:

hi gang

01-20 19:26

Rush:

Looking closely, at some point we see one of the bubble break loose and rise!

01-20 19:26

Hawaii_Steve:

If you look closely into the globe, one will see Judy Garland and some flying monkies.

01-20 19:26

Rush:

hello, Paul!

WELCOME!!!!

01-20 19:26

Hawaii_Steve:

Monkeys

01-20 19:26

Nothere:

I see….I see…a seesaw.

01-20 19:27

Rush:

see it?

01-20 19:27

Godwinshelley:

I’m told a mix of bleach and water makes a great thing to shine light through (like a milk jug) for brightness

01-20 19:27

Rush:

Denny Mayo!

01-20 19:27

Barbie Dahl:

Having issues with my dvd… grr

01-20 19:27

Louise:

Great lighting though

01-20 19:27

tenman:

Yes, it’s the water. Just a bit of bleach to keep it from stagnating

01-20 19:27

Barbie Dahl:

Hello Paul👋🏻

01-20 19:27

Rush:

Sorry, BD…

01-20 19:27

Hawaii_Steve:

Barbie, do you clean your player?

01-20 19:27

Barbie Dahl:

Time check please, Rush?

01-20 19:28

Rush:

How does one clean a DVD player, Steve?

01-20 19:28

Nothere:

1320

01-20 19:28

Rush:

Is there a special disc for that?

01-20 19:28

Hawaii_Steve:

I knew you were going to ask that.  One moment please.

01-20 19:28

Barbie Dahl:

Thank you, nothere

01-20 19:28

Nothere:

There used to be a disk cleaning disk, but I don’t know they still saell them.

01-20 19:29

Rush:

On Amazon one can find virtually anything, NT!

01-20 19:29

tenman:

I need to find someone here to fix my vhs/dvr combo; works but eats tapes now. TReally hasn’t been used much.

I want to move alot of my vhs to dvd

01-20 19:29

Nothere:

Shelias mayo went bad thats why shes crying.

01-20 19:29

Barbie Dahl:

Yes, Steve, although this is a new one, just got it in end of November. I’m gonna give the lens a blast of air.

01-20 19:29

Rich in Maine:

So we never see Denny’s face, right? To check resemblance to Bela

01-20 19:30

Rush:

No we never see it.

The old stink eye!

01-20 19:30

Louise:

Ah hah!

01-20 19:30

Hawaii_Steve:

NO!!!  Do not blast air into your player.  NEVER do that.

01-20 19:30

tenman:

Air, eh? I have a can I use for my misters and keyboard. I’ll have to file that away as another use

01-20 19:30

Rush:

1313.

01-20 19:31

tenman:

Oh, no air?

01-20 19:31

Rich in Maine:

Barbie….  https://www.amazon.com/dvd-player-cleaner-disc/s?k=dvd+player+cleaner+disc

01-20 19:31

Nothere:

short phone numbers those days.

01-20 19:31

Rush:

Yes.

01-20 19:31

Nothere:

Not a ghost vampire.

01-20 19:31

Hawaii_Steve:

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Buy this cleaner.

01-20 19:31

Godwinshelley:

Ha – been there

And the stairs

01-20 19:32

Rush:

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CC’s badge.

01-20 19:32

Nothere:

Cheap? I’m at least a modest cosdt faker.

01-20 19:32

Rush:

The fountain we see is not there today.

01-20 19:33

Hawaii_Steve:

For DVD players, never blast air pressure into the player.  Or stick a cue-tip into the player.

01-20 19:33

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes Rush.  The fountain and the palm trees are long gone.

01-20 19:33

Nothere:

Sure mention murderer and then walk away. Your lucky your Bela Lugosi or youd be mysteriously murdered in five minutes.

01-20 19:34

Rush:

Steve, who are these singers again?

01-20 19:34

Hawaii_Steve:

Royal Gee Club girls.

01-20 19:34

Rush:

The blond acresss here played the gangster’s wife in “Charlie Chan Carries On”

01-20 19:34

Hawaii_Steve:

I think they were from a local high school.  Guessing.

01-20 19:35

Rush:

Note the jump cut coming.

01-20 19:35

Godwinshelley:

So would the hotel pay the singers – or did they work for tips?

01-20 19:35

Nothere:

<TINCAN>

01-20 19:35

Hawaii_Steve:

Here it comes.  The famous jump cut.

01-20 19:35

Rush:

No dialog is missing, but a bit of visual is.

01-20 19:36

Rush:

BD?

01-20 19:36

Hawaii_Steve:

It could have been a close up of a product.

01-20 19:36

Rush:

Do you have your bucket/can image?

01-20 19:37

Hawaii_Steve:

Whatever it was.  The jump cut started showing up in TV viewings of the film.  Beginning January 1954.

01-20 19:37

Rush:

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Yes, steve.

01-20 19:37

Nothere:

So you claim to have an alibi?

01-20 19:37

Rush:

Funny line coming from Chan….

01-20 19:37

Barbie Dahl:

Sorry, guys. Having video issues here, just got back to YouTube.

01-20 19:38

Nothere:

2330

01-20 19:38

Rush:

Okay.

We just ended the driving scene.

01-20 19:38

Hawaii_Steve:

Oland and Lugosi drive past WWI Natiorium.

01-20 19:38

Rush:

Yes!

01-20 19:38

Rich in Maine:

driving long?

01-20 19:38

Barbie Dahl:

Sorry, Rush.

01-20 19:38

Rush:

It is gone now, right?

01-20 19:39

Nothere:

Don’t let the roasd tell you what to do Charlie. Your the law. And your actually in your juristicon.

01-20 19:39

Rush:

24:30

01-20 19:39

Hawaii_Steve:

Recently, I read a critic stating that this is Oland’s best performance as Chan.  It could be.

01-20 19:39

Rush:

24:50

25:00

01-20 19:40

Barbie Dahl:

Got it, Rush, thank you.

01-20 19:40

Nothere:

Or to set their alibi tthe killer set watch and smashed it. Bad detective. Bad Taverno.

01-20 19:40

Rush:

Now hole os gone! 

Nice dark lighting here!

01-20 19:40

Barbie Dahl:

I always liked Oland, Steve. Least affected performance.

01-20 19:40

Rush:

Dramatic!

01-20 19:41

Louise:

I never understood this black camel comment

01-20 19:41

Rush:

Lights out!

01-20 19:41

Nothere:

Death is a b lack camel that puts me in sinister light, where is lamp?

01-20 19:41

Hawaii_Steve:

I’d walk a mile for a camel.

01-20 19:41

Rush:

01-20 19:41

Godwinshelley:

Showing your age Steve

01-20 19:42

Hawaii_Steve:

My grandmother told me about Camel Cigarettes.

01-20 19:42

Rush:

LSMFT

01-20 19:42

Nothere:

Yeah Steve. These days they get dilivered. And not by camel.

01-20 19:43

Hawaii_Steve:

Ha-ha!

01-20 19:43

Nothere:

Their not that old. Probably still sold today. Now Basil Rathbourne is saddened by loss of Fatima cigarretes.

01-20 19:43

Rush:

We see an uncredited actress in the background.

Her part is “Miss Dixon”

01-20 19:44

Nothere:

Whatever faults he has Kashimo sets to his job with great energy.

01-20 19:44

Rush:

Yes!

01-20 19:45

Burt Barnard:

It’s pretty bad when you wish it was number 4 son, rather than Kashimo!

01-20 19:45

Rush:

Blame the director on that!

01-20 19:45

Nothere:

He had really good liquor. Thats how I account for it.

01-20 19:45

tenman:

Do we know who plays Miss Dixon?

01-20 19:46

Hawaii_Steve:

Otto Yamaoka was a comic actor during the 1930s in Hollywood.  His career ended with the start of WW2.

01-20 19:46

Rush:

Although in the book, Kashimo is not too different from the one we have with us tonight!

01-20 19:47

Rush:

It would be the face that is missing.

01-20 19:48

Nothere:

Thats easy for cook to say.

01-20 19:48

Barbie Dahl:

Fatima cigarettes with conquina bark, Nothere?

01-20 19:48

Rush:

01-20 19:48

Hawaii_Steve:

Continuity error: The wind blows when Otto opens the door.  Why don’t the plant leaves move?  Hmm.

01-20 19:48

Nothere:

Not sure. But they used to host Basil in a radio mystery sghow.

01-20 19:49

Godwinshelley:

HS – I had similar thoughts about Oland and Lugosi while driving – no wind in their hair

01-20 19:49

Hawaii_Steve:

GS, nice catch.

01-20 19:50

Burt Barnard:

Hey, I just saw that actor in CC at the Wax Museum! Dr. Creem.

01-20 19:50

Rush:

Yes, Burt!

01-20 19:50

Louise:

KISS!

01-20 19:50

Nothere:

Creem is all over the place. Behind curtainsd even.

01-20 19:51

Rush:

C. Henry Gordon.  He was in the following Chan movies:

Charlie Chan Carries On: John Ross
The Black Camel: Huntley Van Horn
Charlie Chan at the Olympics: Arthur Hughes
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness: Prefect of Police J. Romaine
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum: Dr. Cream

01-20 19:52

Louise:

Pennsylvania Academy of Art is now defunct

01-20 19:52

Barbie Dahl:

It was a joke, Bothered, at least two times CC has detected the presence of a cinquina bark additive in evidently cigarettes or ashes found on scene. I just figure everyone is huffing conquina back in the CC movies now.

01-20 19:52

Rush:

He is also seen in the audience at the end part of “Behind That Curtain”

01-20 19:53

Nothere:

Ah TYSM Barbie. Must check at tobacconist.

01-20 19:53

Rush:

“Mr. Smith” here was in several CC films as well…

01-20 19:53

Hawaii_Steve:

All the actors in this film are perfect in their roles.  I really like Lugosi.

01-20 19:54

Rich in Maine:

Smith is saddest character ever.

01-20 19:54

Barbie Dahl:

Damn it! Sorry, NOTHERE. The damn spell correct changed your name… again.

01-20 19:54

Nothere:

Even with his overacting at search everybody?

01-20 19:54

Barbie Dahl:

Haha, nothere

01-20 19:54

Nothere:

Think nothing of it Barbie. I’m not offended or here even:)

01-20 19:55

Rush:

Murray Kinell

The Black Camel: Smith
Charlie Chan’s Courage: Martin Thorne
Charlie Chan in London: Philips (alias Captain Seton)
Charlie Chan in Paris: Henri Latouche

01-20 19:55

Hawaii_Steve:

The actor who over acts the most is Dwight Frye, near the end of the film.

01-20 19:55

Barbie Dahl:

You saw that, too, nowhere? Lol I’ve always wanted to rush into a scene with my arm raised and my finger pointing to the sky…

01-20 19:55

Godwinshelley:

Well Frye certain did the same in Dracula

01-20 19:55

Rush:

Yes, Steve!

01-20 19:56

Nothere:

WEre number one were number one.

01-20 19:56

Barbie Dahl:

Oh my Goddess 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

01-20 19:56

Louise:

Nothere is always nowhere in my book

01-20 19:56

Hawaii_Steve:

But in Dracula, Renfield was insane.  The over acting fit the character … I believe.

01-20 19:56

Rush:

Yes.

01-20 19:57

Godwinshelley:

He was effective as Renfield – that laugh at the base of the ladder creepied me out as a kid

01-20 19:57

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes. Ha-ha-ha.  Rats, millions of them.

01-20 19:57

Rush:

If this were in color, the water would be beautiful blues.

01-20 19:58

Hawaii_Steve:

Maybe.  Kind of musky these days.

01-20 19:58

Rush:

I see.

01-20 19:58

Nothere:

What no new shoes?

01-20 19:59

Hawaii_Steve:

When the sewers back up in Honolulu, guess where all the waste goes?  Giving you one guess.

01-20 19:59

Rush:

UGH1

Do they close the beaches then?

01-20 20:00

Nothere:

Hey fish swim in that.

01-20 20:00

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes, when the beaches get infected with waste, the city closes them.

NT, so do sharks.

01-20 20:00

Louise:

ewwww

01-20 20:00

Nothere:

Stubborn little blackmailer.

01-20 20:01

Rush:

The Chan family at breakfast.

01-20 20:01

Nothere:

First of only twice.

01-20 20:01

Rush:

Note the Number One Daughter here.

01-20 20:01

Hawaii_Steve:

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01-20 20:01

Rush:

She was the daughter of EL Park…Charlie Chan in “Behind That Curtain”

TYSM…Steve!

01-20 20:01

Nothere:

Nepotisim.

01-20 20:01

Barbie Dahl:

👍🏻

01-20 20:02

Hawaii_Steve:

Then and Now.

01-20 20:02

Barbie Dahl:

😂

01-20 20:02

Rush:

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01-20 20:02

Hawaii_Steve:

Dole factory in background.

01-20 20:02

Rush:

The roof is coming…

01-20 20:03

Hawaii_Steve:

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WAtch for it.

01-20 20:03

Rush:

There!

01-20 20:03

Nothere:

Kashimo bored of currrent case? Want new one?

01-20 20:04

Rush:

That roof was what proved to us that Prospect street was where the driving scene was shot.

And, thus, where the Chan family would have lived.

01-20 20:04

Hawaii_Steve:

Yes Rush.  I remember that Rush made me drive my car super slow to match the length of the scene in the film.  Other cars came up behind us.

01-20 20:04

Barbie Dahl:

Chan would be proud of the sleuthing, Rush.

01-20 20:04

Godwinshelley:

Those crazy tourists

01-20 20:04

Rush:

And steve.

01-20 20:05

Hawaii_Steve:

LOL !!!

01-20 20:05

Nothere:

So Steve was Charlie and Rush Kashimo.

01-20 20:05

Rush:

01-20 20:05

Hawaii_Steve:

Very good.

01-20 20:05

Godwinshelley:

So Rush would yell “CLUE” when he sees the roof

01-20 20:05

Barbie Dahl:

Exactly

01-20 20:05

Hawaii_Steve:

Yipes !  Yes indeed.

01-20 20:06

Rush:

How’d you guess, GS?

01-20 20:06

Barbie Dahl:

He almost made Steve crash once or twice.😔

01-20 20:06

Rush:

“Never boast about egg until egg’s birthday.”

01-20 20:06

Barbie Dahl:

🙄

01-20 20:06

Nothere:

Charlie stop egging them on.

01-20 20:06

Hawaii_Steve:

From his visit to Honolulu, I remember Rush yelling Taco Bell, not clue.

01-20 20:07

Rush:

01-20 20:07

Barbie Dahl:

You might wind up with egg on your face…

01-20 20:07

Nothere:

ARIBA!

01-20 20:07

Barbie Dahl:

🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮

01-20 20:08

Rush:

Back at the Royal….

01-20 20:08

Nothere:

Still monkey, but not as happy.

01-20 20:08

Hawaii_Steve:

Godwinshelley, her husband and I stood in the same spot as Oland and Lugosi.

01-20 20:10

Nothere:

Name the name

01-20 20:10

Rich in Maine:

Say My Name!

01-20 20:10

Hawaii_Steve:

Notice the swing in the background shot with Mary Gordon.

01-20 20:11

Hawaii_Steve:

Here is the famous Waikiki Beach wall.  Still standing today.  It looks the same.

01-20 20:11

Rich in Maine:

bring the kids!

01-20 20:12

Nothere:

You could have tried I don’t know getting a doctor last night?

01-20 20:12

Barbie Dahl:

Ya think?

01-20 20:13

Rich in Maine:

a 2 timer!

01-20 20:15

Barbie Dahl:

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01-20 20:15

Nothere:

<TINCAN>

01-20 20:16

Nothere:

Ah she did get a doctor. One wjho just leaves the shot guy in bed without further treatment. I wanna see his licence.

01-20 20:16

Barbie Dahl:

Probably lost license and now practices out of his basement.

01-20 20:17

Rich in Maine:

a total quack!

01-20 20:17

Nothere:

Sure the scratches prove who the killer is but the knife hole means nothing.

01-20 20:17

Hawaii_Steve:

Mad World, one of my favorites.

01-20 20:17

Burt Barnard:

The doctor now has a wax museum and operates on criminals.

01-20 20:18

Barbie Dahl:

Mine, too, Steve. Great movie.

Dr. Cream!!

01-20 20:18

Rich in Maine:

CC almost got the hot seat in that film!

01-20 20:19

Nothere:

There is something else we could do. Burn down the house and flee to Fiji.

01-20 20:19

Barbie Dahl:

⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

01-20 20:19

Louise:

The ole chair lineup

01-20 20:19

Rush:

Yes.

01-20 20:19

Rich in Maine:

The Poirot finale begins!

01-20 20:20

Barbie Dahl:

Musical Murder Chairs

01-20 20:20

Hawaii_Steve:

Notice the ring on Lugosi’s hand.  Is it the Dracula ring?

01-20 20:20

Rush:

HM!

01-20 20:21

Barbie Dahl:

Hmmm

01-20 20:21

Nothere:

A vampire a henchmen and a werewolf check a maids shoe.

01-20 20:22

Hawaii_Steve:

Now I am scared.

01-20 20:22

Louise:

The big reveal

01-20 20:23

Godwinshelley:

That is on your website?  Does it contain audio?

Where that is a mistake

01-20 20:24

Barbie Dahl:

Bela sounds totally believable as an Irishman named “Arthur Mayo.” It must be the thick Irish brogue that inches the role for him. 🙄

*CINCHES the role

01-20 20:24

tenman:

01-20 20:24

Nothere:

She fell on the bullets by accident.

01-20 20:24

Rich in Maine:

What was Tneverra’s profession? Mystic?

01-20 20:25

Rush:

THE END

01-20 20:25

Barbie Dahl:

Psychic

01-20 20:25

Rush:

(Applause)

01-20 20:25

Nothere:

<KIDS YEAH>

01-20 20:25

tenman:

Nytol!

01-20 20:25

Hawaii_Steve:

In the original shooting script Lugosi was to bite Butler.

01-20 20:25

Rich in Maine:

Aloha!

01-20 20:25

Rush:

I wish they had left in the exit music!

01-20 20:26

Hawaii_Steve:

And there we are.

01-20 20:26

Rich in Maine:

well stay warm everyone!

01-20 20:26

Barbie Dahl:

Good night and thank you Rush.

01-20 20:26

Rush:

You as well!

01-20 20:26

Hawaii_Steve:

Rush, yes, I agree with you.

01-20 20:26

Nothere:

Ok. folks I might not be here next week so no drunken chaos and keep the damages under 20 k Rush has to clean up after you hooligans.

01-20 20:26

Rush:

Thank you ALL for another GREAT evening!

Next week….

01-20 20:26

Burt Barnard:

Good night!

01-20 20:26

Rush:

“Charlie Chan’s Chance”

01-20 20:26

Barbie Dahl:

Can anyone take over for next week?

01-20 20:26

Nothere:

No no thank you Rush

01-20 20:27

Rush:

Please look at the email for next Monday for details!

Or…look on our Message Board.

01-20 20:27

Nothere:

Sorry Barbie, but won’t make a promisenot sure I can keep.

01-20 20:27

Godwinshelley:

Always a fun one with the locations AND Bela/Dwight combo

01-20 20:27

Barbie Dahl:

Totally understand, Nothere, and I,  also.

01-20 20:28

Hawaii_Steve:

Thank you, Rush, for allowing me to steal the limelight, a bit, for this film.  It’s one of our favorites.  Mahalo.

01-20 20:28

Rush:

Burt, if you would like to be on our weekly email list, please sens an emailto” charlie chanfamily@yahoo.com

01-20 20:28

Nothere:

And remember hes never even heard the name Taverno.

01-20 20:28

Barbie Dahl:

Good nite all👋🏻

01-20 20:28

Louise:

Well we always behave when Rush is away…

01-20 20:28

Burt Barnard:

Ok

01-20 20:28

Nothere:

Night Barbie

01-20 20:28

Rush:

cjarliechanfamily@yahoo.com

Good night everyone!

have a happy and SAFE week!

01-20 20:28

Godwinshelley:

Again, thanks for the great tour during our visit

01-20 20:28

Hawaii_Steve:

Ah hum, Louise.

01-20 20:28

Godwinshelley:

HS

01-20 20:28

Nothere:

Go Steve,. Its your island. Go Steve.

01-20 20:28

Barbie Dahl:

Nite Nothere 👋🏻

Nite Rush 👋🏻

01-20 20:29

Rush:

TYSM Steve for the information tonight!

01-20 20:29

Hawaii_Steve:

With my current work schedule, it is my island.

01-20 20:29

Barbie Dahl:

Nite Louise 👋🏻

01-20 20:29

Rush:

Super helpful!

01-20 20:29

Barbie Dahl:

Nite Steve 👋🏻

01-20 20:29

Rush:

Take care, everyone….

Stay warm….

01-20 20:29

Hawaii_Steve:

For you, and the family, any time.

01-20 20:29

Godwinshelley:

Stay safe everyone – next week

01-20 20:29

Barbie Dahl:

Nite Burt 👋🏻

01-20 20:29

Godwinshelley:

And stay warm

01-20 20:29

Rush:

01-20 20:30

Louise:

Nite all

01-20 20:30

Barbie Dahl:

Nite GS 👋🏻

01-20 20:30

Rush:

Next week….”Charlie chan’s Chance”

01-20 20:30

Hawaii_Steve:

Now I’m going to shove snow at Waikiki Beach.  Ha !

01-20 20:30

Rush:

01-20 20:30

Barbie Dahl:

💜🤗

01-20 20:30

Rush:

have a GREAT evening in paradise, Steve!

01-20 20:31

Hawaii_Steve:

Thank you again Rush.  Talk with you soon.

01-20 20:31

Rush:

Good night, Steve, BD, Paul….

Till the next time….

01-20 20:31

Paul Minturn:

bye



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