As for the movies themselves, the first five all have boris karloff as mr. His search takes him into the heart of chinatown and to the dreaded house of hate to find the deadly gem before it can kill again. Wong, contains some elements from murder at midnight, including the playlet acted during a game of charades. Wong, desperately trying to complete his collection of the twelve gold coins of confucius, with which he will be able to acquire the power to become ruler. With boris karloff, marjorie reynolds, grant withers, huntley gordon. Wong 1939 cast and crew art collector brandon edwards morgan wallace is murdered shortly after smuggling a precious jewel out of china, despite a.
A gay party is interrupted by murder and the worlds most costly jewel stolen. Although experienced armchair detectives may not find the solution to the riddle all that taxing after all, how many. Wong features starring boris karloff finds wealthy. Wong 1939 this is the second film in the monogram series featuring boris karloff as the softspoken chinese detective, james lee wong. Mr wong tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as the eye of the moon.
Wong features starring boris karloff finds wealthy gemcollector brandon edwards gaining possession of the largest star sapphire in the world, the eye of the daughter of the moon, after it has been stolen in china. Inspector street is summoned to the scene of the crime and is followed by reporter bobby logan, who identifies. Luke had formerly played one of charlie chan s sons in the chan mysteries and. Wong is a tongueincheek 1934 mystery film starring bela lugosi as a powerful fu manchu type criminal mastermind of the chinatown underworld, and wallace ford as a wisecracking reporter.
Wong is a 1939 american mystery film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff. Wong 1939 by hnetwork on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Wong finds wealthy gemcollector brandon edwards gaining possession of the largest star sapphire in the. Wong en streaming, telecharger film the mystery of mr. Bela lugosi changes genres in 1934s the mysterious mr. Wong arrives in the middle of the collectors party, and soon after being presented with all the clues to the case, the collector is murdered when the lights go out briefly. This is a list of all of the movies starring both mr. Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as the eye of the daughter of the moon. As li see he is the low profile owner of a herb shop patronized for comic relief by a stereotypical irish cop. Before i even decided to watch the first movie in the series mr wong, detective i did a little research and discovered that the first movie is considered the best in the series but i must say after watching the mystery of mr wong i was pleasantly surprised, not only was it not as bad as had been implied by various movie guides but i thought it was far superior to its predecessor. Wong, two series starring caucasian actors playing asian detectives.
Wongs study in this, the third of monograms lowbudget thrillers, featuring hugh wileys chinese detective. The 2nd in the series of monogram pictures with boris karloff as james lee wong. Wong late at night but is murdered before she can tell him why she needs his help. The sapphire is stolen from china and turns up in the possession of an unscrupulous. Wong is a 1939 american mystery crime film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff plot art collector brandon edwards morgan wallace is murdered shortly after. The story is about a pretty chinese woman, seeking help from san francisco detective. Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as the eye of the daugther of the moon.
Wong 1939 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. But he is secretly the title character who will stop at nothing to gather all twelve of the coins of confucius. And that makes for a good movie on par with the bmysteries the major studios would do, professionally done by william nigh. Wong correctly guesses the mystery being enacted as murder comes at midnight.
Wong 1939 art collector brandon edwards morgan wallace is murdered shortly after smuggling a precious jewel out of china. Wong mystery series concerns the theft of the the largest star sapphire in the world. Karloff is great as usual, but too much focus is put on the police captain and the newspaper woman, instead of the more enigmatic mr. Wong features starring boris karloff finds wealthy gemcollector brandon edwards gaining possession of the largest star sapphire in the world, the eye of the daughter of. Gratisnew movies coming soonsuperstarhd movies download. This was the first film in the series and some characters are added later and become more refined. Wong discovers that she is princess lin hwa, the sister of a powerful chinese general, and that she. Ivan lebedeff, who plays swarthy, silkrobed lothario strogonoff, made his film debut in silent movies fine manners and continued to work across four decades, making his final appearance in the 1953 version of war of the worlds. Watch the perfect guy online for free without signing up mr right, anna.
Wong in chinatown is a 1939 american mystery film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff. Wong is a thrilling mystery made at the height of hollywoods fascination with asian sleuths. Both were an adaptation of his story for the 1931 film murder at midnight. Perhaps people accepted that in 1938, though i cant really imagine so. Detective james lee wong must find the eye of the daughter of the moon, a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in china and smuggled to america. He specialized in playing barons, counts, princes and other foreign characters. Here he must unravel the reason behind the unexpected shooting death of a jealous husband at a party, and the secret surrounding a cursed sapphire that was smuggled out of china. Wong stars boriskarloff, grantwithers, dorothytree, craigreynolds the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 8 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Wong, except for the last film, where he was played by keye luke. Wong 1939 english cinema, trailer, video clips, the mystery of mr.
A surprisingly well made mystery film done by tiny monogram. Wong in chinatown is a 1939 american mystery film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff as mr. Wong, detective is a 1938 american crime film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff in his first appearance as mr. Soon after, the collector receives a death threat, and knowing the jewels reputation for being cursed, calls in mr. But we are told that it is a sapphire, which would look black in a bw film. With boris karloff, grant withers, dorothy tree, craig reynolds. The mystery of mr wong full movie good quality 1939. Wong finds wealthy gemcollector brandon edwards gaining possession. Wong with boris karloff, and its not as good as the two previous films.
She proves to be princess lin hwa, on a secret military mission for chinese. Wong remains an aboveaverage bthriller anchored by boris karloffs relaxed rendering of pulp writer hugh wileys oxfordeducated chinese sleuth. Detective james lee wong boris karloff must find the eye of the daughter of the moon, a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in china and smuggled to america. The solution to this one is kind of obvious about halfway through so i was shouting at the screen for the last half, though that didnt help wong and street solve it faster.
Wong janet derow the corpse came c o d george brent, joan blondell, adele jergens 1947 duration. Wong must solve the murder of an antiques collector whose fabulous diamond is stolen. Investigating a series of murders in chinatown, wiseguy reporter jason barton is captured by the megalomaniacal mr. Movie urge a weekend getaway takes a dangerous turn when a mysterious. For one, the police answer every call in the film with sirens on. Boris karloff, grant withers, dorothy tree, craig reynolds, ivan lebedeff, holmes herbert, morgan wallace, lotus long, chester gan, hooper atchley, bruce wong, jack kennedy, joe devlin, lee tung foo, wilbur mack et dick morehead. Wong 1939 68 min mystery 8 march 1939 usa boris karloff mr.
A pretty chinese woman, seeking help from san francisco detective james lee wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl captain j on a sheet of paper. Wong is a 1939 film about a detective who tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel. The second film in the mystery series about a chinese sleuth, this one concerns the theft of the eye of the daughter of the moon, the largest star sapphire in the world, which is stolen from china and turns up in the possession of an unscrupulous gem collector, who receives a death threat containing clues to the potential murderers identity and calls in mr. In this film wong solves the murder of a gem collector who came into possession of the worls larges sapphire after. Wong 1939 nr 03081939 us drama, mystery, thriller 1h 8m user score.
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