CHARLIE
CHAN AND CEMICALS
CHARLIE CHAN AND GAS-FILLED CONTAINERS:
Charlie Chan’s Chance
Charlie Chan in Egypt (ampoules)
Murder Over New York (spheres)
The Chinese
Cat (cylinder)
The Chinese Ring (sphere)
Docks of New Orleans (glass radio tubes)
CHARLIE CHAN AND CEMICALS:
Charlie Chan in London—he has the
foam from the mouth of Hellcat checked
Charlie Chan at the Opera—he used
chemicals to draw out fingerprints*
Charlie Chan at the Race Track—he
finds a heart stimulant in the foam from “Gallant Lad’s” mouth
Charlie Chan in Reno—he makes Easter
Eggs for 1st grandchild
Charlie Chan’s Secret—he used
chemicals to find out what made Allan Colby’s face shine under black light*
*Charlie seems to have a chemical “kit”
like a doctor’s bag in only some of his cases!" [Courtesy of Beckey
Truesdale].
CHALRIE CHAN AND POLICE LABS:
Charlie Chan in London—he has the
foam from the mouth of Hellcat checked
Charlie Chan in Reno—he makes Easter
Eggs for 1st grandchild
Black Magic/Meeting at Midnight
Scarlet Clue
Dark Alibi
Red Dragon
JIMMY CHAN KNOWS HIS CHEMICALS:
Charlie Chan in Reno
Murder Over New York
CHANS COME ACROSS CHEMICALS:
Charlie Chan in Panama
Charlie Chan in Reno
Jade Mask, The
Murder over New York
CHEMICALS—FILM DEVELOPMENT
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise
CHEMICALS MENTIONED
Mapuchari”—Charlie Chan in
Egypt—“The effects depend largely on the individual. In general,
the victim loses all sense of time and reality. (He) suffers from false convictions,
hallucinations. (If) the doses are sufficiently powerful, death ensues.”
“a natural herb”— Charlie Chan in Rio—“an
natural herb” used with the caffeine in coffee to place a person in a “semi-comatose” state
“Oxyzone”—The Chinese Cat
“Penalite”—Shanghai Cobra—Penalite
is supposed to be an explosive==
POISONS AND CIGARETTES
Charlie Chan in Egypt—“mapuchari”
put in Joan Arnold’s cigarettes
Charlie Chan in Rio—“an natural herb” used
with the caffeine in coffee to place a person in a “semi-comatose” state
Charlie Chan in Panama
Castle in the Desert—Tagara (Sanskrit),
Nightshade
The Scarlet Clue
Black Magic/Meeting at Midnight—Gas-Penalite
OPIATEs—Golden Eye
TETANUS—The Trap
