SHADOW OF CHINATOWN(1936)
In the set: Mad Scientist Theater
This is the edit-from-serial version of Shadow
Of Chinatown! I don't have the serial(yet) so
I can't compare this with the serial version!
The basic story is that a trade merchant is
planning a way to remove some of her competition,
starting in Chinatown! Starring the great Bela
Lugosi, this isn't terrible, but it does lack
some continuity(probably because of the editing)!
Not a terrible watch! C+
From a reviewer from IMDb.com:
Shadow of Chinatown (1936) is actually a
15-part serial but the movie is a condensed/edited
version of it. Basically, 15 shows edited to
create one movie. I have not seen the serial
only this film version.
With the serial being condensed into a movie
I'm sure the viewer is missing out on some
interesting scenes by watching only the movie
version but I feel they did a good job with
the movie to cut through the chase and get
to the heart and soul of the serial.
I liked this film. It's not the greatest
Lugosi film but it's actually a fun crime-drama
to watch. Victor Poten (Lugosi) will hypnotize
and terrorize the people that get in his way
of destroying Chinatown - he is a vengeful
madman.
The movie is interesting enough that I
would like to watch the the entire 15-part
serial. For me it's just to watch Lugosi
in something different.
6/10 - Rainey-Dawn
Bela Lugosi ... Victor Poten
Bruce Bennett ... Martin Andrews (as Herman Brix)
Joan Barclay ... Joan Whiting
Luana Walters ... Sonya Rokoff, aka The Dragon Lady [Chs. 1-14]
Maurice Liu ... Willy Fu
Charles King ... Henchman Grogan [Chs. 1-13]
William Buchanan ... Henchman Healy
Forrest Taylor ... Police Capt. Walters [Chs. 1-7, 12-15]
John Cowell ... White Chinaman [Ch. 1] (as Jack Cowell)
James B. Leong ... Wong [Chs. 5-13]
Henry T. Tung ... Dr. Wu [Chs. 1-5, 12-15]
Paul Fung ... Tom Chu [Chs. 1,2]
George Chan ... Old Luce [Chs. 1,2,7]
Moy Ming ... Wong's Brother Charlie [Chs. 10-11]
Victor Adamson ... Weasel-Looking Henchman [Chs. 1, 4-7] (uncredited)
Lester Dorr ... Steamship Ticket Clerk [Ch. 7] (uncredited)
John Elliott ... Ship's Captain [Chs. 8-10] (uncredited)
Jack Evans ... Henchman (uncredited)
Harrison Greene ... Mayor Foley [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
Henry Hall ... Dr. Zander, Psychiatrist [Ch. 12] (uncredited)
Robert F. Hill ... Pedestrian [Ch. 14] (uncredited)
Richard Loo ... Loo, Chinese Man on Street [Chs. 5-7] (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell ... Police Officer Riley [Chs. 1, 4, 13] (uncredited)
Roger Williams ... Newspaper Editor Harrison [Chs. 5, 7, 13, 15] (uncredited)
Victor Wong ... Bystander [Ch. 2] (uncredited)
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