Charlie Chan Family Chat Archive for the year 2016
Welcome to our collected Chat Room text record from our Charlie Chan Family Monday Evening Chat and Film Viewing for the year 2016. Unfortunately, there is no chat text available for any of the Chats listed for this year, however, the title of the featured film for each date along with any other available information is presented is listed below:
1/4/2016: Behind That Curtain (“As is our custom, we kick-off our journey with the oldest surviving “Charlie Chan” film adventure, BEHIND THAT CURTAIN. This film, based on the Earl Derr Biggers novel from 1928, premiered on June 28, 1929 at San Francisco’s Fox Theater. Behind That Curtain is nominally – VERY nominally – a Charlie Chan movie, as E.L. Park, who portrays the detective, appears only at the picture’s climax.”)
1/11/2016: Eran Trece (There Were Thirteen) (“As we continue our CHARLIE CHAN FILM TOUR 2016, we will now share ERAN TRECE, the Spanish language version of CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON, which is now a ‘lost’ film, one of four such missing movies from the Fox Charlie Chan series. Eran Trece, which means ‘There Were Thirteen,’ starred Manuel Arbó as Charlie Chan, was produced by Fox Films after the completion of the original version starring Warner Oland. The original script was used and was followed quite closely with a small number of minor changes…”)
1/18/2016: The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (Your Money or Your Wife; Blind Man’s Bluff)
1/25/2016: The Black Camel (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Death of Landini)
2/1/2016: Charlie Chan in London (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, Charlie Chan Reports to the Commissioner)
2/8/2016: Charlie Chan in Paris (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Man Who Moved Mountains)
2/15/2016: Charlie Chan in Egypt (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, (The Case of the Romantic Engineer)
2/22/2016: The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (“Happy Birthday, JAMES HONG! Moving along on our CHARLIE CHAN FILM TOUR 2016, we will have reached a detour where we will be viewing two Charlie Chan cases that are not a part of the film series. This week we will be sharing The Great Salvos and The Counterfeiters, two episodes from the 1957 TV crime drama The New Adventures of Charlie Chan, starring J. Carrol Naish as Charlie Chan and James Hong, whose birthday we celebrate, as Number One Son, Barry!”) (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Escaped Musician)
2/29/2016: Charlie Chan in Shanghai (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Curious Ride of the Sea Witch)
3/7/2016: Charlie Chan’s Secret (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Murder of Deacon Jessop)
3/14/2016: Charlie Chan at the Circus (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Telltale Hands)
3/21/2016: Charlie Chan at the Race Track (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Frightened Sharaf)
3/28/2016: Charlie Chan at the Opera (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Landini Murder Case, Episode 31)
4/4/2016: Charlie Chan at the Olympics (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Landini Murder Case, Episode 32)
4/11/2016: Charlie Chan on Broadway (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Landini Murder Case, Episode 33)
4/18/2016: Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Landini Murder Case, Episode 34)
4/25/2016: Mr. Moto’s Gamble (“Following Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo, filming had begun on the next Chan picture, Charlie Chan at the Ringside. After about two weeks of shooting, Mr. Oland suffered a breakdown and left the set…
20th Century-Fox took what had been shot already of Charlie Chan at the Ringside, and re-tooled that film into a Mr. Moto adventure, starring Peter Lorre with Keye Luke remaining as Charlie Chan’s Number One Son, Lee, who is, in the new film, taking a criminology class from the Japanese sleuth!”) (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Landini Murder Case, Episode 35)
5/2/2016: Charlie Chan in Honolulu (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Landini Murder Case, Episode 36)
5/9/2016: Charlie Chan in Reno (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Landini Murder Case, Episode 37)
5/16/2016: Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Landini Murder Case, Episode 38)
5/23/2016: Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Landini Murder Case, Episode 39)
5/30/2016: Charlie Chan in Panama (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Case of the Talking Doll)
6/6/2016: Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus)
6/13/2016: Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise (Extra: Charlie Chan radio mystery, The Escaped Musician)
6/20/2016: Phantom of Chinatown (“We pause along the road of our CHARLIE CHAN FILM TOUR 2016 allowing us to celebrate the birthday of Number One Son, Keye Luke, as we view him in his only starring role of James T. Wong, detective, in Phantom of Chinatown.”) (Extras: Keye Luke’s first TV appearance [March 22, 1949]; Keye Luke [2013]).
6/27/2016: Murder Over New York (Extra: The Legacy of Charlie Chan [2006])
7/4/2016: Dead Men Tell (Extra: In Search of Charlie Chan [2006])
7/11/2016: Charlie Chan in Rio (Extra: Detective Story Hour Episode 92 – Charlie Chan [2007])
7/18/2016: Castle in the Desert (Extra: Detective Story Hour Episode 92 – Charlie Chan [2007])
7/25/2016: Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (Extra: The Real Charlie Chan [2006])
8/1/2016: The Chinese Cat (Extra: Charlie Chan at the Movies [2006])
8/8/2016: Black Magic (Meeting at Midnight) (Extra: Number One Son: The Life of Keye Luke [2006])
8/15/2016: The Jade Mask (Extra: Layne Tom, Jr.: The Adventures of Charlie Chan, Jr. [2006])
8/22/2016: The Scarlet Clue (Extra: Charlie Chan’s Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone [2006])
8/29/2016: The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (The Man with a Hundred Faces; The Sweater) (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Crown Jewel Caper)
9/5/2016: The Shanghai Cobra (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: To Catch a Pitcher)
9/12/2016: The Red Dragon (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: Will the Real Charlie Chan Please Stand Up)
9/19/2016: Dark Alibi (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Phantom Sea Thief)
9/26/2016: Shadows Over Chinatown (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Eye of the Idol)
10/3/2016: Charlie Chan in London (“…we will be viewing Charlie Chan in London, starring Warner Oland, as we celebrate the honorable Mr. Oland’s birthday!”) (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Fat Lady Caper)
10/10/2016: Dangerous Money (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: Captain Kidd’s Doubloons)
10/17/2016: The Trap (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Bronze Idol)
10/24/2016: The Chinese Ring (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: Double Trouble)
10/31/2016: Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (“It’s time once again for our annual Charlie Chan Family Virtual Halloween Party!)
11/7/2016: Charlie Chan at the Race Track (“…this week, we celebrate the annual running of the famous Melbourne Cup horse race, we continue along together on our CHARLIE CHAN FILM TOUR 2016…As we watch our film for this week, Charlie Chan at the Race Track,” we will be drawing at random the numbers of each of the 24 horses taking part in the actual race. Each person in attendance will receive at least one, probably two numbers. As the results of the race in Melbourne come in later, we will know who holds the “winning ticket.” The person holding the winning number will receive a commemorative 1936 U.S. silver half-dollar, honoring Charlie Chan’s 50-cent bet placed on Avalanche as seen in our movie!”) (Extras: The Mighty Conqueror; (Contemporary Phar Lap documentary); Phar Lap Wins the Agua Caliente Handicap (Later that evening: “The winner of OUR race was ALMANDIN…and the winning ticket belonged to Angel!”)
11/14/2016: Docks of New Orleans (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Great Illusion Caper)
11/21/2016: Mr. Wong, Detective (“Tonight we celebrate the birthday of Boris Karloff! Mr. Karloff appeared in a major role in a memorable Charlie Chan movie, Charlie Chan at the Opera, as well as in another, more obscure role in another ‘Charlie Chan’ film, Behind That Curtain. Tonight, we will see him in yet another picture with a Charlie Chan connection as we share Mr. Wong, Detective, a movie that provided the plot for last week’s Docks of New Orleans with Roland Winters.”) (Extra: Boris Karloff is honored on This Is Your Life)
11/28/2016: Shanghai Chest (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Mummy’s Tomb)
12/5/2016: The Golden Eye (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Mardi Gras Caper)
12/12/2016: The Feathered Serpent (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Gypsy Caper)
12/19/2016: The Sky Dragon (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: The Greek Caper)
12/26/2016: The Return of Charlie Chan (“…we reach the conclusion of our journey through the entire Charlie Chan film series for 2016. Our movie for tonight, The Return of Charlie Chan, stars Ross Martin (of Wild, Wild, West fame) as Charlie Chan…”) (Extra: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: White Elephant)
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