The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for October 21, 2024
Feature: The Chinese Ring
Chat Number: 1,278
Extra:
Shanghai 1947 in turmoil; Market Street, San Francisco, April 1947 (SILENT)
Participants:
Barbie Dahl
Godwinshelley
Hounder
Louise
Matt
Mike in DC
Nothere
Paul M
Rich in Maine
tenman
Rush
10-21 18:25
Rush:
10-21 18:27
Rush:
Hello, BD!
Welcome!
10-21 18:27
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Rush.
10-21 18:28
Rush:
How are you this evening?
10-21 18:29
Barbie Dahl:
Sad, very sad. My cousin fell and hit his head Friday night. It’s not good. No hope.
10-21 18:29
Rush:
NO!
10-21 18:29
Barbie Dahl:
I’m here tonight for the distraction.😥
10-21 18:30
Rush:
I am so sorry to hear that!
TERRIBLE.
10-21 18:30
Barbie Dahl:
Was just hanging out with him a few weeks ago for my birthday and hoping to get together again this upcoming weekend but…
10-21 18:30
Matt:
Hello Rush & BD!
10-21 18:31
Rush:
Over the years, we have had others with bad news, and, yes, we are here for you as we were for them.
hello, Matt.
10-21 18:31
Barbie Dahl:
Thanks so much. He was a sweet guy, really missing him now.
10-21 18:31
Rush:
BD had something bad happen to a cousin.
10-21 18:31
Matt:
So sorry to read about your cousin BD
10-21 18:31
Rush:
Accidental head injury.
10-21 18:31
Barbie Dahl:
Thanks, Matt. 🤗
10-21 18:32
Rush:
Is there any hope, BD?
10-21 18:33
Barbie Dahl:
Actually, was hoping to get together with him and my Aunt Rita to watch some of the Charlie Chan and Sherlock Holmes movies I just got on a dvd collection recently on ebay.
10-21 18:33
Rush:
I see you said “no hope.”
10-21 18:33
Barbie Dahl:
No, Rush. No brain activity.
10-21 18:34
Rush:
Is he on life support?
Oh.
10-21 18:34
Matt:
So sad
10-21 18:34
Rush:
I am so sorry.
10-21 18:34
Barbie Dahl:
Yes. On life support. His brother is on his way to NYC, if not already here to make the call.
10-21 18:35
Rush:
Hopefully tonight can be something of a distraction as you said.
10-21 18:36
Rush:
I know he’s in your prayers.
We can add ours.
10-21 18:36
Matt:
Yes
10-21 18:36
Barbie Dahl:
Yes, hopefully. It’s been a rough weekend. Also lost a stray kitten i was hoping to get adopted. She’s been missing for several days and didn’t show up tonight, either.
10-21 18:36
Rush:
Oh my goodness.
10-21 18:36
Barbie Dahl:
Yes, thank you guys so much.💜💋🤗🙏🏻
10-21 18:37
Barbie Dahl:
I know there’s no hope but I can’t help hoping for a miracle.
10-21 18:37
Rush:
Yes.
10-21 18:38
Rush:
What is your cousin’s first name, BD?
10-21 18:39
Barbie Dahl:
Dominick
10-21 18:39
Rush:
Thank you.
10-21 18:39
Rush:
He, you, and your family are already in my prayers.
10-21 18:40
Barbie Dahl:
Thankyou🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
10-21 18:40
Matt:
Hello M & ….
10-21 18:40
Rush:
Good evening Mike.
10-21 18:40
Mike in DC:
Hi everyone…Just plain ol’ Mike tonight
10-21 18:40
Barbie Dahl:
Hey Mike
10-21 18:41
Rush:
Tonight we will be here for Barbie whose cousin was injured and is not expected to recover.
10-21 18:41
Mike in DC:
Hello Barbie. It sounds like you have some bad news in your family. I’m sorry to hear it.
Ah. Thanks, Rush.
10-21 18:41
Rush:
So, we can do what we have done for each other a number of times over the years.
10-21 18:42
Mike in DC:
Hopefully we can provide a little respite from the emotion. It must be difficult.
10-21 18:42
Rush:
We have all share the happy times as well as the sad times.
10-21 18:42
Barbie Dahl:
It’s rough, Mike. Hoping to be distracted for a little while.
10-21 18:42
Rush:
Yes.
10-21 18:43
Rush:
BD, one possible distraction might be that we will be noting our upcoming virtual Halloween Party here next Monday.
We have that every year.
10-21 18:43
Mike in DC:
Oooooh. Have to come up with my costume!
10-21 18:43
Rush:
It goes WAY back.
Yes.
10-21 18:43
Matt:
Already? Time flies!
10-21 18:44
Rush:
We log in as any character from a Charlie Chan movie.
10-21 18:44
Barbie Dahl:
Happened Friday night and heard about it Saturday morning. Was watching one of my favorite YouTube channels Saturday night to blank out and enjoy some Mr. Moto
10-21 18:44
Matt:
Already have mine picked out 
10-21 18:44
Rush:
Good, bad, human or animal!
10-21 18:44
Mike in DC:
I LOVE the Mr. Moto films, BD!
10-21 18:44
Rush:
Very good, Matt!
10-21 18:45
Barbie Dahl:
I’ll have to figure one out. Maybe Iris or Frances
10-21 18:45
Rush:
We share one particular Mr. Moto film each year, BD.
10-21 18:45
Barbie Dahl:
Yes, Mike, love them, too. Chan, Holmes, Moto, Thin Man, Blackie, Drummond, etc
10-21 18:45
Matt:
Typically, we wait until the end of the film and guess who is who…..fun!
10-21 18:46
Rush:
“”Mr. Moto’s Gamble,” which was originally supposed to be “Charlie Chan at the Ringside.”
10-21 18:46
Mike in DC:
“The Mysterious Mr. Moto” is my atf
…and the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes, I trust?
10-21 18:46
Barbie Dahl:
Sounds fun
Basil and Bruce, of course.
10-21 18:47
Mike in DC:
The Halloween party is very fun. I tried coming as Ming Toy one year. Wasn’t too great to just be able to cluck and coo all night.
10-21 18:47
Matt:
lol
10-21 18:48
Rush:
That film we share after the last Warner Oland film, “Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo, as a “bridge” from the Oland films to the Toler era.
Mike: 
10-21 18:48
Rush:
You see from Mike’s “costume” last year that our spirit is based on FUN!
10-21 18:48
Barbie Dahl:
The one we watched Saturday was Think Fast Mr. Moto
10-21 18:49
Rush:
AH!
10-21 18:49
Mike in DC:
That’s the first or second, I think. Lots of Chinese “local color” in that one
10-21 18:49
Rush:
EXTRA #1: Shanghai 1947 in turmoil
10-21 18:50
Mike in DC:
Agreed, Rush. This is truly a remarkable group.
(about the FUN)
10-21 18:50
Rush:
I had trouble finding something that would be an “exact fit” extra-wise for out film tonight.
10-21 18:51
Barbie Dahl:
Yes, definitely, Mike. Moto was also more ruthless in this one. Setting up one of the bad guys to be murdered by the other bad guy to incriminate him.
10-21 18:51
Mike in DC:
1947? The Communist take-over?
10-21 18:51
Rush:
So, as the plot revolves around a Chinese Princess trying to obtain military aid for her homeland, I thought that one could be about the conditions there in 1947.
Yes.
10-21 18:51
Mike in DC:
Barbie: Yes. I always liked that Moto was more rough and ready than Chan.
10-21 18:52
Rush:
10-21 18:52
Mike in DC:
Wait a sec, Rush. Is this the Chan film that has a Wong parallel?
10-21 18:52
Rush:
Here’s the first one….
Everyone ready?
10-21 18:52
Matt:
Yep!
10-21 18:53
Rush:
A quick countdown….
15 seconds..
10…
5….
10-21 18:53
Mike in DC:
Locked and loaded!
10-21 18:53
Rush:
GO!!!
10-21 18:54
Rush:
Listen to the background tune.
We here that in “CC in Shanghai”!
10-21 18:55
Mike in DC:
Wow. 450 million people. That’s now like the US…and China is nearly 2 billion
10-21 18:55
Rush:
Also, in “Eran Trece”
10-21 18:55
Louise:
Hi Chan fans
10-21 18:55
Matt:
Hello Louise!
10-21 18:55
Mike in DC:
Edit: US – 350 million; China 1.5 billion
Hey Louise!
10-21 18:55
Rush:
Mike, I think that, yes, there is a “Wong” connection with our movie.
10-21 18:55
Barbie Dahl:
Hi Louise
10-21 18:56
Rush:
5,000 times!!!!
That is SOME inflation!
10-21 18:56
Louise:
I finally got my DVD player hooked up so I don’t have to watch online
10-21 18:56
Matt:
Hello Hounder!
10-21 18:56
Barbie Dahl:
I watch on my tablet and chat on my phone
10-21 18:57
Rush:
Hello, Louise!
Good evening.
We are watching the first extra.
10-21 18:58
Rush:
Hounder! WELCOME!
I hope all has been well for you and yours in the wake of the hurricanes.
10-21 18:58
Hounder:
Hi everyone! I made it to FL where I have minimal damage. Not staying tonight as I’m trying to get unloaded and settledinbut wanted to check in.
10-21 18:58
Rush:
WOW!
10-21 18:58
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Hounder. Good to meet you
10-21 18:59
Hounder:
Howdideveryone fare in Helen and Milton?
Hi Barbara. Pleasure is mine.
10-21 18:59
Matt:
I’m exhausted watching this
10-21 18:59
Barbie Dahl:
I’m in NYC area so untouched by those storms
10-21 18:59
Rush:
I am happy that your damage was minimal, Hounder.
10-21 19:00
Hounder:
Me too as both storms took aim at me. They werejustfarenough away.
10-21 19:01
Rush:
Good to know, Hounder.
10-21 19:01
Barbie Dahl:
My family in Florida, Georgia and Louisiana were spared, as well
10-21 19:01
Rush:
That was our first one.
10-21 19:01
Matt:
Very good, thnx Rush
10-21 19:02
Hounder:
Good news barbara.
10-21 19:02
Mike in DC:
Hey Hounder!
10-21 19:02
Rush:
A little background on the events in China as the princess came to see Charlie Chan left to seek military aid!
10-21 19:02
Hounder:
Barbara. Mike.
10-21 19:02
Matt:
Hello Nothere!
10-21 19:02
Nothere:
Ring a ding diong all
10-21 19:02
Barbie Dahl:
Hello, Nothere
10-21 19:03
Hounder:
Matt did you fare ok in the storms?
10-21 19:03
Rush:
Hello, NT!
WELCOME!!!
10-21 19:03
Hounder:
Hi nt
10-21 19:03
Matt:
Our condo is fine, thnx, but our HOA and community were devestated
10-21 19:03
Rush:
This next one shows San Francisco in 1947.
10-21 19:04
Rush:
It is silent.
This is the setting for tonight’s movie….
Everyone ready?
10-21 19:04
Barbie Dahl:
Silent movie from 1947? That’s an oxymoron
10-21 19:04
Matt:
Yes
10-21 19:04
Barbie Dahl:
Yep
10-21 19:04
Rush:
15 seconds…
10…
5…
GO!!!
10-21 19:05
Hounder:
I’m sorry Matt. Any way I can help?
10-21 19:05
Rush:
Very short…
10-21 19:05
Godwinshelley:
Greetings all
10-21 19:05
Matt:
Thnx….Will take a LONG time to recover for many
10-21 19:06
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Godwin
10-21 19:06
Matt:
Hello GS!
10-21 19:06
Rush:
A bit different than what we saw in China in the same year.
GS!
WELCOME!!!
10-21 19:06
Godwinshelley:
Hello
10-21 19:06
Matt:
Quite a difference, Rush
10-21 19:06
Mike in DC:
Hey GS!
10-21 19:06
Rush:
Hounder, before you need to leave…
10-21 19:06
Hounder:
And unfortunately some places may never be the same
10-21 19:06
Rush:
That’s the end of that extra…
10-21 19:07
Barbie Dahl:
Bigger buildings, loss coolies
10-21 19:07
Hounder:
Hey gs
10-21 19:07
Rush:
i hope that they were informative.
10-21 19:07
Hounder:
Yes rush?
10-21 19:07
Rush:
Not too much to pick from this week that pertains at all to our movie!
10-21 19:08
Rush:
So, just a fast reimnder of our Virtual halloween party next monday!
10-21 19:08
Godwinshelley:
I set up a tvendor tent at an event my neighbor’s winery was having – made a cool $200 from my “curated collection”/stuff-from-my-basement
10-21 19:08
Matt:
Wahooooooooooo!
10-21 19:08
Mike in DC:
Always love to see how the world was in bygone eras, Rush. An appreciation for history helps understand many things!
10-21 19:08
Rush:
NICE, GS!
10-21 19:08
Hounder:
Oh yay! Thanks rush. I can’t wait
10-21 19:08
Rush:
Congratulations!
10-21 19:08
Louise:
I saw the picture, GS, of your booth. I should do that, too. So much stuff in the basement!
10-21 19:08
Mike in DC:
Next week’s party: Virtual drinks on GS. She’s rich!
10-21 19:09
Rush:
7 minutes until showtime….
“The Chinese Ring”
10-21 19:09
Hounder:
Nice gs
10-21 19:09
Matt:
Cued here
10-21 19:09
Barbie Dahl:
👍🏻👍🏻
10-21 19:09
Rush:
Please ready your copies of our movie…
10-21 19:09
Louise:
So what movies are people watching for Halloween? I just watched Practical Magic, Nope, and American Werewolf in London.
10-21 19:09
Matt:
Congrats GS…..I guess your “buying” from the virtual cart tonight?
10-21 19:09
Mike in DC:
Just got off the phone with Rachel. She sez hello…is running to a rehearsal in Ann Arbor.
10-21 19:10
Godwinshelley:
I guess I am buying a round for everyone tonight virutally
10-21 19:10
Rush:
10-21 19:10
Barbie Dahl:
Love American Werewolf
10-21 19:10
Mike in DC:
“Horror of Dracula” is THE Halloween movie here, Louise
10-21 19:10
Louise:
Barbie: I was bloodier than I remeber
10-21 19:10
Matt:
Young Frankenstien! (or ….steen)
10-21 19:10
Godwinshelley:
Chris Lee Fan?
10-21 19:10
Rush:
There is the link to tonight’s movie for those needing it.
10-21 19:10
Louise:
Haven’t seen that one, Mike
10-21 19:10
Rich in Maine:
good evening all
10-21 19:11
Barbie Dahl:
GS, great special effects for the time and, of course, tragic story.
10-21 19:11
Rush:
Good evening, Rich!
WELCOME!!!
10-21 19:11
Hounder:
See you next week
10-21 19:11
Louise:
bye hounder
10-21 19:11
Barbie Dahl:
It’s Eye-gor, Matt. Doh!
10-21 19:11
Matt:
Hello Rich!
10-21 19:11
Rush:
Take care, Hounder! see you at the party next week!!!
10-21 19:11
Matt:
Take care Hounder!
10-21 19:11
Mike in DC:
Louise, it’s the Hammer Films version of Dracula with Christopher Lee (Dracula) and Peter Cushing. It’s campy but good.
10-21 19:11
Rich in Maine:
hey Rush, Barbie, GS, Hounder, Louise, Matt,Mike,NT
10-21 19:11
Barbie Dahl:
Hi Rich
10-21 19:11
Mike in DC:
Cheers, Hounder!
10-21 19:12
Barbie Dahl:
Bye, Hounder
10-21 19:12
Godwinshelley:
It uses that special Hammer red blood color
10-21 19:12
Mike in DC:
Hi Rich!
10-21 19:12
Louise:
I may watch “The Thing” the original, not the remake
10-21 19:12
Rush:
3 minutes….
10-21 19:12
Matt:
Hello Tenman!
10-21 19:12
Rush:
2 1/2 minutes….
10-21 19:12
tenman:
Hola!
10-21 19:12
Rush:
TM!
10-21 19:12
Nothere:
GENTELMEN START YOUR ENGINED!
10-21 19:12
Rush:
WELCOME!!!
10-21 19:12
Mike in DC:
Does anyone else think that the original “The Blob” is one of the best movies ever?
10-21 19:13
Barbie Dahl:
Louise, Young Frankenstein is hilarious.
Hey, Tenman
10-21 19:13
Rush:
TWO MINUTES!!!
10-21 19:13
Louise:
I love the BLOB!!!
10-21 19:13
Godwinshelley:
Horrors of the Black Museum is fun – unless you need to use binoculars the next day
10-21 19:13
Mike in DC:
“Vroom” NT
10-21 19:13
Rush:
90 seconds…
10-21 19:13
Barbie Dahl:
The Blob was great, young Steve McQueen
10-21 19:13
Nothere:
Or given our shorts. Hawk your wares:)
10-21 19:13
Mike in DC:
Louise: It’s obvious why Steve McQueen went on to great things.
10-21 19:13
Rush:
75 seconds…
10-21 19:13
Louise:
Anyone else watch “Nope”?
10-21 19:13
Mike in DC:
Nope.
10-21 19:13
Rich in Maine:
I Was a Teenage Monster!
10-21 19:13
Nothere:
It creeps and slides across the floor.
10-21 19:14
Rush:
60 seconds…
10-21 19:14
Louise:
by Jordan Peele
10-21 19:14
Rush:
50 seconds…
10-21 19:14
Barbie Dahl:
Nope on Nope
10-21 19:14
Mike in DC:
But “Rope” (Hitchcock) is great!
10-21 19:14
Louise:
CUED
10-21 19:14
Rush:
40 seconds…
10-21 19:14
Rich in Maine:
Rope….classic
10-21 19:14
Rush:
30 seconds…
10-21 19:14
Mike in DC:
Nope, Rope, Dope, Hope, Slope
10-21 19:14
Louise:
Theer’s always Hope
10-21 19:14
Rush:
25…
20…
10-21 19:14
Nothere:
Just don’t dial M
10-21 19:14
Rush:
20
20
10-21 19:14
Mike in DC:
Mope?
10-21 19:15
Rush:
15….
10…
5….
GO!!!
Title….
Music….
Credits…
10-21 19:15
Matt:
10-21 19:15
Barbie Dahl:
Mantan and Jimmy! Warren Douglas, too
10-21 19:15
Godwinshelley:
that doesn’t look like San Fran
10-21 19:15
Nothere:
Go even if it is only a lope/.
10-21 19:15
Rich in Maine:
BB is back !
10-21 19:15
Rush:
GONG!!!
10-21 19:15
Mike in DC:
Monogram out does themselves on the music here.
10-21 19:15
Rush:
Jeran Wong is the princess.
10-21 19:15
Mike in DC:
This actually sounds GOOD
10-21 19:15
Godwinshelley:
TCM ran TWO different versions of Biggers “Seven Keys to Baldplate” last week
10-21 19:15
Rush:
She was in several CC films, including “The Trap.”
10-21 19:16
Barbie Dahl:
Beautiful pagoda
10-21 19:16
Rush:
Yes, BD!
10-21 19:16
Mike in DC:
And clouds…reminiscent of…FOG
10-21 19:16
Rush:
The Princess arrives….
10-21 19:16
Nothere:
No name women in Chans study at night. Does Mrs. Chan know about this?
10-21 19:16
Barbie Dahl:
Birmingham!
10-21 19:16
Matt:
BB!
10-21 19:16
Louise:
Hi BB
10-21 19:16
Rush:
By this time, we see that Charlie Chan is based in San Francisco.
10-21 19:16
Rich in Maine:
Nonname
10-21 19:16
Louise:
zombie movie Mantan
10-21 19:16
Godwinshelley:
Related to Nothere?
10-21 19:17
Rush:
10-21 19:17
Mike in DC:
Ming Noname
No matter. Life is short
10-21 19:17
Nothere:
Not a regular gun. As we have seen the villians in this film would have missed with a regular gun.
10-21 19:17
Louise:
We owe it to BB to watch “King of the Zombies”
10-21 19:17
Nothere:
Distant cousin God.
10-21 19:17
Rush:
Uh-oh!
10-21 19:17
Godwinshelley:
BB is fun in that – move over boys
10-21 19:18
Mike in DC:
Agreed, Louise. That is really something
10-21 19:18
Rich in Maine:
CC needs to lock his windows
10-21 19:18
Rush:
He got her.
10-21 19:18
Barbie Dahl:
I have King of the Zombies cued in YouTube but never watched it yet
10-21 19:18
Nothere:
Matt
Your on
10-21 19:18
Louise:
Nobody locks their windows anymore…
10-21 19:18
Rush:
Pop! Pop! POP!
10-21 19:18
Barbie Dahl:
Quite erudite, that Jimmy
10-21 19:19
Mike in DC:
We need a count of Chan murders committed through windows when Charlie should have been on point.
Expired.
10-21 19:19
Matt:
10-21 19:19
Louise:
Agreed Mike
10-21 19:19
Rush:
By now, Jimmy is called “Tommy.”
TYSM…Matt…
10-21 19:19
Nothere:
Well I count two murdered in his office through a window.
10-21 19:19
Louise:
Tommy-Jimmy, I’m so confused
10-21 19:19
Rush:
Yep.
10-21 19:19
Barbie Dahl:
👌🏻
10-21 19:19
Nothere:
Strangley enough,.
10-21 19:19
Rich in Maine:
don’t forget in his office in honululu
10-21 19:19
Mike in DC:
Black Camel kneel at door of Chan residence. Unbidden.
10-21 19:19
Rush:
There are “theories” as to why this has happened.
10-21 19:20
Nothere:
Danger of homicide detective. Sometimes you seek dead body. Sometime dead body seek you.
10-21 19:20
Rush:
10-21 19:20
Barbie Dahl:
Rush, too many sons to remember who is who? Lol
10-21 19:20
Matt:
There goes the neighborhood
10-21 19:20
Rush:
10-21 19:21
Louise:
So much for long life…
10-21 19:21
Nothere:
Hey you can’t break in here. Only Chans sons can do that.
Said long life. Not how liong.
10-21 19:22
Rich in Maine:
love the hat pin
10-21 19:22
Barbie Dahl:
Mr. Chan!
10-21 19:22
Rush:
Well, BD, as we also don’t hear anything about Mrs. Chan any longer, and Charlie Chan is now living in San Francisco, one “theory” is that something happened to both Tommy (Benson Fong) and Mrs, Chan.
10-21 19:22
Nothere:
Commercials are one thing but commericals with bad music are no good.
10-21 19:23
Barbie Dahl:
Ugh
10-21 19:23
Rush:
Jimmy took on his younger brother’s name as something of a “tribute.”
10-21 19:23
Nothere:
time check
10-21 19:23
Rush:
Sorry about those commercials!
I was lucky to even find an online copy for this film.
10-21 19:23
Nothere:
Not the first time Rush, but does put me behind the group/
10-21 19:23
Barbie Dahl:
Np
10-21 19:24
Rush:
9:10.
10-21 19:24
Nothere:
TYSM
10-21 19:24
Rich in Maine:
Capt Kong and his older brother King
10-21 19:24
Nothere:
Kong? Round up all the natives on Skull Island,.
10-21 19:25
Rush:
10-21 19:25
Matt:
CC smiles! Rare for Winters
10-21 19:25
Nothere:
Chans office more fun than barrel of monkeys.
10-21 19:26
tenman:
JImTom at it again!
10-21 19:26
Rush:
She goes to work on Tommy/Jimmy….
10-21 19:26
Barbie Dahl:
Captain King but no relation to Albert or B.B.
10-21 19:26
Rush:
“That old honey and molasses…”
10-21 19:26
Barbie Dahl:
He’s a soft touch, she can tell
10-21 19:26
Rush:
We will see this set used in “Docks of New Orleans”
10-21 19:27
Nothere:
He should ask his brother how he got locked in a lions cage before she sweet talks him.
10-21 19:28
Nothere:
Captain Kong loves to do the conga, but never sails to the congo.
10-21 19:28
Rush:
10-21 19:28
tenman:
Who is thius dude at the desk? I recognize him
10-21 19:28
Barbie Dahl:
Remember Captain King from Tora,Torah, Torah….. or was it Midway… or both?😝
10-21 19:29
Mike in DC:
When Yuba plays the rumba on the tuba, Kong does the conga in the Congo
Hi 10man. Philip Ahn.
10-21 19:29
tenman:
Got it! Philip Ahn
10-21 19:29
Barbie Dahl:
Bongo, bong, bongo I don’t wanna leave the Congo, no, no, no, no, no, no!
10-21 19:30
Rush:
I might mention that it has been a long time since we have heard from our friend, Angel. I have sent two emails to him, but have not heard anything. Hopefully he is alright, but, is is unlike him to have been incommunicato for such a lenthy time.
10-21 19:30
Louise:
Thanks, Rush, for making that contact.
10-21 19:30
Matt:
Thnx for update Rush
10-21 19:30
Rush:
15:50 if the time is still needed…
10-21 19:31
Mike in DC:
Angel? Of Angel and Foxx fame?
10-21 19:31
Rich in Maine:
Hope he is OK! BTW Rush, I didn’t get the weekly email about film, was there a problem?
10-21 19:31
Rush:
Yes.
10-21 19:31
Matt:
A & F
10-21 19:31
Louise:
$250 thousand then, today?
10-21 19:31
Rush:
Sorry, Rich.
10-21 19:31
Godwinshelley:
Yes I have noticed his absence – hope it’s something simple like a technical issue
10-21 19:31
Matt:
Neither did I
10-21 19:31
Rush:
I hope that there wasn’t any failure to receive it from others.
10-21 19:31
Rich in Maine:
oh no worries, just went to calendar. but knew you had mentioned some issues
10-21 19:32
Rush:
I had a feeling that something wasn’t right when I sent it out last night.
10-21 19:32
Louise:
Why did they use the name “Kong” since this is after the movie King Kong?
10-21 19:32
Rush:
If for any reason you don’t receive it, please check our Message Board here at this site!
I aklways place it thare as well.
Tthere)
10-21 19:33
Nothere:
So how big is this boat that it carries airplanes? Or how small the plabnes?
10-21 19:33
Rush:
Louise, I think that they liked the sound of the name, “Kong”!
10-21 19:33
Louise:
Planes but no room for passengers!
10-21 19:33
tenman:
What heading is it under. Is it the “our CCF monday evening chat”?
10-21 19:34
Rush:
Also, it was completely dofferent from the other “K”…Kelso!
10-21 19:34
Rich in Maine:
Tenman, look at Celendar, the movies for the month are always there
10-21 19:34
Rush:
It would be at the top of the list of messages.
10-21 19:34
Rich in Maine:
Calendar
10-21 19:34
Nothere:
Look here you third rate Shadow.
10-21 19:34
tenman:
Is that what yoiu “sent out”?
10-21 19:34
Rush:
Recognize that voice just then? it was Lee Tung Foo.
10-21 19:35
Godwinshelley:
So when I decide to become a criminal – is there a store that sells the oversized black coat/hat/gloves I will need for sneaking around?
10-21 19:35
Nothere:
<THud>
10-21 19:35
Rich in Maine:
Peggy has new bracelet
10-21 19:36
Rush:
BD, and anyone else who would like to receive our weekly email message, please send your request to: charliechanfamily@yahoo.com
10-21 19:36
Nothere:
Gloves easy. Coat a bit harder to find but doable. Thesse days getting the hat is the problem.
10-21 19:36
Godwinshelley:
Now adays it would be a hoodie
10-21 19:37
Rush:
This is Chabing.
Her life story was interesting and a but tragic.
10-21 19:38
Rich in Maine:
That’s her stage name Rush
10-21 19:38
Nothere:
Swindle sheet? Odd thing for a reporter to have.
10-21 19:38
Rush:
She was at one time the mistress of Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
10-21 19:38
Nothere:
Noew we know why he came back.
10-21 19:38
Rush:
Perhaps!
10-21 19:38
Barbie Dahl:
It’s like Grand Central Station here
10-21 19:39
Rush:
Yes!
10-21 19:39
Rich in Maine:
4 words, first word, sounds like King
10-21 19:39
Rush:
10-21 19:40
Barbie Dahl:
Second word sounds like “commercial”😝
10-21 19:40
Louise:
All these women will be discussed in the essay I am going for the newsletter at the end of the year.
10-21 19:40
Rush:
Nice transition….
10-21 19:41
Nothere:
Hopefully not that one with the people in the elevator. Lousy song choice.
10-21 19:41
Rush:
We see how Jimmy/Tommy is still refered to as “second Son.”
10-21 19:41
Louise:
“girl newspaperman”
10-21 19:41
Rush:
Of course, Tommy was Number Three.
10-21 19:41
Nothere:
Third son odd man out.
10-21 19:41
Barbie Dahl:
Rush, maybe it’s “two sons”🤣😂
10-21 19:42
Rush:
10-21 19:42
Nothere:
<Bring>
10-21 19:42
Rich in Maine:
a cool million in cash, in those days!
10-21 19:42
Rush:
About TWENTY million today.
10-21 19:43
Louise:
Wow Rush
10-21 19:43
Rush:
Yes…a LOT of “cabbage.”
10-21 19:43
Barbie Dahl:
Time check, please.
10-21 19:43
Rush:
28:45
10-21 19:43
Nothere:
20 million? Fighter planes cheap. She should have held out for the midrange planes.
10-21 19:44
Rush:
28:55
29:00
10-21 19:44
Barbie Dahl:
Kewl
10-21 19:44
Rush:
At this point, those planes could have been US military surplus after the war.
10-21 19:45
Rush:
30:10…
10-21 19:45
Barbie Dahl:
I’m caught up, thank you, Rush
10-21 19:45
Rush:
10-21 19:45
Paul M:
hi gang. my timing is off now that i’m on the East coast
10-21 19:46
Rush:
Paul!
WELCOME!!!
10-21 19:46
Matt:
10-21 19:46
Barbie Dahl:
Hello Paul
10-21 19:46
Nothere:
Hey Paul
10-21 19:46
Matt:
Hello Paul!
10-21 19:46
Louise:
Nice bonsai
10-21 19:46
Godwinshelley:
Hello Paul
10-21 19:46
Nothere:
Maids day off.
10-21 19:46
Rush:
Yes.
10-21 19:47
Barbie Dahl:
Sleeping on the job!😝
10-21 19:47
Rush:
For sure, BD!
10-21 19:47
Rich in Maine:
first the princess, then the maid, next if poor boy……all Asian murders!
10-21 19:47
Barbie Dahl:
Vacation commercial again
10-21 19:48
Rush:
I want to remind everyone about next week’s VIRTUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY!
It is a tradition for us.
10-21 19:48
Matt:
Dress to impress, Folks!
10-21 19:48
Godwinshelley:
Which film?
10-21 19:48
Louise:
Yay Halloween party
10-21 19:48
Rush:
please arrive in “virtual” costume, logging in as any character from a Charlie Chan movie!
10-21 19:48
Nothere:
Wax Museum’
10-21 19:48
Rush:
Good, bad, human or animal!!!
10-21 19:49
Barbie Dahl:
Nice
10-21 19:49
Rush:
YES!
Our movie will be: “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum”
10-21 19:49
Louise:
always fun
10-21 19:49
Rush:
A fun night, and usually the favorite night of the year!
10-21 19:49
Nothere:
And as there were three Dr. Zodiacs in Treasure Island there might be more than one of you.
10-21 19:49
Louise:
also fun to stay in character and have conversations as your character
10-21 19:50
Rush:
True.
One could be “The Turk”
10-21 19:50
Louise:
I could be The Princess but she wouldn’t last long
10-21 19:50
Rush:
10-21 19:50
Nothere:
We all know who would bring beef stew.
10-21 19:50
Rush:
Yes, Louise!
10-21 19:51
Godwinshelley:
Did they really say “cabbage” earlie?
10-21 19:51
Rush:
Straight from Joe’s Coffe Shop!
10-21 19:52
Nothere:
I think so God.
Wouldn’t order from anywhere else Rush.
10-21 19:52
Barbie Dahl:
That WASN’T suspicious
10-21 19:52
Rush:
Peiping…Peking…Bejing.
10-21 19:53
Barbie Dahl:
I always order from Acme. The Wile E. Coyote, Acme, that is.😝
10-21 19:53
Nothere:
You can’t shoot Chan in your office. Think of the cleaning deposit. And there are no more maids available.
10-21 19:53
Rush:
10-21 19:54
Mike in DC:
fisticuffs!
10-21 19:54
Louise:
KISS!
10-21 19:55
Nothere:
If they get married hope the neighbors have a big yard.
10-21 19:56
Rush:
Interesting use of a magnifying glass on a projected image!
10-21 19:56
Nothere:
Enhance
10-21 19:56
Rush:
Yes.
A monogram sound gag.
10-21 19:57
Nothere:
Why was the woman who came to buy weapons of war for her brothers cause be murdered. No idea.
10-21 19:57
Barbie Dahl:
It’s a mystery
10-21 19:58
Rush:
As Chan now calls Jimmy…Tommy…he will, years later, call son, Barry (“The New Adventures of Charlie Chan”) his “Number One Son”!
The barking dogs.
10-21 19:58
Barbie Dahl:
Senior moments
10-21 19:58
Nothere:
Chan lost count in move from Honolulu.\
10-21 19:59
tenman:
That would be JimTomBar
10-21 19:59
Rush:
yakamein – A popular soup in several areas of the United States, sold mostly in small neighborhood bodegas of New Orleans in the past.
10-21 19:59
tenman:
In this movie he is only JimTom
10-21 19:59
Matt:
Foo!
10-21 19:59
Rush:
Lee Tung Foo.
We heard his voice earlier as that of the Apartment Manager.
10-21 20:00
Barbie Dahl:
Hmmm, pince nez
10-21 20:00
Rush:
yes!
“Pinchnose”
10-21 20:00
Nothere:
Apartment manager Butler. He must have tidy sum stashed away.
10-21 20:01
Barbie Dahl:
Those can give one a headache when worn too long
10-21 20:01
Rush:
I’ll bet!
Better than a monocle, though I would think!
10-21 20:01
Nothere:
Thats why you should use a monocle.
10-21 20:02
Rush:
I’ll take my regular, non-exotic glasses!
10-21 20:02
Nothere:
Thyis is a raid.
10-21 20:02
Rich in Maine:
Poor Lee
10-21 20:03
Rush:
Yes.
10-21 20:03
Louise:
all the crooks get together
10-21 20:03
Barbie Dahl:
What do they call the glasses on a stick option?
Lorgnette
10-21 20:03
Rush:
He also plays Mr. Wong’s helper.
10-21 20:04
Rush:
Birmingham!
10-21 20:04
Nothere:
Mostly for an opera. You’ll need ato wait a few movies to break them out.
10-21 20:04
Barbie Dahl:
Yup, opera glasses.
10-21 20:04
Rich in Maine:
horse blanket coat
10-21 20:04
Rush:
Test pattern coat!
10-21 20:04
tenman:
I always hated my glasses. I have sraight eyelashes and no bridge so not only were they always slipping down, but one blink and they looked like someone had run a paintbrush of oil across them, from my lashes. Got Lasik in 2000; best money I ever spent!
10-21 20:05
Rush:
Nice, TM!
10-21 20:05
Nothere:
Maybe you can bribe them. Do you have a steak BB?
10-21 20:05
Louise:
love her coat
10-21 20:06
Rush:
Probably a wool coat.
10-21 20:06
Rich in Maine:
not too much tommy/Jimmy tonite, mostly BB
10-21 20:06
Rush:
Yes.
10-21 20:07
Barbie Dahl:
Like the matching hat and gloves she’s sporting
10-21 20:07
Louise:
…very interesting situation…
10-21 20:07
Nothere:
Hiring a chauffer best move Charlie made, but with 13 kids must have busted the piggy bank.
10-21 20:07
Rush:
True!
10-21 20:08
Rush:
Actual police radio broadcasts by the sound of them.
They are mentioning Los Angeles streets, I believe.
I heard “Sunset.”
10-21 20:09
Louise:
very dark scenes
10-21 20:09
Barbie Dahl:
Philip Ahn NOT in Midway OR Tora, Torah, Torah. First Korean-American actor in Hollywood.
10-21 20:09
Rush:
Yes.
Some “day-for-night” as well.
10-21 20:10
Rush:
Palace Hotel
10-21 20:10
Nothere:
Chan think his sense of humor all wet.
10-21 20:10
Barbie Dahl:
Matching gloves, scarf/tie, purse… sweet.
10-21 20:11
Barbie Dahl:
Belt AND skirt
10-21 20:11
Rush:
10-21 20:11
Barbie Dahl:
Peggy has it going on!
10-21 20:11
Rush:
Palace Hotel, San Francisco
10-21 20:12
Louise:
oh that is a very bad tie
10-21 20:12
Godwinshelley:
What street is that hotel on??
10-21 20:12
Nothere:
But no fox furt. Not a Universal. Though for a Monogram little fog.
10-21 20:12
Rush:
2 New Montgomery Street
10-21 20:12
Mike in DC:
For a change, BB saves the day!
10-21 20:13
Rush:
“Not very funny…”
10-21 20:13
Louise:
Miss the fog horns
10-21 20:13
Rush:
Yes.
10-21 20:13
Nothere:
Wait your only now at not very funny? I think I got ahead momehow. Time check please.
10-21 20:13
Mike in DC:
More fog!
More cowbell!
10-21 20:14
Barbie Dahl:
Damn commercials have me about 20 seconds behind
Fellas, I GOTTA have more cowbell!
10-21 20:14
Rush:
Again, if you should not receive the weekly email message, please go to our MESSAGE BOARD.
I always post a copy there.
10-21 20:14
Mike in DC:
Door was open…dogs were dead…
10-21 20:15
Rush:
I don’t know what went wrong last night. it could have been a poor Internet connuction.
10-21 20:15
Barbie Dahl:
What’s the email address again for the newsletter?
10-21 20:15
Nothere:
Movie dogs, or do I need to send my condolences Mike?
10-21 20:15
Rush:
Please send to: charliechanfamily@yahoo.com
10-21 20:16
Mike in DC:
Movie dogs, NT. They’re probably frolicking on the back lot waiting for their next role
10-21 20:16
Nothere:
Sadly last staring role. Next only extras in Lassie films.
10-21 20:17
Rush:
“Shall we dance…?”
10-21 20:17
Barbie Dahl:
Sent request, Rush.
10-21 20:17
Rush:
TYSM, BD!
10-21 20:18
Barbie Dahl:
Jigs up, fellas!
10-21 20:18
Rush:
Yes!
10-21 20:18
Nothere:
Not even 50 cents?
10-21 20:18
Louise:
Kelso and Kong, good band name
10-21 20:19
Rush:
Chan has more information….
10-21 20:19
Mike in DC:
Kelso and Kong. Law firm.
10-21 20:19
Rush:
“Captain Kool and the Kongs”
10-21 20:19
Barbie Dahl:
Dewey, Cheated and Howe
10-21 20:19
Rush:
10-21 20:20
Nothere:
He really need to stop leading with his chin.
10-21 20:20
Louise:
I miss Car Talk
10-21 20:20
Rush:
“No bet, sure thing”
10-21 20:20
Barbie Dahl:
Another two commercials, now I’m probably
45 seconds behind
10-21 20:20
Rush:
1:05:40
10-21 20:20
Matt:
Can’t do this can 
10-21 20:20
Barbie Dahl:
1:04:20
10-21 20:21
Nothere:
<tin can>
10-21 20:21
Rush:
I guess you will eventually want to get the Monogrm Chan films on DVD, BD?
10-21 20:21
Rush:
Nice punch!
“Holy catfish!”
10-21 20:21
Godwinshelley:
Birminghams hat is different
10-21 20:22
Louise:
Charlie at his sexist best
10-21 20:22
Rush:
Apologies for Mr. Chan’s antiquated comment there….
10-21 20:22
Barbie Dahl:
I just received a 42 film 61 radio show DVD collection from Ebay
10-21 20:22
Mike in DC:
“Like an ornamental plum blossom”
10-21 20:22
Rush:
AH!
10-21 20:22
Louise:
I must say it is a rare rude comment by him
10-21 20:22
Rush:
Very good, BD!
THE END
10-21 20:22
Matt:
<yee-haw>
10-21 20:22
Rich in Maine:
excellent
10-21 20:22
Rush:
Next week….
10-21 20:22
Nothere:
Barbie will be spending many happt hours
10-21 20:22
Mike in DC:
Nice start, Roland!
10-21 20:22
Louise:
cheers
10-21 20:22
Godwinshelley:
There is an earlier one where women are decorations
10-21 20:22
Nothere:
<Kids yeah>
10-21 20:22
Rush:
“Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum”
10-21 20:22
tenman:
Nytol!
10-21 20:23
Rich in Maine:
getting costume ready for next week
see you then
10-21 20:23
Barbie Dahl:
Film ended for you guys?
10-21 20:23
Rush:
That was the first of sis Winters Chan movies from Monogram.
10-21 20:23
Louise:
must plan costume to fool you all…
10-21 20:23
Godwinshelley:
I could arrive as the mute Chinese boy – but that would be hard to communicate
10-21 20:23
Mike in DC:
Have a wonderful week, everyone. Select your costumes with care!
10-21 20:23
Nothere:
Well I would say hope to see you all next week. But will see none of you.
10-21 20:23
Matt:
Good night folks and have a great week
10-21 20:23
Rush:
See you all in “costume” next week!
10-21 20:23
Barbie Dahl:
Good night all. Thanks for the diversion.
10-21 20:23
Louise:
GS: uh, ok
10-21 20:23
Mike in DC:
Take care!
10-21 20:23
Nothere:
Wonder who will show up though?
10-21 20:23
Rush:
At the end of the night, we have our big “reveal”!
10-21 20:23
Louise:
bye bye
10-21 20:23
Rush:
take care…
10-21 20:24
Nothere:
Night all
10-21 20:24
Rush:
BD, our prayers are with you and your family at this time of sadness….
10-21 20:24
Barbie Dahl:
Night Louise, Northern, Rush, Matt, Mike
10-21 20:24
Rush:
Good night….
10-21 20:24
Barbie Dahl:
Thank you, Rush
10-21 20:24
Rush:
take care, all….
10-21 20:24
Godwinshelley:
Ok well I won’t be “seeing” you next week – just guessing you
10-21 20:24
Rush:
Have a good week.
10-21 20:24
Godwinshelley:
Be safe everyone
10-21 20:24
Rush:
Be happy and safe.
10-21 20:25
Barbie Dahl:
Night GS
10-21 20:25
Rush:
You are welcome, BD.
10-21 20:25
Barbie Dahl:
🤗🤗🤗
10-21 20:25
Rush:
I hope we provided that needed break for you tonight.
10-21 20:27
Rush:
Again, take care, and, I wish the best for you and your family….
We are all in god’s loving hands….
10-21 20:28
Rush:
Please keep in touch if it helps.
‘Good night…God bless you your cousin….
10-21 20:28
Rush:
Good night….
10-21 20:30
Barbie Dahl:
Goodnight, Rush.,
Thanks again
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