M.. Wong, Détective (1938)
Ce film est le premier d'une série (affiliate link) des six films de Monogram Pictures sortis entre 1938 and 1940. La série était une offre cinématographique de formule « B ». Le film aurait été montré d'abord sur un projet de loi double. Les cinq premiers films favoris Boris Karloff comme M.. James Lee Wong, while in the sixth film Keye Luke portrayed Mr. Wong.
Hugh Wiley created the character of Mr. Wong, a Yale-educated Chinese-American detective, for Collier’s Magazine. The articles ran from 1934 to 1939. Monogram adapted the character for film. William Nigh a réalisé les cinq premiers, while Phil Karlson directed the final film.
Still from Mr. Wong dans le quartier chinois (1939)
Malgré le fait que Monogram ait réalisé la série, the first film, M.. Wong Detective (1938) c'était plutôt bien fait. La plupart des films « B » ont été réalisés pour moins de $20.000 and took less than two week to make. Beaucoup de films étaient très mauvais. Monogram also kept the production costs low by shooting the same basic films with different characters. Les Docks de New York (1948) in the Monogram Charlie Chan series is almost an exact reproduction of this film with different characters.
M.. 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. M.. 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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