Charlie Chan in Honolulu Page #7

Synopsis: With Charlie Chan distracted by the imminent birth of his first grandchild, young Tommy Chan persuades his older brother Jimmy (eager to be a detective) to take Pop's place when a call comes in directing Charlie to investigate a murder aboard a freighter. Charlie eventually learns of this and boards the ship to straighten out its slew of suspects, a cargo hold full of wild animals, and two well-meaning but ineffectual sons.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Production: 20th Century Fox
 
IMDB:
7.3
APPROVED
Year:
1938
67 min
46 Views


when recovered from

light-fingered gentleman?

Why-Why, yes.

Are positive $10,000 not missing?

What do you mean?

Paper money band indicate theft.

Very clever questioning, Mr. Chan.

Then provide clever answer.

Found money band in your cabin.

- Explain please.

- I'm sorry. I can't explain that.

Somebody did take $10,000 of that money

and hid it in Miss Hayes' cabin.

They were trying to frame her,

and I think-

Say, where's Mrs. Wayne?

Sorry.

Must conduct inquiry without her.

What?

She's in it as much as the rest of us.

Let Mr. Chan handle this. Mrs. Wayne

had no connection with this case.

Excuse please.

You experience great friendship

for absent lady?

Why, not especially, no.

Then please explain why you permit her

to travel under assumed name.

I don't know

what you're talking about.

Have reason to believe opposite.

May examine lady's passport?

Surely.

There you are.

I don't want you to misunderstand this...

but she told me she was

very nervous and very worried...

and she was just getting a divorce,

and she wanted to travel quietly.

I saw no reason to refuse her request.

L-

Most understandable.

Passport give lady's

real name as Hillman.

Passport give lady's

real name as Hillman.

- Hillman? Why, that was-

- Name of murdered man?

Why, uh, yes.

Did not know Mrs. Wayne

was wife of same?

No. All I know is I was supposed

to bring the money to him.

Please explain

complete nature of errand.

I can't.

It was confidential business.

You'd better talk, Miss Hayes.

It's bound to come out sooner or later.

They were getting a divorce.

He wanted the money out of China...

to avoid a property settlement.

Leave her alone!

Get Mrs. Wayne or Hillman...

whatever her name is, up here

and make her explain!

Regret impossibility.

Unfortunate lady murdered.

- Murdered?

- Who killed her?

I told you there was

somethin' funny going on.

An unusually interesting case,

Mr. Chan.

Two murders,

and not a single witness.

Contradiction please.

Have one silent witness.

Murder gun with fingerprints

of criminal reposing on handle...

most likely duplicate

of same fingerprints now in this room.

Are you going to fingerprint all of us?

All except Dr. Cardigan...

who already kindly

donate own fingerprints.

- You have ink pad?

- Sure, Pop.

Hello. Who?

Who? Oh, we're busy.

Call back later.

Hello! What's that?

Wing Foo?

- I never heard of him. I don't know.

- No, please. For me.

- Hello?

- Honorable father-in-law?

- Yes.

- I wish to report that Ling is very restless.

So is prospective grandparent.

Stork evidently fly

wrong course to Honolulu.

Ling has lost all desire for watermelon

and now demands gumdrops.

- Wing Foo, Doctor says to come quick!

- Excuse me!

I'm about to become a father!

Good-bye!

Tell her to wait for me!

Be there in 15 minutes! Hello!

Hello!

Who-Who-Who did that?

- Turn on those lights!

- Hey, you guys!

- I got him, Pop! I got him!

- You got who?

- Come on! Get in there!

- Mr. Chan, the gun is gone!

Am aware of same.

- What a break for somebody.

- Now you never can prove who the murderer was.

Correction please.

Murderer identified self.

Is now safely imprisoned.

- Imprisoned?

- Where?

Inside camera.

Guilty one took own picture

while removing gun from desk.

Dr. Cardigan...

be so kind as to develop film

with utmost speed?

Certainly.

Jimmy.

Keep watchful eye on doctor.

Okay, Pop.

- Turn that light off, please.

- Y-Yes, sir.

- It's coming up now.

- Good.

Wait a minute!

Pop, here it is!

Here is picture of guilty person,

Captain Johnson.

It's the captain!

Denial is useless.

Photograph does not lie.

Only you and Mrs. Wayne aware

Miss Hayes carry large sum to Honolulu.

Mrs. Wayne wanted to prevent husband

from receiving same.

Money being entrusted

to your safekeeping...

you saw chance to obtain

huge fortune for yourself.

Captain Johnson shot

Mrs. Wayne's husband...

when he came aboard ship

and hid money in lifeboat...

where it was discovered

by light-fingered gentleman.

He then tried to cover trail...

by planting money wrapper

on Dr. Cardigan...

and portion of money

in Miss Hayes' cabin.

Suddenly, Mrs. Wayne

become overly suspicious.

So he strangled her with scarf...

tied in sailor's knot.

Only positive clue...

was gun used in attempt

upon life of humble self.

But fingerprints on gun all smudged,

and so useless...

making necessary trick with camera...

loaned by strange

but most helpful Dr. Cardigan.

So sorry, Captain Johnson.

- Well, I guess me and McCoy can go, huh?

- Yes, to jail with Captain.

What a wonderful contribution to science

your brain would make, Mr. Chan.

Thank you so much,

but for present...

would prefer to keep same

for own use.

What a pity.

Lieutenant Chan speaking.

Please exercise self-control.

It's a boy, Pop!

It's a boy!

- Who's he talking to?

- I get it. He's having a baby.

Can you hear 'im, Pop?

Congratulations, Mr. Chan.

Contradiction please.

In present case,

am only innocent bystander.

Coochie, coochie, coochie,

coochie, coochie!

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Charles Belden

Charles Josiah Belden (November 16, 1887, San Francisco, California – February 1, 1966, St. Petersburg, Florida) was a photographer and rancher who was famous for his visceral photographs of the area around Meetseetse, Wyoming. Belden was born in San Francisco into a wealthy California family. His grandfather, Josiah Belden, was an early California pioneer who made millions in San Francisco real estate and was the first Mayor of San Jose. After graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles Belden bought his first camera to record a European tour with his school friend, Eugene Phelps. The highlight of the tour was a journey through Russia in Belden's 1908 Packard, the first automobile to make such a trip in the country. After the trip, Belden went to work as a cowboy on the Phelps (Pitchfork) Ranch in Wyoming. In 1912, Belden married Eugene's sister, Frances. The couple had three children, Annice, Margot, and Mary Elizabeth, who died while still a toddler. Eugene's father died in 1922, leaving Eugene and Charles to take over management of the Pitchfork Ranch. Belden's 1921–1940 photographs of the Pitchfork Ranch were widely published, including in The Saturday Evening Post, National Geographic, and on the cover of Life magazine.Airplanes became a fascination for Belden. In the late 1920s, Charles became involved in raising antelope and sending them by airplane to zoos around the world, including some to Germany in the Hindenburg. He helped to pioneer the process of planting fish from the air and filmed the experience for future reference. In addition, he helped the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission conduct a census of wildlife herd populations using aerial photographs. Estate taxes, mismanagement, and an agricultural depression that began in 1921 took their toll on the Pitchfork and the ranch fell into decline. To meet expenses, in the 1930s the family turned their home into a dude ranch, but this response did not stop the financial drain. After many years of strained relations, Charles divorced Frances in 1940 and moved to Florida with a new wife, Verna Steele Belden. Charles Belden died in 1966 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in St. Petersburg, Florida. more…

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