The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for October 7, 2024
Feature: The Black Camel
Chat Number: 1,276
Extra:
Charlie Chan is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland documentary
Participants:
Godwinshelley
Louise
Josh
Matt
Mike in DC
Nothere
Paul Minturn
Tarneverra in Maine
tenman
Rush
10-07 18:28
Rush:
10-07 18:29
Rush:
Good evening, Josh!
Welcome!
10-07 18:29
Josh:
Hi, Rush!
10-07 18:29
Rush:
How was your week?
10-07 18:29
tenman:
Hola!
10-07 18:29
Rush:
AH! Welcome, Matt and Tenman!
10-07 18:30
Matt:
Hello Rush, Tenman & Josh!
10-07 18:30
Josh:
Very nice I was visiting relatives
10-07 18:30
Rush:
Veru good!
That’s always nice.
10-07 18:31
Josh:
I’m excited to watch the black camel Ive never seen it before
10-07 18:31
Rush:
Well, here we are in OCTOBER!
10-07 18:31
Matt:
My favorite Chan!
10-07 18:31
Rush:
Really, Josh?
10-07 18:31
Matt:
Hello Tenman!
10-07 18:32
Josh:
Really I’ve read the book and seen later versions of it but never the original
10-07 18:32
Matt:
You are in for a treat, Josh!
10-07 18:32
Rush:
“The Black camel” is probably my favorite Chan film!
It pretty closely follows the book.
10-07 18:33
Rush:
Years ago, I actually read the book on the beach at Waikiki!
10-07 18:33
Matt:
Awesome, Rush!
10-07 18:33
Rush:
I have to say, it was.
10-07 18:33
Josh:
hahahah
10-07 18:33
Rush:
10-07 18:34
Rush:
This film was shoot in great part on location in Honolulu and at Kailua Beach, on the other side of the island of Oahu.
10-07 18:35
Rush:
It’s pretty amazing that this was done back in 1931.
Quite an undertaking then.
10-07 18:36
tenman:
Yes, it was.
10-07 18:36
Rush:
We are celebrating the birthday of Warner Oland tonight.
10-07 18:36
Josh:
That’s nice!
10-07 18:36
Matt:
The birthday boy!
10-07 18:37
tenman:
yes, I have not seen or heard of this added feature before so it waill be new and interesting to me!
10-07 18:37
Rush:
That is why we are taking this slight “side trip” to see tonight’s movie, the earliest Charlie Chan movie that we have available to us today.
10-07 18:37
Josh:
Is this not a film people usually see?
10-07 18:38
Matt:
Every January!
10-07 18:38
Rush:
We watch the entire Chan film series each year in the correct order, with a number of “bonus” films along the way.
10-07 18:38
Josh:
ah
10-07 18:39
Rush:
We start all over again in the New Year.
10-07 18:39
Rush:
The extra for tonight is over 17 minutes long, and is about Warner Oland.
10-07 18:40
Matt:
Should be fun
10-07 18:41
Rush:
It was a part of the 20th Century-Fox Charlie Chan film library box set releases in the early 2000s.
I have never watched this one.
10-07 18:42
Rush:
We can wait a few more minutes in case anyone else arrives soon.
10-07 18:43
Rush:
Next week, we will be sharing two of the “New Adventures of Charlie Chan” TV crime drama from 1957.
We will have those available as online links.
10-07 18:44
Rush:
HM…tenmanx2!
Are you with us TM?
10-07 18:44
tenman:
I shifted from Kindle to desktop but it is still showing both for some reason
10-07 18:44
Matt:
Skewing our numbers
10-07 18:44
Rush:
AH!
10-07 18:44
Rush:
10-07 18:45
tenman:
Was goig nt o try doing this fomrt eh sofa as I’m really too weak to sit up any longer due to a moderate case of covid
10-07 18:45
Rush:
There is the extra for tonight…
10-07 18:45
Matt:
Ugh, Hope you feel better soon
10-07 18:45
Rush:
Sorry about that, TM.
Yes, may you be better ASAP!
10-07 18:45
tenman:
Thanks. I do too. I missed last weeks as it had just hit me and I was staying in bed, but now am getting bedsore lol
10-07 18:46
Rush:
Well. I hope that we can cheer things up a bit for you tonight, TM!
Are we ready for the extra?
10-07 18:46
Matt:
Do it
10-07 18:47
Rush:
I will give a fast countdown…
15 seconds…
10…
5…
GO!!!
10-07 18:47
Matt:
I know THAT guy!
10-07 18:47
Rush:
10-07 18:48
Matt:
I can’t believe you never watched this Rush
10-07 18:48
Rush:
Litttle Warner.
10-07 18:50
Rush:
Good information here.
10-07 18:50
tenman:
interesting…..
10-07 18:51
Rush:
This house still exists today.
10-07 18:51
Matt:
I was wondering
10-07 18:52
tenman:
Dod not know he was in Jazz Singer
10-07 18:54
Rush:
They had a home in Carpenteria, a town near to Santa Barbara, CA.
10-07 18:57
Rush:
1937
10-07 18:58
Rush:
Kay Linaker.
10-07 19:01
Rush:
Mike!
Welcome!
10-07 19:01
Matt:
Hello Mike!
10-07 19:01
Mike in DC:
Good evening!
10-07 19:01
Rush:
We are in the midst of the extra for tonight.
10-07 19:01
Mike in DC:
Aha. I see it above.
10-07 19:01
Matt:
Featuring Rush too!
10-07 19:02
Mike in DC:
Our very own movie star!
10-07 19:02
Rush:
louise!
10-07 19:02
Louise:
Hello C han Clan!
10-07 19:02
Matt:
Hello Louise!
10-07 19:02
Rush:
Good evening!
WELCOME!
10-07 19:02
Mike in DC:
Hi Louise!
10-07 19:02
Louise:
Typos will be abundant ton ight
10-07 19:02
Rush:
We are watching the exyra.
10-07 19:02
Louise:
I shall wait patiently for the Black Camel to appear
10-07 19:03
Mike in DC:
Just don’t let him kneel by your door, Louise…
10-07 19:03
Rush:
12 minutes till showtime….
10-07 19:04
Rush:
And there you have it!
10-07 19:04
Matt:
Well done Rush, thnx…..Been awhile since I’ve seen that extra
10-07 19:05
Rush:
Our extra for this evening.
As I said earlier, this was actually my first time seeing it!
Believe it or not!
10-07 19:05
tenman:
Very enlightening and moving. I knew the basic bio, but not a lot of the details of his life and works.
10-07 19:05
Matt:
You were in a few more, no?
10-07 19:05
Rush:
It was great hearing the family information from his grand-nephew!
Yes, Matt.
10-07 19:06
Rush:
I haven’t watched most of those, either!
10-07 19:06
Godwinshelley:
Howdy all
10-07 19:06
Rush:
GS!
WWELCOME!
10-07 19:06
Matt:
Hello GS!
10-07 19:06
Mike in DC:
Hey GS
10-07 19:06
Rush:
9 minutes to go…
10-07 19:06
Louise:
Hi GS
10-07 19:06
Godwinshelley:
I’m cued for those sweet Hawaiian breezes
10-07 19:07
Rush:
Ah, yes!
10-07 19:07
Mike in DC:
Clue!
10-07 19:07
Rush:
10-07 19:07
Matt:
Psssst!
10-07 19:07
Mike in DC:
?
10-07 19:08
Matt:
Kashimo!
10-07 19:08
Mike in DC:
Sport model donkey!
10-07 19:08
Rush:
I will be posting the online link to our movie soon…
10-07 19:08
Louise:
Matt: hurricane coming near you?
10-07 19:08
Rush:
Yes, Mike…in so many words!
10-07 19:09
Matt:
Sadly, we are expecting a direct hit…..1st in over 100 years!
10-07 19:09
Louise:
Will you evacuate, Matt?
10-07 19:09
Mike in DC:
Oof. Batten down the hatches, Matt.
10-07 19:09
Rush:
Yes!
10-07 19:09
Matt:
Hello Tarnevarra!
10-07 19:09
Rush:
Hopefully the course will change a bit.
10-07 19:09
Tarnevarra in Maine:
Greetings all
10-07 19:10
Rush:
FIVE minutes….
10-07 19:10
Matt:
We’re evacuating to Disney in the morning
10-07 19:10
Mike in DC:
Hello, O Wise One!
10-07 19:10
Rush:
Tarneverro!
WELCOME!
10-07 19:10
Mike in DC:
Good plan, Matt.
10-07 19:10
Rush:
10-07 19:10
Louise:
Mickey will protect you, Matt!
10-07 19:10
Tarnevarra in Maine:
I am ready to answer all questions, seekers of truth
10-07 19:10
Matt:
We’ll still be in the path, but middle of state
10-07 19:11
Rush:
10-07 19:11
Matt:
LOVE the mouse!
10-07 19:11
Rush:
Here is our movie if you need an online version!
10-07 19:11
Matt:
Cued jere
10-07 19:12
Rush:
THREE minutes….
Please cue to the OPENING TITLE!
10-07 19:12
Mike in DC:
We hope both you and Mickey stay dry.
10-07 19:12
Louise:
CUED here
10-07 19:12
Rush:
Very good!
10-07 19:12
Mike in DC:
Queued here. 
10-07 19:12
Matt:
TYSM
10-07 19:13
Rush:
TWO MINUTES!!!
10-07 19:13
tenman:
Need to call a buddy in Fl. He has been trying to get out of Fl for a couple years – to move to ASHVILLE
10-07 19:13
Rush:
Ready everyone?
10-07 19:13
tenman:
To get away form huurricanes!
10-07 19:13
Matt:
When Jim Cantore comes to town, the town mostly leaves
10-07 19:13
tenman:
Glad he didn’t move yet
10-07 19:13
Mike in DC:
So what is his Plan B, Tenman?
10-07 19:13
Rush:
90 seconds…
10-07 19:13
tenman:
I think he should come home to Ohio
10-07 19:13
Rush:
75 seconds…
10-07 19:13
Mike in DC:
THAT should be fairly safe from hurricanes!
10-07 19:13
Louise:
Jim Cantore means get out!
10-07 19:13
Rush:
60 seconds…
10-07 19:14
Mike in DC:
tick tick tick
10-07 19:14
Rush:
50 seconds…
10-07 19:14
tenman:
Ike blew down my pear tree in 2012 (? date)
10-07 19:14
Mike in DC:
tock tock tock
10-07 19:14
Rush:
40 seconds…
30 seconds..
20…
15…
10…
10-07 19:14
Mike in DC:
Haven’t yet had one hit MD since I’ve been here…fortunately
10-07 19:15
Rush:
5…
GO!!!
10-07 19:15
Matt:
10-07 19:15
Rush:
Title…
10-07 19:15
Mike in DC:
Gong Girl!
10-07 19:15
Rush:
Music…
10-07 19:15
Mike in DC:
10-07 19:15
Rush:
Credits…
10-07 19:15
Godwinshelley:
MD had both tornadoes and earthquakes while I lived there
10-07 19:15
Rush:
Surfers at Waikiki….
10-07 19:15
Mike in DC:
Did experience the “big” DC earthquake. That was interesting.
10-07 19:15
Tarnevarra in Maine:
Father Knows Best
10-07 19:16
Matt:
Head stand surfer!
10-07 19:16
Rush:
Note the newspaper photo…
10-07 19:16
Tarnevarra in Maine:
“Shelah”
10-07 19:17
Rush:
Director Hsamilton MacFadden as director Val Martino.
10-07 19:17
Rush:
Shot at Kailua Beach.
Note the locals watching the filming!
10-07 19:18
Rush:
A late WELCOME to you, Paul!
10-07 19:18
Matt:
Hello Paul!
10-07 19:19
Rush:
“I’m COM-ming….”
Like the fad car horn sound of the era.
10-07 19:19
Rush:
Note how it got darker.
They drove past the Lani Kai monument that is still there today.
10-07 19:20
Mike in DC:
rapid marriage proposal…
10-07 19:20
Rush:
Hollywood style!
Shat at the Rayal Hawaiian Hotel.
(Royal)
10-07 19:21
Mike in DC:
Call for Mr. Tarneverro. Long distance from Maine…
10-07 19:21
Rush:
10-07 19:21
Tarnevarra in Maine:
call for philip morris…..i am here boy!
10-07 19:21
Rush:
Kashimo!
10-07 19:21
Louise:
Go away!
Lifter of Veils!
10-07 19:21
Rush:
10-07 19:23
Rush:
The mailbox behind Chan is there today.
10-07 19:24
Tarnevarra in Maine:
Putting on my turban now
10-07 19:24
Paul Minturn:
hi gang
10-07 19:25
Rush:
We see how Tarneverry receives his “pshchic” messages!
(Tarneverro)
Hello….PAUL!
10-07 19:25
Mike in DC:
Hey Paul
10-07 19:25
Godwinshelley:
Hi Paul – you in AZ?
10-07 19:25
Rush:
WELCOME!!!
10-07 19:25
Matt:
Howdy Paul!
10-07 19:25
Mike in DC:
It’s quite dashing, Mr. T
10-07 19:25
Rush:
This “crystal” ball is actually a globe filled with water.
10-07 19:25
Louise:
Look into my eyes. Deeper, deeper…
10-07 19:26
Mike in DC:
The ascending bubble troubles me
10-07 19:26
Rush:
We can see the little bubbles coating the inside of the sphere.
If we watch closely, at one point, we see one float upwards!
10-07 19:27
Louise:
He’s so mean
10-07 19:27
Mike in DC:
the original lava lamp!
10-07 19:27
Rush:
10-07 19:27
Matt:
He’s gooooooooood!
10-07 19:27
Tarnevarra in Maine:
I will not charge for this reading
10-07 19:27
Rush:
10-07 19:29
Mike in DC:
Free psychic readings. Use coupon code: CONFESS
10-07 19:29
Rush:
10-07 19:29
Matt:
Groupon
10-07 19:30
Tarnevarra in Maine:
I offer senior citizens discounts
10-07 19:30
Rush:
AH!
In that case…
10-07 19:30
Mike in DC:
You’ll do great business in Florida, T.
10-07 19:31
Rush:
Well…we have “Dracula”…and now….
10-07 19:31
Tarnevarra in Maine:
yes i arrive in a cloud there on wednesdy
10-07 19:31
Matt:
Via Milton?
10-07 19:31
Tarnevarra in Maine:
Milton airlines
10-07 19:32
Rush:
The fountain we see is not there today.
10-07 19:32
Louise:
Small badge
10-07 19:33
Rush:
Kashimo!
10-07 19:35
Rush:
The blond lady plays the wife of the “gangster” in “Charlie Chan carries on”
There is a “cut” in the upcoming scene.
10-07 19:35
tenman:
Oh, dear!
10-07 19:35
Rush:
I read the script in Los Angeles when I was ther in August, and no dialog is missing.
10-07 19:36
Mike in DC:
just a little visually jarring
10-07 19:36
Matt:
10-07 19:36
Godwinshelley:
It only looks like dialog is missing because of the jump cut
10-07 19:38
Matt:
Love when Charlie drives, lol
10-07 19:38
Louise:
Pumpkin?
10-07 19:38
Mike in DC:
outstanding Chan line
10-07 19:39
Godwinshelley:
does seem like an unusual vegetable for Hawaii
But very seasonal for our viewing this month
10-07 19:39
Rush:
TYSM…Matt…for the above can…
Yes, GS about the cut.
10-07 19:40
Rush:
Great shot here.
10-07 19:40
Louise:
scary lighting
10-07 19:41
Rush:
Lighting!
Yes!
Blackout!
10-07 19:42
Matt:
CC NOT happy
10-07 19:42
Rush:
Not at all!
10-07 19:42
Mike in DC:
One of his most angry moments
10-07 19:42
Rush:
True!
10-07 19:42
Matt:
Yes Mike
10-07 19:43
tenman:
That’s Dwight Frye!
10-07 19:43
Rush:
Yes!
10-07 19:43
Godwinshelley:
Renfield
10-07 19:43
tenman:
Thought I recognized his voice earlier
10-07 19:43
Rush:
He and Lugosi had recently completed another film together!
10-07 19:43
Louise:
Renfield indeed!
10-07 19:44
Godwinshelley:
Is Kashimo this stupid in the books?
10-07 19:44
Tarnevarra in Maine:
Kasimo destroying the room
10-07 19:44
Mike in DC:
Just give him a few flies and he’s pretty easy to get along with
10-07 19:44
Rush:
Pretty much, GS.
10-07 19:44
Godwinshelley:
Who wants flies when you can have RATS – lots of RATS
10-07 19:45
Rush:
More a “pedt” than “stupid.”
10-07 19:45
tenman:
Flies? Not when I can have nice juicy SPIDERS!
10-07 19:45
Rush:
(PEST
10-07 19:45
Godwinshelley:
Bela Lugosi is the star of the month for TCM –
10-07 19:45
Rush:
But, he did come through here!
10-07 19:45
Louise:
Oh her voice!
10-07 19:45
Rush:
Yes, louise!
10-07 19:46
Godwinshelley:
Did she do the Betty Boop voice
10-07 19:46
Rush:
Gracie Allen-like!
10-07 19:46
tenman:
wife = lie detector!
10-07 19:46
Rush:
YES!
10-07 19:47
Rush:
Again…CC is not happy.
10-07 19:48
Tarnevarra in Maine:
the dim sum is spoiled !
10-07 19:49
Godwinshelley:
Well we know where Lugosi’s Dracula suit went
10-07 19:49
Rush:
10-07 19:49
Tarnevarra in Maine:
I was singing in Les Mis and just finished my song
10-07 19:50
Rush:
AGAIN:
10-07 19:51
Rush:
In this film, we see Warner Oland’s second picture as Charlie Chan. By the time we see him in “Charlie Chan in London,” we see how he evolved the character to the point we all “know” him.
10-07 19:52
Louise:
The name might be…idiot!
The Pennsylvania Academy of Arts just closed.
10-07 19:52
Rush:
Murray Kinnell as “Smith”
He was in several chan movies.
10-07 19:52
Tarnevarra in Maine:
I am admiring my genuine Smith on my wall now
10-07 19:53
Rush:
10-07 19:53
Mike in DC:
Many Chan “regulars” in this film.
10-07 19:53
Rush:
Yes.
10-07 19:54
Mike in DC:
Hopefully you have it insured, Mr. T. Those paintings are worth quite a bit these days….
10-07 19:55
Tarnevarra in Maine:
yes after the school closing, even more costly!
10-07 19:55
Rush:
Again, tonight we are celebrating the birthday of Warner Oland.
10-07 19:56
Matt:
10-07 19:57
Rush:
born Johan Verner Ölund on October 3, 1879 in the rural village of Bjurholm, Sweden
10-07 19:57
Rush:
Their first spat…
10-07 19:58
Mike in DC:
awwwww
10-07 19:58
Rush:
Good advice….
10-07 19:59
Rush:
Rita Rozelle: Luana
10-07 19:59
Mike in DC:
Say, Mr. T. That Smith of yours. It doesn’t happen to have a bullet hole in it, does it?
10-07 20:00
Louise:
$500? How much today?
10-07 20:00
Rush:
He would probably blow the hunderd.
Beach set.
10-07 20:01
Rush:
The family at breakfast!
10-07 20:01
Tarnevarra in Maine:
there appears to be some blood stains on the frame, may need to dna test
10-07 20:01
Rush:
Fun scene!
10-07 20:01
Mike in DC:
first Chan mealtime recorded on film
10-07 20:01
Rush:
Number One daughter we see here was Lee’s girlfriend in “Shanghai.”
10-07 20:01
Tarnevarra in Maine:
where’s tommy and jimmy!
10-07 20:02
Mike in DC:
Hm. Didn’t know that was legal in Hawaii, Rush. 
10-07 20:02
Rush:
10-07 20:03
Louise:
He really insults Kashimo
10-07 20:03
Rush:
Tarneverro, theey were there…only looking different!
10-07 20:03
Tarnevarra in Maine:
Kasimo still writing parking tickets
10-07 20:08
Godwinshelley:
very progressive public library – before it became a state?
10-07 20:10
Rush:
Yes.
It was the Territory of Hawaii then.
10-07 20:11
Rush:
Watch the crowd run in on cue!
Then the kid in white photobombs the scene.
10-07 20:11
Mike in DC:
the little boy is a hoot
10-07 20:13
Godwinshelley:
The flagship Hawaiian state library was built in 1911 funded by Carnegie in the historic downtown Honolulu
10-07 20:13
Rush:
TYSM, GS.
10-07 20:14
Rush:
“Charlie Chan in Rio” “borrows” a lot fro this film!
10-07 20:14
Tarnevarra in Maine:
sng pago pago now please
10-07 20:14
Rush:
Yes!
10-07 20:14
Godwinshelley:
pundi pundi
10-07 20:15
Tarnevarra in Maine:
you say pundi, i say pango….lets call the whole thing off
10-07 20:15
Louise:
He’s gone?
10-07 20:15
Rush:
Yes.
10-07 20:15
Matt:
10-07 20:15
Rush:
TYSM…Matt…
10-07 20:16
Rush:
Same office seen in “CC Carries ON”
10-07 20:18
Tarnevarra in Maine:
the old pin in the shoe trick
10-07 20:21
Rush:
Yes.
Next week….
10-07 20:22
Rush:
TWO of the “New Adventures of Charlie Chan”
10-07 20:23
Mike in DC:
Arthur?
10-07 20:23
Rush:
Arthur Mayo.
10-07 20:23
Tarnevarra in Maine:
can someone please hold the mayo?
10-07 20:23
Rush:
Denny’;s brother.
10-07 20:23
Godwinshelley:
new ones? next week
10-07 20:23
Mike in DC:
Art Mayo
10-07 20:25
Rush:
CLUE!
“Save for next case.”
10-07 20:25
tenman:
Appropriate ending music…
10-07 20:25
Rush:
THE END
10-07 20:25
Matt:
<yee-haw>
10-07 20:25
Rush:
A great one, yes?
10-07 20:25
Godwinshelley:
So would Kashimo be a good “Fool” card in the Chan Tarot?
10-07 20:25
Rush:
Thank you ALL!
See you next week!
10-07 20:26
Louise:
Yes, GS, good point
10-07 20:26
Tarnevarra in Maine:
aloha all ! Ternevarro leaves in a puff of smoke
10-07 20:26
Mike in DC:
One of my favorites!
10-07 20:26
Rush:
Have a great week….
I need to say good night….
10-07 20:26
tenman:
No, I think Tommy would be the best fool. I would say BB but I don’t care for him
10-07 20:26
Rush:
Take care everyone….
10-07 20:26
Matt:
Good night folks and have a great week
10-07 20:26
Mike in DC:
See you next week!
10-07 20:26
Rush:
Good night….
10-07 20:26
tenman:
Nytol! back to bed for me!
10-07 20:26
Mike in DC:
Matt: Stay safe and dry!
10-07 20:26
Louise:
Stay safe, Matt
10-07 20:26
Matt:
Thnx!
10-07 20:27
Mike in DC:
As always, a pleasure. See y’all next week..
10-07 20:27
Godwinshelley:
Thanks everyone – stay safe
Night
10-07 20:27
Louise:
GS: did you get the package I sent?
Ah, too late
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