The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for September 16, 2019
Feature:
Shadows Over Chinatown
Extra:
Secret Agent X-1 (Chapter 9)
Participants:
Cdirus
Godwinshelley2
Louise
Matt1
Mike n Rachel in DC
Nothere
PaulM
Rush
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Matt1: Hello Rush!
Rush: Hi, Matt!
Matt1: Hope all is well
Rush: On the phone…sorry…
Matt1: Take your time
Rush: I’m back!
Rush: I had to change an appointment.
Rush: Got a call while I was typing to you!
Rush: How are you doing, tonight?
Rush: By the way…we are all fine at this end!
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Rush: Mike/Rachel!
Rush: Good evening!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Greetings gentlemen!
Matt1: Hello M & R!
Rush: How are you and Rachel tonight?
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hope you are both well. Rach had a “long day” at school today. 😉
Mike n Rachel in DC: Mike is good (easy day…)
Rush: Ah. One of those days?
Rush: Good for you….
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes. Parent/band booster issues, etc. Grrrrrr.
Rush: Hopefully Rachel can sit back, relax, and enjoy our movie tonight!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hopefully a little X9 and Chan will perk things up!
Rush: Yes!
Rush: Our online copy of “Shadows Over Cinatown,” unfortunately, is the “best” I could find…
Rush: In two parts…and dubbed in Italian.
Matt1: I have DVD
Rush: Yes!
Matt1: Yikes!
Rush: Those that need the online copy will at least be able to visually follow along!
Rush: I don’t know if there are inserted commercials.
Rush: Oh, well…
Mike n Rachel in DC: OK. Mike is back. Served some lasagna to Rach. 🙂
Rush: Nice!
Rush: ounds very good!
Matt1: Like Garfield
Rush: (sounds)
Rush: Garfield?
Matt1: Isn’t lasagna the comfort food for Garfield the cat?
Rush: I never knew that.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hm. It works for Rach. (Grandma’s recipe)
Rush: I figured that there was some connection!
Rush: 🙂
Mike n Rachel in DC: (Mike’s grandma)
Mike n Rachel in DC: There may also be a relaxing bath in order later this evening…teacher self-care.
Rush: That must be VERY good lasagna!
Rush: Yes, Mike!
Rush: Maybe even a bubble bath!
Rush: That used to relax me back as a kid.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes…she has nice-smelling things she puts in there.
Rush: Herbal additives?
Matt1: Bathsalts
Rush: AH!
Rush: That would work!
Rush: Nice!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes, Matt. There is a local company that comes up with fancy stuff.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ideal for female pampering.
Rush: Well…should we roll “X-9”?
Matt1: Ready here
Rush: Yes, mike…and deserved!
Rush: I am ready, too…
Mike n Rachel in DC: towels off
Mike n Rachel in DC: OK. Ready here!
Rush: Ready, Mike?
Rush: Very good…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yep.
Rush: Let’s say….
Rush: 15..
Rush: 10…
Rush: 5…
Rush: and…
Rush: GO!!!
Rush: Nice opening title…
Rush: I like that handing of the “universal” book over…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Let’s see if we’re back on Shadow Island
Matt1: Bro!
Rush: ONE holding THREE at gunpoint!
Mike n Rachel in DC: We need Pop to sort this out
Matt1: Agreed!
Rush: Yes!
Rush: An escape…?
Matt1: Phew!
Rush: WOW!
Rush: Close shave!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Quick work, Lee
Rush: “There’s one less man on Shadow Island.”
Rush: I think that our Lee just stated an aphorism there.
Rush: I am really having to “squint” my ears to hear this tonight!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Lee is ON it tonight!
Rush: Yes!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes…can’t hear much of the dialog, but the good guys are cleaning up so far.
Rush: That’s my take, too.
Mike n Rachel in DC: She looks demurely evil…
Rush: WOW! Good shot!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Quote of the evening: “Ricotta cheese is magical.”
Mike n Rachel in DC: Mission accomplished. 🙂
Matt1: Works wonders, Mike
Rush: Yes, Mike.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Might try it on my sore knee…
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Interesting sequence here.
Mike n Rachel in DC: I have flashbacks to “Chan in Berlin” when this captain shows up.
Rush: Yes, Mike!
Rush: “House of Shadows”
Rush: Cy Kendall…
Rush: From “The Chinese Cat.”
Rush: The subtitles feature works well, if you want to try it!
Rush: Just thought of it.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Aha!
Rush: Some funny traqnslations, though!
Rush: ‘Hakejima” came out as “hockey team”!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Pidgin English…
Rush: 🙂
Rush: I see our next cliffhanger aproaching…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hero…mine…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Japanese burial!
Rush: Next week: “Japanese Burial”
Rush: That stock landslide footage was impressive!
Mike n Rachel in DC: It would have been fun to watch them edit one of these movies
Rush: Well….
Rush: Agreed, Mike!
Rush: 14 minutes till showtime…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Also would have loved to see them do the music
Rush: Yes, Mike! I would guess you can see where it could have been improved at times!
Rush: Fun, action music!
Mike n Rachel in DC: No click-track…I think they must have done it on the fly. (Not easy!)
Rush: Ah.
Rush: These serials have some good qualities, in my opinion.
Rush: Dome well, actually!
Rush: (done)
Rush: I am getting my DVD ready…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Agreed, Rush.
Rush: 🙂
Mike n Rachel in DC: Got “Shadows” set here. BTW this is a pretty “Shadowy” evening between Shadow Island and our feature.
Rush: Yes!
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Matt1: Hello NT!
Rush: Shadows all around tonight!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hey NT!
Rush: Hello, NT!
Matt1:
Rush: WELCOME!
Nothere: Next time on serial network. They run out of milk.
Nothere: HEy all.
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Mike n Rachel in DC: Good to have you not here again. 🙂
Nothere: HEy God
Matt1: Hello GS2!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hi GS!
Rush: GS!
Godwinshelley2: Im back from Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia – passed out our Chan group cards
Rush: Good evening to you!
Godwinshelley2: I still need to cue up my dvd
Rush: NICE, GS!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Was it properly nostalgic?
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Godwinshelley2: Yes – had lunch with Lonnie Anderson – saw un-sold pilot of Nero Wolf with Kurt Kasner and William Shatner
Rush: 8 minutes to go…
Matt1: Hello Louise!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hi Louise!
Louise: Greeting Chan Clan!
Godwinshelley2: Nice time
Rush: Hello, Louise!
Godwinshelley2: Greetings L
Rush: Welcome!
Nothere: Hey Louuise
Louise: I have been scrambling to find a CD player tonight since I lent mine to a graduate student and then I realized I needed it for Chan night!
Rush: 7 minutes…
Matt1: Ready here!
Godwinshelley2: I should go cue up my DVD player – thanks for reminding me Louise
Rush: So, of course, you found it…
Rush: 6 minutes…
Louise: Well I found an old laptop that didn’t have a battery but it did have a CD player internally. I’ll never understand why they stopped putting the players into laptops.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Have DVDs ripped to computer. Fewer technical things to mess up on Chan nights!
Rush: Good question, Louise.
Louise: I thought I had all the Chans ripped but apparently I missed a few, like tonights!
Rush: Great idea, Mike!
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Matt1: I like my DVD on the big screen TV
Mike n Rachel in DC: Pro tip: Makes it much easier to “Chan in” when I’m on the road.
Rush: 4 minutes…
Matt1: Hello Paul!
Godwinshelley2: My DVD does not have a subtitle setting – but offers “English for Deaf and Hard of Hearing”. I picture watching the whole film with all the actors yelling.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hi Paul!
Rush: GS: 🙂
Rush: Greetings, Paul!
Rush: Good evening!
Nothere: Hey Paul
Godwinshelley2: Hello Paul
Rush: THREE minutes…
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Rush: CD!
Rush: Welcome and good evening!
Nothere: GENTELMEN START YOUR ENGINES!
Matt1: Hello CD!
Cdirus: Hi everyone!
Nothere: Hey Cd
PaulM: good evening. just setting stuff up
Rush: 2 1/2 minutes…
Cdirus: I’m ready!
Rush: TWO MINUTES…
Rush: 90 seconds…
Louise: CUED!
Rush: Very good!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Red!
Rush: 75 seconds…
Rush: 60 seconds…
Nothere: Show off.
Rush: 🙂
Mike n Rachel in DC: dons cape
Rush: 50 seconds…
Mike n Rachel in DC: (back to black)
Rush: 40 seconds…
Louise: Finishing the last of my ratatouille
Rush: 30 seconds…
Rush: 25…
Nothere: Oui Louise
Rush: 20…
Rush: 15…
Mike n Rachel in DC: lights fuse
Rush: 10…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yum, Louise
Rush: 5…
Rush: GO!!!
Matt1:
Rush: Title…
Rush: Credits…
Godwinshelley2: 1946
Rush: Yes.
Rush: 1946.
Godwinshelley2: Mary Gordon again
Rush: Mary Gordon.
Louise: I like to look at the first names in the cast list: so different from today’s
Rush: Can anyone recall an earlier Chan film she was in?
Mike n Rachel in DC: No Chan on this title sequence
Rush: San francisco…
Louise: anxious music
Rush: Hall of Justice
Godwinshelley2: Is that building gone now
Nothere: The sad thing is that statue needs to scratch but can’t reah it.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Newton Tharp, architect
Rush: GS, I think it is gone today.
Godwinshelley2: I went looking for the sign but never found it
Louise: the curtain of oblivion
Louise: an interesting intro
Godwinshelley2: Well this is a downer!!
Rush: Narration….
Mike n Rachel in DC: Untold horrors!
Cdirus: Greyhound!
Louise: Perry White!
Rush: Backfiring bus…
Godwinshelley2: Now if you have to take a bus, WHY bring along your chauffeur?
Mike n Rachel in DC: Perry White!
Rush: I think that, upon arrival in SF, we can see”Continental” on the side of the bus.
Rush: yes!
Rush: Mr. White.
Cdirus: Someone has to drive once they get to the city
Rush: US 40.
Rush: That is very accurate!
Mike n Rachel in DC: What assistance?
Rush: There really is an Emigrant Gap along highway 40.
Mike n Rachel in DC: So Charlie flies via transpacific clipper plane and takes…the bus?
Cdirus: At least he offered. No one offered to help the other ladies
Rush: SHOT!
Mike n Rachel in DC: True, CD.
Matt1: Pop!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Charlie!!!
Rush:
Rush: SAVED!
Matt1: Well “timed”, Rush!
Mike n Rachel in DC: whew
Rush: 🙂
Rush: “We SURE will!”
Mike n Rachel in DC: So soldiers can carry weapons when on leave?
Rush: THIS one can.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good thing he’s not in the tank corps.
Rush: YES!!!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Charlie is getting more lenient in his older years.
Rush: Note Mary Gordon at the back of the bus.
Rush: Recall which Chan film she was in before?
Louise: Well that was cheery, Charlie
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hm. Doesn’t look familiar…
Rush: Recall Mr. and Mrs. McMasters…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Tanneverro?
Rush: AH!
Rush: Yes.
Rush: “The Black Camel”
Mike n Rachel in DC: Nice to see some of the early actors making returns in the late films.
Rush: Yes.
Louise: Wow, sign language
Rush: Some actors were on the way up…some on the downward slope…
Louise: Who’s on first
Rush: 🙂
Rush: “Don’t call ne CHIEF!”
Rush: (me)
Rush: “New Orleans Trunk Murder”
Louise: This movies seems so diffrent from the other Chans
Mike n Rachel in DC: Mr. Pendleton again?
Rush: It does have a different “feel.”
Rush: The morgue.
Louise: Must be a dormitory…
Rush: 🙂
Rush: In a manner of speaking…yes.
Matt1: Tincans?
Rush: For thos LONG dormitions.
Rush: Maybe a dozen?
Louise: BB is such a good physical comedien
Rush: Must be pretty gruesome…
Rush: Yes, Louise!
Rush: I love him!
Rush: He is NEVER boring!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hey, Mr. Chan! Hey, Mr. Hay.
Rush: !!!
Rush: Expecting the worst.
Nothere: Liverwurt?
Louise: I like that Chan movies have people eating and drinking
Rush: GORDON, Mary (May 16, 1882; Glassgow, Scotland – August 23, 1963; Pasadena, California)
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ingrid Bergman from “Spellbound,”NT: “Liverwurst.”
Rush: Mary Gordon was alson in a very small role in “CC in London.”
Rush: Prison Matron.
Nothere: Ingri bergman quoted me? Ridiclulous. I was not there. 🙂
Rush: Chan is right to turn up his nose at that “American” dish, chop suey!
Rush: LOTS of extras in this film.
Mike n Rachel in DC: No chop sticks for Jimmy?
Rush: Strictly a spoon and fork guy..although he was adept in “Honolulu”!
Louise: Babe? That guy would get a smack.
Rush: Nice uniform.
Rush: Yes, Louise.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hey, buddy. Stop annoying the waitstaff.
Rush: Obviously he has little respect for her.
Rush: He’s holding something over her.
Nothere: But you should see how big a tipper he is.
Louise: He’s dropping a dime on her.
Rush: NT: 🙂
Rush: Yes!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Well, Louise, that’s a different story. 🙂
Mike n Rachel in DC: Awesome hood ornament
Rush: Mayfair Hotel
Rush: Yes, M/R!
Rush: I was wondering about that car’s make.
Rush: Chrysler?
Mike n Rachel in DC: Clearly a cop. They always call women, “babe.”
Nothere: THese Monograms have a lot more street action than the Universal ones.
Cdirus: those tow are really subtle
Mike n Rachel in DC: Practically invisible, CD
Nothere: BB mater of disguise.
Louise: great disguise!
Rush: Yes, to the above, NT.
Cdirus: Why was he carrying that in the first place?
Rush: This one feels like a higher, lower-budget film!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Grade B+
Rush: CD: BB is always prepared!
Rush: I would agree, Mike!
Rush: Funny bit here!
Cdirus:
Mike n Rachel in DC: And leave it to BB to pull this off so well
Rush: Yes.
Rush: “Hm…Sure is a FAST man…”
Rush: I REALLY enjoy the Monogram Chan films!
Rush: they have a certain “charm” about them, I feel!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Definitely a lighter touch Rush.
Mike n Rachel in DC: (but I miss the “science moments” in the earlier films)
Rush: And they really “ooze” the uniqueness of the ’40s
Rush: Yes, Mike.
Rush: That was a fun feature of those.
Rush: The latest technology demonstrated.
Rush: Jimmy looks a bit skeptical.
Matt1:
Rush: TYSM, Matt…
Rush: This is the longest wait, I think, for the first “official” victim.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Maybe a nice feature for the website, Rush. A “time to first victim” entry for each film?
Rush: CC’s wearing those stylish shoes he had on in “The Red Dragon.”
Rush: Mike…interesting thought…
Rush: I would also like to add BB’s words of wisdom someday!
Matt1: That would be good
Rush: Sheriff Mack!
Louise: Charlie is giving him the stinky eye
Rush: (Alan Bridge)
Rush: Indeed!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Bay City Escort Bureau…this always seems shady
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Rush: I must agree.
Mike n Rachel in DC: Clearly there were different social conventions in the 40s…
Rush: They have cheerful Muzak playing…
Rush: Yes, Mike.
Mike n Rachel in DC: I wonder what it cost to get an escort?
Rush: In 1946?
Godwinshelley2: Social Conventions as displayed on film
Rush: Maybe…$15.00!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes. I just googled “1940s escort bureau” and got “List of destroyer escorts of the US Navy.”
Rush: That makes sense, mike!
Rush: Poor BB…
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Mike n Rachel in DC: Welcome back, CD
Rush: WB, CD!
Rush: Matt?
Cdirus: Thanks. That was my fault. Clicked on another link and forgot I was stil on this window
Rush: Many of us have done that, CD!
Matt1: Sorry, stepped away….
Mike n Rachel in DC: Looks like it. He was pretty dead-looking
Rush: A funny interlude…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Another BB classic
Matt1: Original bobbleheads?
Louise: GONG!
Godwinshelley2: cheap looking gong
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yes.
Rush: LEONG, James B. (November 2, 1889; Shanghai, China – December 16, 1967; Los Angeles, California)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai: Shanghai Police Police Operator
Shadows Over Chinatown: Chinese Curio Shop Owner
Mike n Rachel in DC: YangPoo?
Nothere: Well folks this is where I leave you
Mike n Rachel in DC: OK, NT. have a great week
Rush: NT…Please have a wonderful evening…
Rush: take care…
Rush: See you next week!
Godwinshelley2: night
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Rush: Next week: “Dangerous Money”
Rush: “Murder for profit scheme.”
Rush: And…here she IS!
Rush: Ancient proverb say, “Never bait trap with wolf to catch wolf.”
Mike n Rachel in DC: Fail.
Rush: yes…try again…
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ohhhh. Science!
Godwinshelley2: Looking for Gravel – opera singer
Rush: “Start peeling!”
Mike n Rachel in DC: “Make like a banana.”
Rush: 🙂
Godwinshelley2: Easier to just kill the girl
Rush: Tricked!
Mike n Rachel in DC: “What are you doing in Mary’s clothes?”
Rush: She’s an accessory!
Mike n Rachel in DC: At least he wasn’t talking to Mr. Hay…
Rush: “Car 54…Where are you…?”
Mike n Rachel in DC: Moo
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Squeaky brakes!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Charlie = smart
Rush: BB has to get on that.
Rush: Yes, Mike!
Louise: too many cans
Rush: Hold that can, please…
Louise: fake detective
Rush: Yes.
Rush: All but one, unfortunately.
Mike n Rachel in DC: You might want to hurry on that doctor thing…just sayin’
Rush: A BB-ism for the books!
Rush: Yes, Mike!
Rush: While they talk…
Rush: (Dolphin)
Rush: THE END…
Matt1:
Mike n Rachel in DC:
Rush: (Applause!)
Rush: 🙂
Rush: Well!
Mike n Rachel in DC: Rachel is smiling at BB. Successful Chan!
Rush: Another GOOD one!
Rush: Next week…
Rush: “Dangerous Money”
Godwinshelley2: Have a good week everyone!
Rush: It seems like such a short time ago that we last shared that one!
Rush: TYSM, GS!
Matt1: Good night folks and hope you all have a great week.
Mike n Rachel in DC: You too GS!
Rush: You, too!
Rush: TY ALL SM!!!
Godwinshelley2: Night all
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good night all…have a great week and see y’all for Dangerous Money!
Rush: Take care…
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Rush: Have a happy week…
Cdirus: Thanks Rush! See everyone next week!
Rush: And a SAFE one!
Rush: Good night, CD!
Rush: Thank you!
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Rush: I hape that rachel is nicely relaxed now, Mike!
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Rush: Oh, well…
Louise: #1 son just called
Rush: Okay, Louise!
Rush: Tend to your sone, please!
Rush: See you next week!
Rush: Good night…and thank you!
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