The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for April 20, 2026
Feature: Mr. Moto’s Gamble
Chat Number: 1,357
Extra:
Mr. Moto’s Gamble Trailer
Note:
“TYSM” count: We took a break this week with the viewing of a non-Charlie Chan film series picture. (Total from all series films thus far: 144)
Participants:
Austinchanfan
Charlie’s ANGEL
Dona
Godwinshelley
Matt
Mike in DC
Nothere
Rush
tenman
04-20 18:41
Rush:
04-20 18:45
Rush:
Hello, Matt!
04-20 18:45
Matt:
Hello Rush!
04-20 18:45
Rush:
Good evening to you!
How are you tonight?
04-20 18:46
Matt:
TY…..and to you too!
04-20 18:46
Rush:
04-20 18:46
Matt:
Pretty good, thnx. Busy week traveling last week, so happy to be home!
04-20 18:47
Rush:
Happy that you are home, and safely!
04-20 18:47
Matt:
Yes!
04-20 18:48
Rush:
You have put on a lot of miles in recent times!
04-20 18:48
Matt:
Yes, sadly family health issues this year.
04-20 18:49
Rush:
Yes. That is tough.
04-20 18:49
Matt:
I “think” we’re home for a month now 
04-20 18:49
Rush:
Hopefully.
On two accounts.
04-20 18:50
Rush:
It is interesting to see how well your TB Rays are doing so far this season!
04-20 18:51
Matt:
And how BAD my Phillies are this season, lol
But yes
04-20 18:51
Rush:
Oh, yes!
04-20 18:52
Rush:
It is still way early.
Cubs won their fifth in a row last night.
04-20 18:52
Matt:
Yes…..Met’s are 0-12 I think……Crazy start for these teams
04-20 18:53
Rush:
True!
04-20 18:53
Matt:
Phillies/Cubs this week!
04-20 18:53
Rush:
Yes.
04-20 18:53
Matt:
Cubs could sweep, lol
04-20 18:54
Rush:
0-0 bottom 2nd…
04-20 18:54
Matt:
Watching Flyers/Penguins Game 2
04-20 18:54
Rush:
Lots going on.
04-20 18:55
Matt:
Best thing to happen to the Phillies so far are the Flyers & Sixers in the plaoffs
04-20 18:56
Rush:
AH!
Well…they are threatening in the 2nd…
04-20 18:57
Rush:
first and third…two down
I am following on my MLB ap.
04-20 18:57
Matt:
Pulling it up now
04-20 18:58
Rush:
2nd and 3rd now…
Loaded.
04-20 18:58
Rush:
The extra is really short, so we can wait on it…
04-20 18:58
Matt:
Sounds good
04-20 18:59
Rush:
Get a few more here first…
04-20 19:00
Rush:
3 and 2…
04-20 19:00
Rush:
K!
04-20 19:00
Matt:
Ugh
04-20 19:00
Rush:
Survived….
04-20 19:01
Rush:
Hello….DONA!
WELCOME!
04-20 19:01
Dona:
Hello Rush and Matt
04-20 19:01
Rush:
How are things in SoCal this evening?
04-20 19:01
Matt:
The Phillies back up catcher there is only hitting .037
Hello Dona!
04-20 19:01
Rush:
Ouch, Matt!
04-20 19:02
Matt:
lol
04-20 19:02
Dona:
Pretty quiet right now. We are still having nice weather.
04-20 19:02
Rush:
I am imaginining it, Dona….
I know you are out to the east a bit…
04-20 19:03
Rush:
We will be sharing the extra pretty soon. it is really short, so we can wait a little…
04-20 19:04
Dona:
I have family all over the place. Last year I was in Minnesota for a week. The only place Ive been this year is Arizona.
04-20 19:04
Rush:
You are home now?
04-20 19:04
Dona:
Yes.
04-20 19:05
Rush:
We will be coming out to CA for a wedding in June…
04-20 19:05
Dona:
Where will you be going? San Diego area?
04-20 19:06
Rush:
First to Sacramento to visit our older daughter, then down to San Diego for the wedding and family visit there, yes.
04-20 19:06
Matt:
Hello Mike!
04-20 19:07
Dona:
Hi Mike
04-20 19:07
Rush:
Good evening, Mike!
04-20 19:07
Mike in DC:
Good evening all!
Mr. Moto tonight?
04-20 19:07
Rush:
Just one Doc tonight!
Yes.
“Mr. Moto’s Gamble”
04-20 19:07
Mike in DC:
Other doc is in a board meeting…
04-20 19:07
Rush:
How about we watch our short extra?
04-20 19:08
Mike in DC:
or “bored” meeting
04-20 19:08
Rush:
It is the trailer for tonight’s film…
04-20 19:08
Matt:
Ready here
04-20 19:08
Rush:
04-20 19:08
Mike in DC:
cool!
04-20 19:08
Dona:
Yes Mike all the board meetings I have attended were board
04-20 19:08
Mike in DC:
ok…got it
04-20 19:09
Rush:
A short countdown….
20 seconds….
15…
10….
5….
GO!!!
04-20 19:09
Matt:
HH!
04-20 19:10
Rush:
04-20 19:10
Rush:
There we have it!
04-20 19:10
Mike in DC:
04-20 19:10
Rush:
When previews were previews!
04-20 19:11
Mike in DC:
Just need some popcorn and a cartoon
04-20 19:11
Dona:
Nice Rush
04-20 19:11
Mike in DC:
great mood setter
04-20 19:11
Dona:
Agreed Mike
04-20 19:11
Rush:
GH!
WELCOME!
04-20 19:11
Matt:
Hello GS!
04-20 19:11
Dona:
Hi GS
04-20 19:11
Mike in DC:
Hey GS!
04-20 19:11
Matt:
Hello Tenman!
04-20 19:11
tenman:
Hola todos!
04-20 19:11
Dona:
Hi Tenman
04-20 19:12
Rush:
THREE MINUTES…
04-20 19:12
Dona:
Ready here Rush!
04-20 19:12
Rush:
Please ready your movies…
04-20 19:12
Mike in DC:
cued in DC
04-20 19:12
Matt:
Cued here!
04-20 19:12
Rush:
OOPS!
Wrong one….
04-20 19:13
Godwinshelley:
I have Moto’s Gamble cued here
04-20 19:13
Rush:
04-20 19:14
Rush:
6o seconds….
04-20 19:14
Mike in DC:
We seem to have entered a time warp
04-20 19:14
Rush:
50 seconds….
40 seconds…
04-20 19:15
Rush:
30 seconds…
25…
20…
15….
10…
5….
GO!!!
04-20 19:15
Nothere:
And just at the wire.
04-20 19:15
Matt:
04-20 19:15
Rush:
Title….
Music….
Credits….
Nice bell….!
04-20 19:15
Dona:
Hi NT
04-20 19:15
Rush:
Perfect!
04-20 19:15
Nothere:
Well not the scheduled 3 minutes before but as tradition dictates. GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES
Hey Donna
04-20 19:16
Matt:
Hello Nothere!
04-20 19:16
Nothere:
It was the dog. The dog places the gun. Hi Matt
04-20 19:16
Rush:
Sorry, NT! I accidently posted the wrong link above and had to scramble to find the right one!
04-20 19:17
Rush:
A late welcome to NT and Tenman!
04-20 19:17
Nothere:
Oh please Rush. I must apologize. I was almost tardy.
04-20 19:17
Rush:
04-20 19:18
Rush:
The perfect student in a criminology class!
04-20 19:19
Nothere:
And of course all this set up will have no payoff for the film end.
04-20 19:19
Rush:
We just head a Chanism from Mr. Moto.
04-20 19:19
Rush:
When Moto is speaking, we can often imagine the words coming from Charlie Chan!
04-20 19:19
Nothere:
Good luck with the TYSM counter Rush. Lee is actually at school. Is it a blue moon?
04-20 19:20
Matt:
“Biff”
04-20 19:20
Nothere:
Bop
Boop
04-20 19:21
Rush:
04-20 19:21
Rush:
“A salt and battery….”
04-20 19:21
Mike in DC:
was that lon cheney?
04-20 19:23
Nothere:
Sadly a question I can’t answer Mike
04-20 19:23
Rush:
Missd the scene as I was typing.
However, he has a lot more screen time than usual in this one!
04-20 19:23
Mike in DC:
thought he walked by right after the crooks
04-20 19:24
Nothere:
<punch one>
04-20 19:24
Matt:
04-20 19:24
Nothere:
<punch threee>
04-20 19:24
Rush:
You are probably right, Mike.
04-20 19:24
Nothere:
<punch two>
<punch one>
04-20 19:25
Rush:
Matt:
That would be equal to about $200 today.
04-20 19:26
Nothere:
No one tell Charlie. Hed collapse after a 50 cent bet.
04-20 19:26
Rush:
04-20 19:26
Matt:
Biffffffffffffff
04-20 19:26
Rush:
Moran!
04-20 19:27
Nothere:
He can’t be world champ. He hasn’t beat Rush yet.
04-20 19:27
Rush:
There’s Chaney!
In the crowd.
04-20 19:27
Nothere:
And Perry White
04-20 19:27
Mike in DC:
yep…i think that WAS him earlier too
04-20 19:28
Rush:
NT…I would have to substitute the A for a U in that one..!
Note the cigar ashes!
LONG!
04-20 19:28
Nothere:
But what if the dive was a half ganier?
04-20 19:29
Rush:
Or…a belly flop….
04-20 19:30
Nothere:
<punch two punch two>
04-20 19:30
Rush:
Got away with it…
Did I see Clark Kent on the crowd…?
04-20 19:30
Nothere:
Settle down Motto. Can’t take that wild man anywhere/
04-20 19:31
Matt:
Watch the hat, Lee!
04-20 19:31
Rush:
Angel! WELCOME!
04-20 19:31
Mike in DC:
Early ancestor of the rope-a-dope?
04-20 19:31
Matt:
Hello Angel!
04-20 19:31
Nothere:
Hat? I’m too far ahead I;’ll bet. Time check?
04-20 19:32
Matt:
17:08
17:20
04-20 19:32
Nothere:
TYEM
I was at 1745. Wanna know who wins
04-20 19:32
Rush:
The championship fight was announced as being in EIGHT WEEKS. This would have been perhaps the LONGEST case in Chan’s career.
04-20 19:33
Charlie’s ANGEL:
04-20 19:33
Nothere:
Hiding in disguise under an assumed name. But I’m not leaving town.
04-20 19:34
Rush:
Yes, Angel….?
04-20 19:34
Nothere:
So other than the house is blue what am I looking for?
04-20 19:35
Matt:
04-20 19:35
Rush:
TYSM….Matt….
04-20 19:35
Charlie’s ANGEL:
Whilst painting & construction (photo) progress, a power outage has blocked me from Mr.Moto. Humble apologies to fellow detectives, hope to rejoin at next entertaining crime!!
04-20 19:35
Nothere:
Have you considered voodoo? No laws against zombiers fighting.
04-20 19:35
Rush:
Your home, Angel?
04-20 19:36
Nothere:
Most unfortunate Angel, but the painting seems to have gone well at least.
04-20 19:37
Nothere:
Everybosdy keepo an eye on the light switch.
04-20 19:37
Rush:
Yes.
ACF!
04-20 19:37
Austinchanfan:
hi all
04-20 19:37
Rush:
Good evening!!!
04-20 19:38
Mike in DC:
Hi ACF!
04-20 19:38
Austinchanfan:
good evening all
04-20 19:38
Matt:
Hello Austin!
04-20 19:38
Austinchanfan:
time check’
04-20 19:38
Nothere:
2330
04-20 19:38
Rush:
23:40…
04-20 19:38
Austinchanfan:
hi matt mike rush everyione
04-20 19:38
Rush:
23:50…
04-20 19:38
Godwinshelley:
yea Chaney
04-20 19:39
Rush:
Chaney has a speaking role in this one….
24:10…
04-20 19:39
Nothere:
Lon Chaney will tell ya.
04-20 19:39
Rush:
This gentleman is in “Wax Museum”
04-20 19:40
Nothere:
So 7 betters. But 8 Chan viewers. O.k. who forgot to place their bet. Angel?
04-20 19:40
Dona:
Hi Austinchanfan.
04-20 19:41
Rush:
Nice newspaper transitions.
04-20 19:41
Nothere:
Test of blood in divorce. That must be one conrtentious divorce.
04-20 19:41
Rush:
Matt…Cubs 5….Phillies 0….
04-20 19:42
Austinchanfan:
cubs whipped my Mets this weekend
04-20 19:42
Rush:
Indeed.
04-20 19:43
Austinchanfan:
hi dona
forgot keye Luke was in this film
04-20 19:43
Nothere:
Bill Steele. Well if this boxing thing dosen’t work out he can be an action star.
04-20 19:43
Rush:
Lee will be working with Mr. Moto for 8 weeks in this one, according to the length of time until that championship fight at the end.
04-20 19:44
Rush:
Six weeks have evidently passed!
04-20 19:44
Nothere:
Being in his college course it better me more than 8, but this is Lee he sneaks out of class every other week.
04-20 19:45
Rush:
Yes, NT!
Lee’s work is “extra credit”!
04-20 19:45
Rush:
This is like the ink blot demonstration.
04-20 19:45
Mike in DC:
Chan technology here
04-20 19:46
Rush:
Yes!
04-20 19:47
Austinchanfan:
so many familiar faces in this film’
04-20 19:47
Rush:
Yes, ACF!
A veritable stable of Fox actors!
04-20 19:48
Nothere:
No explosion. Just a cloud of poision gas.
04-20 19:49
Rush:
Tonight I am not focusing on TYSMs!
That resumes next week!
04-20 19:49
Nothere:
Oh so hyour ignoreing me? TYSM
04-20 19:49
Rush:
AH! I guess we could count the “OH, so”s!
04-20 19:49
Mike in DC:
idiot sheriff
04-20 19:50
Rush:
RIGHT!
04-20 19:50
Nothere:
If its going 75 for a 1940s car I’d say it dosen’t need fixing.
04-20 19:50
Rush:
Could’ve caused a fatal accident.
04-20 19:50
Nothere:
So Sorry 1930s car
04-20 19:51
Mike in DC:
pre-Miranda….
04-20 19:51
Rush:
Left the rest of the nails on the road!
04-20 19:52
Rush:
The local garage will have some customers!
Yes, Mike!
04-20 19:52
Rush:
Chaney in the bleachers…
04-20 19:52
Nothere:
THe sherriff isd not on the take. Totally hosest and not taking payoffs from the garage. Oh and sherriff heres your manilla envelope.
04-20 19:52
Rush:
Yes, NT!
04-20 19:53
Rush:
Chaney as Joey.
04-20 19:53
Mike in DC:
the THICK envelope, NT
04-20 19:53
Rush:
Looked like BB at that other car.
04-20 19:54
Mike in DC:
oooh. a Packard
04-20 19:54
Rush:
04-20 19:54
Nothere:
Well he is a black chauffer.
04-20 19:54
Rush:
Wearing the same chauffeur outfit…
04-20 19:55
Mike in DC:
oh God. that outfit.
04-20 19:55
Rush:
And “Oh, so” there….
04-20 19:55
Rush:
Mike:
Speed boat.
04-20 19:55
Mike in DC:
need a colorized version of this film just for that get-up
04-20 19:55
Dona:
lol
04-20 19:56
Nothere:
<RATATATAT>
04-20 19:56
Rush:
Mr. Moto! You should know better!
No chocolate for dogs!
04-20 19:57
Mike in DC:
04-20 19:58
Nothere:
O.k. That makes me quote a different movie.
04-20 19:58
Rush:
‘Imagine Lee’s Pop seeing him arrive….
04-20 19:58
tenman:
LEE JUST CAN’T CATCH A BREAK
04-20 19:58
Nothere:
I know theres no such a person as Dracula and you know there is no such a person as Dracula. But does Dracula know it?
04-20 19:59
Rush:
Again..we can picture Oland saying Moto’s lines there…
NT:
04-20 19:59
Matt:
lol, yes!
04-20 19:59
Nothere:
WEll if he’d stop stealing stuff and breaking into places Lee might stay out of jail Ten.
04-20 19:59
tenman:
lol
04-20 20:00
Rush:
Yes, NT!
Recognize that man on the phone?
04-20 20:00
Matt:
Yes, the voice
04-20 20:00
Rush:
We will see him in a later Chan movie.
04-20 20:00
Nothere:
Sorry Rush missed him
04-20 20:00
Matt:
Coroner?
04-20 20:01
Rush:
He plays the crooked cotton salesman in “Dangerous Money”.
The blackmailer.
04-20 20:01
Matt:
Ah
04-20 20:02
Nothere:
Amerone. When you can’t afford Tetragene.
04-20 20:02
Rush:
AH!
04-20 20:02
tenman:
04-20 20:03
Rush:
A Chanism then.
Biff Moran.
04-20 20:03
Rush:
‘Some people save strings…I pull them.”
04-20 20:05
Rush:
Saved by a cat!
04-20 20:05
Matt:
Can’t see Charlie doing that
04-20 20:05
Rush:
No.
Good point.
04-20 20:06
Nothere:
Lina is getting tuna tonight.
04-20 20:06
Rush:
Something else would have happened!
04-20 20:06
Mike in DC:
sushi-grade, NT
04-20 20:07
Rush:
Maybe the police would have arrived and the assailant would have hurried out.
Acid!
04-20 20:08
Rush:
Yow!
04-20 20:08
Nothere:
Sure just leave the prisoner with a gun. THe garage dosen’t have to pay the sherriff off with skills like that.
04-20 20:08
Rush:
THAT should work!
Yes, NT!
04-20 20:10
tenman:
Alright that was a slick move!
04-20 20:10
Rush:
And HE will be going out to seek a new job!
04-20 20:11
Nothere:
He’ll be fine as long as only Bert knows. If Ernie finds out…
04-20 20:11
Rush:
04-20 20:13
Nothere:
Never underestimate Rushs talent.
04-20 20:13
Dona:
He looks old for a fighter to me
04-20 20:14
Rush:
Google….TYSM….
04-20 20:14
Nothere:
George Forman could take him.
04-20 20:15
Rush:
No doubt!
Before they used microphones, it seems!
04-20 20:15
Dona:
20lbs more
I don’t understand boxing
04-20 20:16
Rush:
Another “friend” of ours in the crowd just then!
04-20 20:16
Nothere:
<Punch three punch two punch three punch one>
04-20 20:17
Mike in DC:
not going well for bill..
zzz
04-20 20:17
Nothere:
So whos happy I remembered the punching sound effects:)
04-20 20:17
Matt:
The jockey in Race Track
04-20 20:18
Rush:
04-20 20:18
Mike in DC:
Rocky theme music begins
04-20 20:19
Nothere:
The honest or crooked one Matt?
DUN Dun dunna dun dun dun
04-20 20:19
Matt:
Honest
04-20 20:20
Nothere:
You must be a record cause were going a round again. I’ll show myself out.
04-20 20:20
Rush:
“The WINNAH!”
04-20 20:21
Nothere:
THe winner and the killer
04-20 20:21
Rush:
Yes.
04-20 20:22
Rush:
The Payoff….
04-20 20:23
Matt:
04-20 20:23
Rush:
TYSM….Matt….
04-20 20:23
Nothere:
But if you can shoot yourself in the back without a gun I can get you a tv deal.
04-20 20:24
Rush:
04-20 20:25
tenman:
A little credit for Lee for a change!
04-20 20:25
Rush:
Next week….”Charlie Chan in Honolulu”…as we begin the Toler phase of the Charlie Chan series…
04-20 20:26
Rush:
“Class dismissed….”
04-20 20:26
tenman:
A bit of humor at the end; I like it!
04-20 20:26
Mike in DC:
<kids-yeah>
04-20 20:26
Matt:
<yee-haw>
04-20 20:26
Nothere:
<YEAH>
04-20 20:26
Mike in DC:
very nice film
04-20 20:26
tenman:
Nytol!
04-20 20:26
Rush:
OH, how great it would have been to see Warner Oland in this one….Oh, well….
04-20 20:26
Mike in DC:
different feel with Moto vs Chan, but still a good one
04-20 20:26
Dona:
WAHOOOOO!!!!
04-20 20:26
Godwinshelley:
So would Charlie have been teaching the class – as Moto does here?
04-20 20:26
Rush:
THE END
(Applause..)
Yes, I am certain, GS…
04-20 20:27
Matt:
Good night everyone and have a great week.
04-20 20:27
Rush:
Maybe someday I can take a look at the proposed script for :Charlie Chan at the Ringside.”
Well!
04-20 20:28
Matt:
That would be neat Rush
04-20 20:28
Nothere:
I’d say no. Chan though they seldom remember it is a cop. Moto’s job seems to change ever film. Teacher insurance investigator whatever.
04-20 20:28
Rush:
I “TYSM”, everyone!
04-20 20:28
Dona:
What is next week Rush?
04-20 20:28
Mike in DC:
Always a pleasure! have a wonderful week everyone, and see y’all in Honolulu!
04-20 20:28
Rush:
Perhaps, NT.
Have a GREAT week!
Take care….
04-20 20:29
Rush:
Tank you again….
04-20 20:29
Godwinshelley:
Stay safe everyone
04-20 20:29
Dona:
Have a good week everyone.
04-20 20:29
Godwinshelley:
Night
04-20 20:29
Rush:
I mean….THANK
04-20 20:29
Dona:
Good night!
04-20 20:29
Rush:
Good night….
I hope that you enjoyed this one….
04-20 20:29
Nothere:
Ah so apparently I should bid you all a good night.
04-20 20:29
Rush:
That id “customary,” NT….:)
Good night, ACF and NT!
have a happy and safe week…
04-20 20:30
Rush:
Good night….
“Class dismissed…”
04-20 20:37
Austinchanfan:
nite Rush’
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