Episode 49 Bolton’s department store in San Francisco is crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers. Miss Hope at counter 14 ignores everyone else to concentrate on the shy young man before her. He is slight, bashful and charming. His fiery red head hair falls across his brow as he peers at her with innocent eyes as we begin our adventure with Charlie Chan. On radio, Charlie Chan was heard in several different series on three networks (the NBC Blue Network, Mutual, and ABC) between 1932 and 1948 for the 20th Century Fox Radio Service. Walter Connolly initially portrayed Chan on Esso Oil's Five Star Theater, which serialized adaptations of the novels. Ed Begley, Sr. had the title role in the NBC The Adventures of Charlie Chan (1944–45), followed by Santos Ortega (1947–48). Leon Janney and Rodney Jacobs were heard as Lee Chan, Number One Son, and Dorian St. George was the announcer.