CHARLIE CHAN AT
THE OLYMPICS (1937)
BONUS QUESTION: “Perhaps you . . . have answer?”
In what movies did Charlie pose this question?
CC at the Olympics,
at the Race Track and in Reno
FOX MOVIE MARATHON
( June 2, 2003): The family picture on the wall behind Charlie in his office
TAPA—a fibrous
material; an ancient Hawaiian Art Form
Dragon vase by
door
7-29 is the date
on the radiogram
Opening ceremony
of the Olympics was on August 1, 1936
It was winter
when this was taped; look for frost on their breath
Parts were filmed
at the Los Angeles Coliseum
During the swimming
segment at the end, note the length of Lee’s hair
Charlie, Cartwright
and Hopkins take the clipper to San Francisco that takes 18 hours; THEY TAKE WHAT to Lakehurst, N.J., for a 13 hour trip;
they then take the dirigible, Hindenburg, to Cuxhaven?, Germany, in 61 hours.
92 hours total.
The clipper to
San Francisco is Pan Am.
The ship the athletes
take is the Manhattan.
The athletes are
bused to Berlin.
Charlie and Lee
take the train to Berlin and meet Arthur Hughes (C. Henry Gordon) aboard.
Does he know Charlie
will be shot at?
Lee recreates
his “taking ways” from Opera when he pickpockets the telegram to “Banjo Eyes” from Hughes.
Charlie slaps
Lee on the rear for making the white fox fur crack.
Zaraka’s
house looks like the set in Monte Carlo and City in Darkness.
The accents of
the German police don’t match.
MURDER RATE:
Edwards (the pilot) by Miller
Miller (in the
closet) by Cartwright.
