What a great, underrated actor Boris was… going from the scary non-Asian operatic villain in a Charlie Chan film to this role, and all the other roles in between! He could do anything.
@Mrs.Frankenstein2 жыл бұрын
He was an amazing actor, he doesn't have a bad film.
@jimyoung73662 жыл бұрын
A very first e comment
@davidandrews89633 жыл бұрын
Love karloff can watch these 4ever
@deerhoda75743 жыл бұрын
Gotta give Bobbie credit, she ran, climbed up and down ladders in out of windows while wearing a straight skirt and heels! Whatta gal.
@MichaelGunner1233 жыл бұрын
Like Ginger Rogers when dancing with Fred Astaire.....dancing backwards & in heels!
@benoitpellet16574 жыл бұрын
Street is so delightfully narrow-minded, wrong-headed and almost thuggish. He is the perfect foil to the meticulous, thoughtful and gentlemanly Wong.
I love the way Street, Wong and Bobbie act together.
@karenhill39703 жыл бұрын
Yes love Boris Karloff ...& Grant Withers ....both great men....thanks for posting ..seen this few ago .but watching again....!!
@patriciaannking86012 жыл бұрын
Give Bobbie credit. She has it all! Brains, beauty and athletic 😍 👌 ❤ 💕 💖 ability to get the job very well 👏 👍 done.
@francoisebeylie29232 жыл бұрын
And she was persevering and mischievous.
@kathleenfobell13313 жыл бұрын
Just love old movies.
@Annabelle-v1m11 ай бұрын
Yes 💯🖐️😊
@chrishallinger4722 жыл бұрын
Charlie Chan "The Chinese Ring" almost a word for word copy of this movie.They both have the lady reporter with the piece of broken chair hanging from her arm. In this movie the princess that was killed managed to write "Captain J." In the Chan movie, she wrote "Captain K." So there was progress.
@joanblack66724 жыл бұрын
I’ve been binge-watching these Wong movies and Capt. Bill Street is a sh-t in every one; an absolute brute. He almost spoils the films. And did he ever say anything without yelling?
@ravindrasinghbhambral93254 жыл бұрын
correct
@debbiehenri3452 жыл бұрын
Seemingly not. Found the blond bimbo equally irritating too. They both make my headphones crackle, yelling their brains out all the time. Such a shame, because Boris makes for such a mild-mannered and intelligent character, quietly biding his time as he pieces together the clues.
@pisiata36518 ай бұрын
I so agree with you both. Very annoying character the policeman!! N dumb also!
@nickweech34877 ай бұрын
@@pisiata3651 so right
@joelkweskin85454 жыл бұрын
Love Karloff as well. In 1939 alone, he was in this flick, Son of Frankenstein and Tower of London, the latter two with Basil Rathbone.
@Mrs.Frankenstein2 жыл бұрын
Son of Frankenstein is my favorite in the series but I love them all.
@johnshields68522 жыл бұрын
That era is fascinating to me, I almost feel connected to it in a personal way, I don't know what to think of reincarnation but it's probably just the way my mind romanticizes that era.
@matthewblanchard93016 ай бұрын
This film story was remade in 1947 as a Charlie Chan film, 'The Chinese Ring' starring Roland Winters as Chan. Boris Karloff fantastic actor, from Frankenstein to The Old Dark House to The Ghoul to The Body Snatchers and The Mask of Fu Manchu. There are so many many more, especially those from the 1930's. But back in 1929 he played a Hindu servant to an explorer in the early talkie 'Behind the Curtain'. Technically this is a Charlie Chan film, written by the Chan novelist Earl Derr Biggers. It's a great movie, which is the first talkie that mentions Charlie Chan, in the beginning of the film his name is mention, but you don't get to see him till the last 10min. portrayed by a Korean - American E.L.Park. Great cast all around...🎭
@scarygary-qq1pj4 ай бұрын
wrong
@vanessaschweizer46135 жыл бұрын
Yes thanks for taking me back to the time of the midnight movie that was on at 11:30 and the sleep over or babysitting
@karenhill39703 жыл бұрын
Right. ...i dont remember these but other great ole movies....ours in Ft Worth after NEWS 10:30pm....& later....Mom💜let me stay up & watch together......cant remember all but know enjoyed greatly........like Majorie Too
@shj07922 жыл бұрын
Great movie! Karloff s awesome as a detective!
@Annabelle-v1m11 ай бұрын
😊❤
@bertsimmons2673 Жыл бұрын
I have never seen these movies ,thanks well written.
@jhammond6411 ай бұрын
Boris was doing more or less the same role as Colonel Marsh of Scotland Yard 25 years later, but as an Englishman, not that you could tell the difference. Right down to the hat and brollie! If you're a Karloff fan and can find The Mask of Fu Manchu, that's a treat!
@dominicpiscopo79154 жыл бұрын
Boris Karloff from Frankenstein monster to Japanese Detective amazing lol
@garyolsen34093 жыл бұрын
What's wrong with a hat. I've always worn a hat. I haven't done outside without a hat since I was 10
@Red231656 жыл бұрын
yes same story but still enjoy watching it
@ravindrasinghbhambral93254 жыл бұрын
in those good old days, the police captain, puts his gun, a 6 shooter in his pocket with out dozens of spare magazines
@jerrycottrell3024 жыл бұрын
It's often the bad guys that have dozens of spare magazines , don't fight today's war with the last wars weapons !
@garyolsen34093 жыл бұрын
they don't make magazines for revolvers.
@sueferris36853 жыл бұрын
Well, at least reporters haven't changed much over the years.
@lynnsbomb12 күн бұрын
Great stuff, I never got into this as a kid like I did Chan, Moto and Holmes. I always thought of Karloff as Dracula in our scary movies so this wasn’t interesting. I really enjoy it now and it’s basically the first time seeing most episodes. Thanks.
@stephaniehand5035 жыл бұрын
Love Mr Wong
@stephaniehand5034 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@leescott85066 жыл бұрын
4:44: Wong's doorbell is a GONG. And why does Street always have his hat on? Even in his own office. Adore Karloff. Often wondered why he wasn't cast as Chan. Silly fun. Love this channel. Thanks for posting.
@narvelancoleman38135 жыл бұрын
I read that detectives kept their hats on, so they wouldn't have to waste precious time during investigations, retrieving them or trying to remember where they laid them once they took them off, There was no time for etiquette when their minds and physicality was focused on solving crimes of homicide.
@Capkirk5 жыл бұрын
Narvelan Coleman That’s also why we park our cars/units backed in. That way we can take off quickly
@WOLFROY474 жыл бұрын
@@Capkirk what no warp drive ?
@Capkirk4 жыл бұрын
WOLFROY47 Hahaha. I’ve hear that kind of thing all of my life ....I still think y’all are funny. When I was a kid and we owned a van ...the kids referred to it as the Enterprise
@g.h.14727 жыл бұрын
I suppose this was an answer to charlie c. an mr moto detective story an so on. still good load an cast. thanks.
@joelkweskin85454 жыл бұрын
Anybody else recognize Marjorie Reynolds from introducing "White Christmas" with Bing Crosby...and then as Peg in "The Life if Riley" with William Bendix?
@WOLFROY474 жыл бұрын
wasn't he a washing machine salesman, who worked in competition to the chinese hand washed laundry ?
@garyolsen34093 жыл бұрын
No
@remmymafia38895 жыл бұрын
Grant Wither's is priceless in these Mr. Wong movies. His best line in this movie? , not an actual word or words,, but rather a very emphatic sigh of disgust, at the 17:39 mark- vintage!
@billrea664 жыл бұрын
2 movies watched , 19 more to go .
@johncrucchiola577910 жыл бұрын
D id Karloff despise this role as much as Lorre did Mr.Moto?Glad they styuck it out,there fun to watch.
@MichaelGunner1233 жыл бұрын
They're
@karenhill39703 жыл бұрын
Love em all Char Chan , SIDNEY TOLAR💜...Mr Wong. Boris. Thank you so much.....helping get my mind off some personal ruff times....plus remember my Precious Mom & GRANDMOM.....🙏🙏🙏💔💔😢😢😢💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
@MrLyndarenaud5 жыл бұрын
They tinted Karloff s face a bit but left his hands really white. I cannot stand the perky journalist who gives a blow by blow of everything the Police and Wong are doing, through her newspaper. Wonder why they dont even try to stop her? Her boyfriend even gives her the money for the calls.
@douglasbarton65975 жыл бұрын
Severel great decades for hat manufacturers - you got to have a hat to be properly dressed
@Capkirk5 жыл бұрын
Douglas Barton My Grandpa never left the house without a hat. If he was just outside or nearby he wore a Caterpillar or International Harvester baseball cap. Otherwise it was a nice hat ....a little smaller than the cop’s hat. I wish I would have been able to get it after he died. My Grandpa/Stuart Williams was an amazing guy
@MichaelGunner1233 жыл бұрын
So glad they became taboo during the 60's!
@scallopohare94312 жыл бұрын
@@Capkirk Check out Mike's Hats in Cleveland. They sell on line, men's and women's. Edit. Mike the Hatter.
@Capkirk2 жыл бұрын
@@scallopohare9431 thank you!
@josephm.d.p.finnegan Жыл бұрын
340,480 View's So Far: Film (1939). Mr.Wong in Chinatown. Stars: Marjorie Reynolds and Bessie Loo. Thursday, October 12 - 2023.
@AaronHahnStudios3 жыл бұрын
I believe the theme here is... Stop leaving your window open!
@stanochocki89843 жыл бұрын
'Love' how in these 'guilty pleasure' movies; how the Studios could NOT even make a minimal effort to at least 'dub-in' Chinese dialogue for Wong whenever he is interacting with fellow Country people....Wong sits with the Elders of Chinatown and chats away in English....LoL...sad, sad fact all the way through even into the Charlie Chan Series....
@jupiterlegrand48173 жыл бұрын
(a) Absolutely nothing in these movies resembles reality. (b) They were made for english-speaking audiences. (c) Political correctness was still thankfully many years away. C'mon, man...just enjoy these for what they are!
@balin42632003 Жыл бұрын
@@jupiterlegrand4817 Exactly!
@Manish_333311 ай бұрын
What's your IQ?
@hopewoods88216 жыл бұрын
Yes, a lot of fun. Thanks.
@53pittmanjt4 жыл бұрын
Great Danes cast as vicious watchdogs? Enjoyable movie tho.
@annebellette201 Жыл бұрын
Good movie thank you .. Just like these mystery movie there great 👍
@erinaelizabeth5 жыл бұрын
This is an EXACT same plot as a Charlie Chan movie.
@WOLFROY474 жыл бұрын
yep, the chinese ring, hardly surprising, it's the same author of the book. a wiley fellow that
@Robbie_S4 жыл бұрын
No wonder I felt that I've been watching this same movie over again with different cast. Thanks for the notice.
@MichaelGunner1233 жыл бұрын
No matter to me. Both are uniquely enjoyable.
@jasoncollins17024 жыл бұрын
"Mr Wong, well-known CHINESE detective." Odd line.
@jupiterlegrand48173 жыл бұрын
No...odd would have been "well known Italian detective..."
@Annabelle-v1m11 ай бұрын
😊❤
@CissyBrazil4 жыл бұрын
The press made a nuisance of themselves in these old movies like they do today.
@davidfaas5877710 ай бұрын
Another fantastic film
@annaweathers46145 жыл бұрын
At 28:14 How did they know that was the little guy's footprints/ His feet appeared to be normal size like his head. A dwarf isn't dwarfed in all his body.
@stephaniehand5034 жыл бұрын
Great
@urdude672 жыл бұрын
Dang he just shot those dogs. Coppers!
@remmymafia38894 жыл бұрын
Capt. Street (Grant Withers) is a 'man's man', as shown by his motion to his partner to let him by, so he can go confront an unknown danger in the other room. Of course as it turns out, it was his nemesis Bobby Logan trying to phone in her discovery. Wither's is the best.
@travorptrebor33584 жыл бұрын
LAST BIT IN MOVIE ? : Infatuation w/ phones, A BIT OF A SIMILARITY, to today ?
@stephaniehand5033 жыл бұрын
great
@waderaney74 жыл бұрын
A good 🎥😊
@ziggy721705 жыл бұрын
... I love these series of Movies as Boris Karloff, as a Chinese detective.. (44:00 ) But Unfortunately , the only Character i can't stand is Detective "Bill Street". So, So LOUD.
@laraycoleman88645 жыл бұрын
ziggy72170 ...I agree, he's too damn loud.
@laraycoleman88645 жыл бұрын
ziggy72170...I love these old movies, though. A fun watch 😊.
@darrellarcher97853 ай бұрын
Grant Withers was supposed to play the character this way. This made the verbal exchanges between him and Marjorie Reynolds more fun. She and Natalie Wood were the cutest things to ever hit the movie screen.
@dorabarkley63355 жыл бұрын
So is Myra ( who the detective was supposed to marry in a different episode ) before or after this girlfriend?
@danielberton1233 жыл бұрын
Gosto muito desses vídeos, mas eu estou no Brasil e falo português. LEGENDA EM PORTUGUÊS POR FAVOR 🙏
@francoisebeylie29232 жыл бұрын
Vous pouvez avoir les sous-titres dans plusieurs langues, dont le portugais ; Il faut cliquer sur le rectangle blanc à droite en bas de la vidéo puis sur la roue crantée à côté, ensuite cliquer sur "anglais"(générés automatiquement), et enfin sur "traduire automatiquement"; Vous verrez une longue liste de langues rangées par ordre alphabétique, vous n'aurez qu'à faire défiler les noms et choisir la langue que vous voulez.
@curtissmith92714 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't the cop throw the reporter in jail for breaking and entering and have a judge put a gag order on her for 48 hrs ...
@WOLFROY474 жыл бұрын
them's fighting words, do you wonder, why, women are now running your business
@AndreOuellette51504 жыл бұрын
Inspector Street needs to smoke a doobie.
@donaldcampbell9219 Жыл бұрын
Inspector Street played by Grant Withers sadly took his life at 54 yrs old.
@kittyblak393 Жыл бұрын
Oh no, so sad
@dominicpiscopo79154 жыл бұрын
So this begs the question was Dr Motto a Japanese or a Chinese detective??
@MichaelGunner1233 жыл бұрын
Moto
@Bettyfan92614 Жыл бұрын
Japanese
@janejames91733 жыл бұрын
I love Streat🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@gregb64695 жыл бұрын
How is it that Wong, a Chinaman who lives in San Francisco, looks and acts like a London banker?
@remmymafia38895 жыл бұрын
That's part of the attraction of these Mr. Wong flicks with Karloff. And Wither's is great-I love his expression as he's looking at the dwarf for the first time. Then when he walks him over to the desk-holding his hand like he's walking a chimpanzee.
@michaelwertzy98085 жыл бұрын
@@remmymafia3889, notice the moving shadow behind the "little" fellow out the window?!
@butterflyladeda10805 жыл бұрын
I believe the Wong character was educated at Oxford and Heidelberg, it came up in one of the movies.
@laraycoleman88645 жыл бұрын
The character Mr. Wong was educated at Oxford.
@benoitpellet16574 жыл бұрын
That’s supposed to be the point. Karloff insisted that his character NOT be a caricatural « Chinese detective » speaking pidgin English and quoting nonexistent pithy proverbs. He is supposed to be a suave, urbane Western-educated gentleman. In a way, he is the « good guy » équivalent of the evil Dr. Fu Machu character that Karloff played a few years earlier.
@scottranney58912 жыл бұрын
Mr Wong does Smile after all I read that folks said he doesn't smile After the bombing of his taxis I caught a quick smile
@scarygary-qq1pj4 ай бұрын
I knew this was going to be a good movie when I saw that it was approved with certificate #5515.🙄
@curtissmith92714 жыл бұрын
Now a days all these acters would be racist for daring to portray someone not of their own race. Which of course Is ludicrous parts should be given on ability of the actors or actresses not because of race, Creed, color, nepotism or anything else that doesn't pertain to their ability as a thesbian...
@joanblack66724 жыл бұрын
"Thesbian"??
@curtissmith92714 жыл бұрын
Sorry, Thespian meaning actor or actress spelled it wrong...
@mfmayes6 ай бұрын
wow, was remade in Charlie Chan and the Chinese ring
@vonderingvakeelvlogsrito3 жыл бұрын
Why do I feel the story is the same as one of the Charlie chan movies!
@leemurray72403 жыл бұрын
This one is before the Chinese ring. So the Charlie chan film is the same as this.. Ha.
@peterstephens19943 жыл бұрын
Forget about it Wong, it's Chinatown
@McLKeith4 жыл бұрын
Handcuffing someone to a chair? There are so many flaws in this movie. But it is still interesting.
@conveyor25 жыл бұрын
Where were all of the Japanese detectives??
@roanhielkema57145 жыл бұрын
planning Pearl Harbor attack please so sorry..
@goodowner50004 жыл бұрын
Mr. Moto was over at Twentieth Century Fox.
@richardlegault56443 жыл бұрын
The wong guy for the wight job
@johnpogany24442 жыл бұрын
Boris Karloff was a great actor but trying to be a Chinese guy with a English accent is kind of a stretch
@WOLFROY474 жыл бұрын
yep, that was their idea of equal opportunity, look at how fair we are being, to small people. but they weren't to happy when they stole the show. Mini-Me, fantasy island etc
@thomasknight11903 жыл бұрын
😂👍👍👍
@jerryburton68256 ай бұрын
Saw a girl with huge Boris Karloff tattoos covering her upper torso
@floricehenderson175 ай бұрын
Love Mr. Wong but that reporter is irritating could do without her
@markwitte3033 жыл бұрын
boris is awesome as are the actors but this production is aweful.
@Tralala6914 жыл бұрын
Americans play the best Chinese. Too bad they can’t do that anymore.
@dominicpiscopo79154 жыл бұрын
Oh he was a Chinese detective so sorry chop chop
@D-Vinko2 жыл бұрын
These films were edited by a 35 year old named Russel Schoengarth
@gailfisher13503 жыл бұрын
These bozos still calling a Ship a boat. See if oars can move this "boat".
@gailfisher13503 жыл бұрын
The Perky journalist is too saccharine, is extremely overacting.
@Sch00lbu55 жыл бұрын
Copied a Charlie Chan movie
@carolinejohnson8455 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me which CC movie it copies? I llooovvvveee all of these.
@Sch00lbu55 жыл бұрын
@@carolinejohnson845 The Chinese Ring with Roland Winters
@Sch00lbu55 жыл бұрын
@@carolinejohnson845 See the Wikipedia write up on Chinese Ring and how it's the same story, with a few changes, as Mr Wong in Chinatown - they're short - play the back to back
@carolinejohnson8455 жыл бұрын
I am not fond of the Roland Winters movies, that’s why I didn’t connect the two plots. Thanks!!!
@gregorywellssr78575 жыл бұрын
Caroline Johnson Same here,I guessed it was after the great Oland died and before they found Toler?Watched as much of The Golden Eye as I could stand,had hoped it was the only one.Poor low-grade comedic junk it was,the actor seemed to be a weak attempt to recreate Oland.I don't even watch Toler,but they were at least well-made movies with a good actor who gave the character his own spin.