السيد. وونغ, كشفي (1938)
This movie is the first in a series (وصلة التابعة) of six films from Monogram Pictures released between 1938 و 1940. The series was a “B” formula film offering. قد تم عرض الفيلم أولا على مشروع قانون مزدوج. الأفلام الخمسة الأولى تألق بوريس كرلوف] كما قال السيد. جيمس لي وونغ, while in the sixth film Keye Luke portrayed Mr. وونغ.
Hugh Wiley created the character of Mr. وونغ, a Yale-educated Chinese-American detective, for Collier’s Magazine. The articles ran from 1934 إلى 1939. Monogram adapted the character for film. William Nigh directed the first five, while Phil Karlson directed the final film.
Still from Mr. في الحي الصيني وونغ (1939)
Despite the fact that Monogram made the series, the first film, السيد. Wong Detective (1938) was pretty well done. Most “B” films were made for less than $20.000 and took less than two week to make. A lot of the films were very poor. Monogram also kept the production costs low by shooting the same basic films with different characters. The Docks of New York (1948) in the Monogram Charlie Chan series is almost an exact reproduction of this film with different characters.
السيد. Wong assists the police in trying to identify the murderer of a wealthy industrialist. Nigh shoots one of the first scenes in Mr. Wong’s laboratory, which is within his well-decorated house. السيد. Wong’s intelligence and financial standing are established with this early scene. Most of the offensive racial content around Chinese characters in Hollywood films of the 1930s is missing from this film.
The movie is 68 minutes long and moves at a good pace. If you need to relax for an hour, this film is a good break. Let me know what you think of it.
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