Wong 1935 a chinese madman tries to find the legendary coins of confucius that will enable him to rule his homeland. This is the best print ive seen for this title, although there are vertical emulsion scratches and some image instability. James wong, detective of san franciscos chinatown, protagonist of several poverty row mysteries. Wong is the second of five lowbudget films with boris karloff as oxfordeducated detective james lee wong, based on a series of short stories by hugh wiley, this time attempting to solve a mystery of murder and jewel theft. Wong will be supreme ruler of the chinese province of keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. Investigating a series of murders in chinatown, wiseguy reporter jason barton is captured by the megalomaniacal mr. Master criminal anthony waldron edmund macdonaldthe black sheep of the distinguished waldron family, mistakenly thought dead by the policehas set up a secret hideout. He was monograms typically ultralow budget answer to charlie chan, and was the second in a. Wong series, this follows the plot of an asian madman to become the ruler of a chinese province by obtaining the legendary twelve coins of confucius. The thursday horror picture show is having a double bill of harold youngs the frozen ghost 1945 and william nighs mysterious mr. See more ideas about charlie chan, detective movies and film. Wongs main interest is solving murders and hes an expert at it.
Wong bela lugosi who appears to be willing to stop at nothing to get. Wong himself that is mysterious when, in fact, theres very little mystery about him at all. Wongs study in this, the third of monograms thrillers, featuring hugh wileys chinese detective. Wong as six feet tall, educated at yale university and with the face of a foreign devila yankee. But he is secretly the title character who will stop at nothing to gather all twelve of the coins of confucius.
The film is based on harry stephen keelers 1928 short story the strange adventure of the twelve coins of confucius one of three stories in keelers book sing sing nights. Nor should the mysterious mr wong 1934 be mistaken for mr. Actors boris karloff bela lugosi and julie bishop appear on a lobby card for the 1934. He is a refined old gent who knows all about the complexities of life and love but has never experienced them. As li see he is the low profile owner of a herb shop patronized for comic relief by a stereotypical irish cop. Many mindgame films do not fully untangle a given mystery, some. Wong remains an aboveaverage bthriller anchored by boris karloffs relaxed rendering of pulp writer hugh wileys oxfordeducated chinese sleuth. Youre going to get killed doing that, one of these days, lescardi. A collection of bizarre, bittersweet tales starring mr. Retromedia presents a doubledose of monogram programmers with its bluray combo of william nigh s the mysterious mr.
Another mad oriental villain bent on power and a casing detective. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Its a monogram pictures quickie, but director william nigh makes an efficient potboiler out of what. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. With boris karloff, grant withers, maxine jennings, evelyn brent. A poster for the mysterious mr wong directed by william nigh and starring bela. Wong bela lugosi appears to be a mild mannered chinatown merchant, but appearances. A startled wong boris karloff learns from enterprising girl reporter bobby logan marjorie reynolds that the murder victim is princess lin hwa lotus long, in san francisco to buy airplanes for her. Investigating a series of murders in chinatown, wiseguy reporter jason. The prime suspect is the fiancee of wentworths daughter. Wong bela lugosi kills to get his hands on the 12 coins of confucius. Wong was the first of several movies he would make for monogram studios, a poverty row company that specialized in lowbudget horror and gangster films. In the stories he is an agent of the united states treasury department and lives in san francisco short stories. Quina riveting collection of short stories centered around the enigmatic harley quin, whose unpredictable comings and goings are usually a good indication t.
Although experienced armchair detectives may not find the solution to the riddle all that taxing after all, how many dr. A fight for an empire behind the curtained mysteries of san franciscos chinatown. Twelve stories were published in colliers magazine from 1934 to 1938. Among his films there were such classics as the corpse vanishes 1942, the ape man 1943 and voodoo man 1944. Starring dennis moore, richard martin, pamela blake, edmund macdonald, danny morton, jane randolph, joseph crehan, jack ingram, joe haworth, byron foulger, virginia brissac.
Mr mysterious, mr mysterious, mr mysterious i saw you, i saw you in the middle of the night in the night there was two there was two of us to share in a glare, in a glare how nice of you to share what we had till you disappeared at the end of the night asking around and around did you see what just went down what went down i think he, he maybe. Wong 1934 12221934 us mystery, thriller 1h 3m user score. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the mysterious mr. When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective james wong to help him, wong investigates this and two subsequent murders.
As this series continues, we find out more about what really happened that night with the misters, the things that tie them together, and of course in real julie fashion, there are twists and turns along the way. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous chinatown as wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Wong, a harmless chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless bloodthirsty pursuer of the twelve coins of confucius by night. And then this perfect fucking princess walked into my life. Wong, desperately trying to complete his collection of the twelve gold coins of confucius, with which he will be able to acquire the power to become ruler of a large province in china. Wong, desperately trying to complete his collection of the twelve gold coins of. Wong must solve the murder of an antiques collector whose fabulous diamond is stolen. Wong with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Wong is a very early monogram picture filmed 1934, released jan 1935 with lugosi somewhat. Wong, the fatal hour 1940 when captain streets best. Wong is a tongueincheek 1934 mystery film starring bela lugosi as a powerful fu manchu type criminal mastermind of the chinatown underworld, and wallace ford as a wisecracking reporter. A chinese madman tries to find the legendary coins of confucius that will enable him to rule his homeland. Wong 1934 12 out of 4 reporter jason barton wallace ford begins to investigate a murder, which leads him to a set of twelve coins, which legend has can help a person control the world if they posses all of them. William nigh a wiseguy reporter is captured by the megalomaniacal mr.
Bela lugosi changes genres in 1934s the mysterious mr. Bela lugosi as mysterious chinese shopkeeper and secret leader of the most incompetent criminal gang i have ever seen. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal the formula for a poison gas being developed by the first victims company. Wong is a 1939 film about a detective who tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel. Wong is a tongueincheek 1934 mystery film starring bela lugosi as a powerful fu manchu type criminal mastermind of the chinatown. The inimitable agatha christie intrigues, surprises, and delights with the mysterious mr. James lee wong is a fictional chineseamerican detective created by hugh wiley 18841968 who appeared in a series of stories in colliers magazine from 1934 to 1938 and a. The lack of imagination devoted to the writing of the mystery of mr wong even extends to its clumsy title, which suggests there is something about mr.