Mr. Wong, Tiktik (1938)

Ang pelikulang ito ay ang una sa isang serye (affiliate link) ng anim na pelikula mula sa Monogram Pictures na inilabas sa pagitan ng 1938 at 1940. Ang serye ay isang "B" na formula na handog na pelikula. Film Ang sana ay unang pinakita sa isang double kuwenta. Ang unang limang pelikula na may bituin Boris Karloff bilang mr. 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 upang 1939. Monogram adapted the character for film. Itinuro ni William Nigh ang unang lima, while Phil Karlson directed the final film.

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Still from Mr. Wong sa Chinatown (1939)

Sa kabila ng katotohanan na ginawa ng Monogram ang serye, the first film, Mr. Wong Detective (1938) ay medyo mahusay na ginawa. Karamihan sa mga pelikulang "B" ay ginawa para sa mas mababa sa $20.000 and took less than two week to make. Marami sa mga pelikula ay napakahirap. Monogram also kept the production costs low by shooting the same basic films with different characters. Ang Docks ng New York (1948) in the Monogram Charlie Chan series is almost an exact reproduction of this film with different characters.

Mr. 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. Mr. 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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