Sunday Fun: Sensitive
Charlie Chan in Paris (Fox, 1935)
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) travels to Paris to investigate counterfeit bonds and ends up in murder inquiries as well, aided by son Lee (Keye Luke), after a shock killing in a nightclub. Erik Rhodes, perhaps best known from his roles in The Gay Divorcee and Top Hat, has an excellent part in this one. Clever …
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Funny Friday: That’s Different!
Monogram Monday: The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
A brash reporter (Wallace Ford) investigates a series of murders in Chinatown that are in some way connected with the fabled 12 Coins of Confucius, while also doing some wooing. Bela Lugosi has top billing as the titular criminal, who also masquerades as a simple spice dealer. The plot is rather muddled, and Ford (and …
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Murder by Television (1935)
During an experimental broadcast, the inventor of an improvement for television technology is murdered. The chief of police (Henry Mowbray), who is among the party gathered in the inventor’s home to watch the broadcast onscreen, has his work cut out for him, as there are various potential culprits, including the inventor’s assistant (Bela Lugosi) and …
Sunday Fun: The Good Old Days
Funny Friday: Status Check
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961)
It’s muscleman versus the Mongols in this sword-and-sandal movie, originally titled Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan. Gordon Scott is the titular hero, whether known as Samson, Maciste, or (as in another alternate title) Goliath, and he wanders through Asia in his skimpy garb, trying to assist a Chinese prince and princess fend off the …
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Monogram Monday: Live Wires (1946)
After six years as the East Side Kids (for a total of 22 movies), several of the actors who started out in Dead End moved over to the long-running Bowery Boys series. Live Wires was the first of 48 Bowery Boys movies made through 1958, and like many of the other entries, it provides a …
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