
|

|


Charlie Chan explains to Sgt. Davidson the meaning
of the Chinese
characters on the ring of the late Princess Mei Ling in The Chinese Ring.
October 2021
"No bet - sure thing." (The Chinese Ring)
1 Friday
3 Sunday
Warner Oland,
who would portray Charlie Chan in sixteen films, is born in the village of Nyby, Sweden in 1879.
4 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!
Time: 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time (First, we share a vintage
Charlie Chan radio mystery, Case of the Frightened Sheriff, and then, following, we start our
featured film at precisely 8:15!)
5 Tuesday
6 Wednesday
7 Thursday
8 Friday
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 Saturday
Benson Fong,
who portrayed Charlie Chan's number three son, Tommy, in six films, is born in Sacramento, California on this day in 1916.
10 Sunday
11 Monday
Columbus Day
Time: 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time (First, we share a vintage
Charlie Chan radio mystery, Case of the Talking Doll, and then, following, we start our
featured film at precisely 8:15!)
12 Tuesday
George Kuwa,
who portrayed Charlie Chan in The House Without a Key (1926), dies on this day in 1931.
14 Thursday
15 Friday
Warner
Oland emigrates with his family to the United States on this day in 1892.
16 Saturday
17 Sunday
18 Monday
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.
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!
Time: 7:30
p.m., Eastern Time (First, we share a vintage Charlie Chan radio mystery, Charlie Chan in Radio City, and then, following, we start our featured film at precisely
8:15!)
19 Tuesday
20 Wednesday
21 Thursday
22 Friday
Roland Winters, who portrayed Charlie
Chan in six films, dies in Englewood, New Jersey on this day in 1989.
24 Sunday
25 Monday
WEEKLY CHAT/FILM
VIEWING: Please join with 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!
26 Tuesday
27 Wednesday
28 Thursday
29 Friday
30 Saturday
31 Sunday
Halloween
|

|

|