October 2023 Calendar

Charlie Chan with Gravelle in Charlie Chan at the Opera.


1  Sunday

2  Monday

WEEKLY CHAT/FILM VIEWING: The Black Camel starring Warner Oland, as we celebrate his birthday.  Please join us as we discuss this film LIVE, watching it together via personal video…or online, if available!

Time: 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time.  First, we share arrivals and greetings along with open dialogue or a possible short “extra” presentation.  Then, following, we share our featured film in synchronized fashion beginning together at precisely 8:15.

Place: Our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room.

3  Tuesday

Warner Oland, who would portray Charlie Chan in sixteen films, is born in the village of Nyby, Sweden in 1879.

4  Wednesday

5 Thursday

6  Friday

7  Saturday

8  Sunday

A Special Invitational Performance of Charlie Chan at the Circus at EXPO 67 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) – Family Day at the Youth Pavillion – on this day in 1967.

9  Monday

Columbus Day

Benson Fong, who portrayed Charlie Chan’s number three son, Tommy, in six films, is born in Sacramento, California on this day in 1916.

WEEKLY CHAT/FILM VIEWING: The New Adventures of Charlie Chan, starring J. Carrol Naish. Please join us as we view and discuss TWO episodes: Safe Deposit and Something Old, Something New, sharing these adventures LIVE, watching them together via personal video…or online, if available!

Time: 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time.  First, we share arrivals and greetings along with open dialogue or a possible short “extra” presentation.  Then, following, we share our featured film in synchronized fashion beginning together at precisely 8:15.

Place: Our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room.

10  Tuesday

11  Wednesday

12  Thursday

13  Friday

George Kuwa, who portrayed Charlie Chan in The House Without a Key (1926), dies on this day in 1931. 

14  Saturday

15  Sunday

16  Monday

Warner Oland emigrates with his family to the United States on this day in 1892.

WEEKLY CHAT/FILM VIEWING: The Chinese Ring starring Roland Winters.  Please join us as we discuss this film LIVE, watching it together via personal video…or online, if available!

Time: 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time.  First, we share arrivals and greetings along with open dialogue or a possible short “extra” presentation.  Then, following, we share our featured film in synchronized fashion beginning together at precisely 8:15.

Place: Our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room.

17  Sunday

18  Wednesday

Victor Sen Yung, who would portray Charlie Chan’s number two son, Jimmy (later Tommy), in eighteen films, is born in San Francisco, California on this day in 1918.

A stage version of Keeper of the Keys, by Earl Derr Biggers, opens on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre.  Featuring William Harrigan as Inspector Charlie Chan, the three-act play runs for 23 performances on this day in 1933.

Twentieth Century-Fox chooses Sidney Toler to replace the deceased Warner Oland as Charlie Chan on this day in 1938.

19  Thursday

20  Friday

21  Saturday

22  Sunday

Roland Winters, who portrayed Charlie Chan in six films, dies in Englewood, New Jersey on this day in 1989.

23  Monday

WEEKLY CHAT/FILM VIEWING: Docks of New Orleans starring Roland Winters as we celebrate his birthday.  Please join us as we discuss this film LIVE, watching it together via personal video…or online, if available!

Time: 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time.  First, we share arrivals and greetings along with open dialogue or a possible short “extra” presentation.  Then, following, we share our featured film in synchronized fashion beginning together at precisely 8:15.

Place: Our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room.

24  Tuesday 

25  Wednesday

26 Thursday 

27  Friday

28  Saturday

29  Sunday

30  Monday

WEEKLY CHAT/FILM VIEWING: Please join us for our annual Charlie Chan Family Virtual Halloween Party as we watch Charlie Chan at the Opera starring Warner Oland with Boris Karloff.  During our party we will discuss this film LIVE, watching it together via personal video…or online, if available!

Time: 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time.  First, we share arrivals and greetings along with open dialogue or a possible short, spooky “extra” or two.  Then, following, we share our featured film in synchronized fashion beginning together at precisely 8:15.

Place: Our Charlie Chan Family Chat Room.

31  Tuesday

Halloween