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Mr.
Wong -
Mr.
Wong,
Detective
#1
Boris
Karloff
stars in
the
title
role of
Mr.
Wong,
Detective,
the
first of
six Mr.
Wong
mysteries
that
were
based on
the work
of
author
Hugh
Wiley.
When the
life of
industrialist
Simon
Dayton
(John
Hamilton)
is
threatened
, he
makes an
appointment
with the
one man
who
might be
able to
help
him, the
Oxford-educated
Oriental
sleuth
Mr.
James
Lee Wong
(Karloff).
When
Dayton
is found
murdered
before
he can
keep his
appointment,
Police
Captain
Sam
Street
(Grant
Withers)
enlists
Wong's
help in
solving
the
murder.
Suspicion
falls on
a
business
contact
who is
quickly
arrested
and
charged
with
Dayton's
murder.
But as
the
investigation
continues,
Dayton's
remaining
business
partners
both
turn up
dead. It
will
take all
of Mr.
Wong's
abilities
to
discover
why a
piece of
broken
glass
was
found
near
each
victim
and to
discover
the
identity
of the
real
killer.
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Mr.
Wong -
The
Mystery
Of Mr.
Wong #2
Bela
Lugosi
stars as
Mr.
Wong, a
"harmless"
Chinatown
shopkeeper
by day
and
relentless
blood-thirsty
pursuer
of the
Twelve
Coins of
Confucius
by
night.
With
possession
of the
coins,
Mr. Wong
will be
supreme
ruler of
the
Chinese
province
of
Keelat,
and his
evil
destiny
will be
fulfilled.
A
killing
spree
follows
in dark
and
dangerous
Chinatown
as Wong
gets
control
of 11 of
the 12
coins.
Reporter
Jason
Barton
(Wallace
Ford)
and his
girl Peg
(Arlene
Judge)
are hot
on his
trail,
but soon
find
themselves
in
serious
trouble
when
they
stumble
onto
Wong's
headquarters.
Not to
be
confused
with
Boris
Karloff's
later
Chinese
detective
series,
The
Mysterious
Mr. Wong
holds
its own
in the
class of
Oriental
mysteries
on the
strength
of
Lugosi's
performance.
The
Hungarian
actor
works in
his
native
accent
throughout
the
picture
like his
character's
instruments
of
torture
- with
subtlety
and
finesse.
This
film is
based on
the
novel
"The
Twelve
Coins of
Confucius"
by Harry
Stephen
Keeler.
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Mr.
Wong -
Mr. Wong
In
Chinatown
#3
Boris
Karloff
stars as
James
Lee Wong
in this
thoughtful,
action-packed
mystery.
The film
gets off
to a
shocking
start
when
Chinese
Princess
Lin Hwa
(Lotus
Long)
makes an
urgent
visit to
Wong's
home
where
she is
suddenly
killed
by a
poisonous
dart.
Wong,
together
with
hard-boiled
Captain
Street
(Grant
Withers)
and ace
reporter
"Bobbie"
Logan
(Marjorie
Reynolds)
piece
together
a
mysterious
puzzle
that
involves
airplane
smuggling
and
international
intrigue.
Mr. Wong
in
Chinatown
was the
third in
a
successful
string
of
Monogram
features
that
began in
1938
with Mr.
Wong,
Detective
and
continued
with The
Mystery
of Mr.
Wong
(1939),
The
Fatal
Hour
(1940),
Doomed
to Die
(1940)
and
Phantom
of
Chinatown,
with
Keye
Luke as
Mr. Wong
(1940).
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Mr.
Wong -
Doomed
To Die
Boris
Karloff
returns
to his
role as
the
resourceful
Oriental
detective
James
Lee Wong
in this
fifth
entry of
the
series.
Shipping
magnate
Cyrus
Wentworth
is
mysteriously
shot in
his
office
after
his
prize
ocean
liner is
robbed
and
sunk.
The
obvious
suspect
is the
son of
his
chief
rival
who is
also
engaged
to
Wentworth's
daughter.
Mr. Wong
has
different
ideas
and is
determined
to
uncover
the real
culprit.
Karloff's
portrayal
of Mr.
Wong
gave
audiences
a
different
side of
the
famed
actor
best
known
for his
monster
roles.
Monogram
Studios
produced
the
series,
created
by Hugh
Wiley
and
directed
by
William
Nigh.
"Doomed
to
Die"
was
Karloff's
final
appearance
as Mr.
Wong and
features
the
return
of Grant
Withers
as
police
captain
Bill
Street
and
Marjorie
Reynolds
as girl
reporter
Bobby
Logan.
Also of
note is
the
appearance
of
character
actor
Henry
Brandon
(nee
Kleinbach),
best
known
for his
role as
the evil
Barnaby
in
"March
of the
Wooden
Soldiers"
and as
Fu
Manchu
in the
Republic
serial
"The
Mask of
Fu
Manchu."
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Mr.
Wong -
Fatal
Hour
Boris
Karloff
stars as
the
clever
detective
James
Lee Wong
in the
fourth
entry of
the
Monogram
series.
When a
police
officer
is
murdered,
Captain
Street
looks to
Mr. Wong
to catch
the
killer.
Prime
suspect:
Frank
Belden
Jr.,
whose
father
is a
businessman
well
known
for both
his
success
and
dishonesty.
Mr. Wong
faces
increasing
danger
and is
nearly
executed
himself
as the
investigation
develops
in
treachery
and
complexity.
As Mr.
Wong
follows
the
trail of
dead
bodies,
he
uncovers
a jewel
smuggling
ring on
the San
Francisco
waterfront
and a
case
much
larger
than the
death of
a police
officer.
With the
major
studios
on
hiatus
from
monster
movies,
Karloff
demonstrates
his
range of
acting
in this
series
as the
resourceful
Mr.
Wong.
Directed
by
William
Nigh,
"The
Fatal
Hour"
also
stars
Grant
Withers
as the
Police
Captain
and
Marjorie
Reynolds
as fast
talking
girl
reporter
Bobby
Logan.
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Mr.
Wong -
Mysterious
Mr. Wong
Bela
Lugosi
stars as
Mr.
Wong, a
"harmless"
Chinatown
shopkeeper
by day
and
relentless
blood-thirsty
pursuer
of the
Twelve
Coins of
Confucius
by
night.
With
possession
of the
coins,
Mr. Wong
will be
supreme
ruler of
the
Chinese
province
of
Keelat,
and his
evil
destiny
will be
fulfilled.
A
killing
spree
follows
in dark
and
dangerous
Chinatown
as Wong
gets
control
of 11 of
the 12
coins.
Reporter
Jason
Barton
(Wallace
Ford)
and his
girl Peg
(Arlene
Judge)
are hot
on his
trail,
but soon
find
themselves
in
serious
trouble
when
they
stumble
onto
Wong's
headquarters.
Not to
be
confused
with
Boris
Karloff's
later
Chinese
detective
series,
The
Mysterious
Mr. Wong
holds
its own
in the
class of
Oriental
mysteries
on the
strength
of
Lugosi's
performance.
The
Hungarian
actor
works in
his
native
accent
throughout
the
picture
like his
character's
instruments
of
torture
- with
subtlety
and
finesse.
This
film is
based on
the
novel
"The
Twelve
Coins of
Confucius"
by Harry
Stephen
Keeler.
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$10.00
DVD
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Mr.
Wong -
Phantom
Of
Chinatown
#6
World
renowned
archeologist
Dr.
Benton
returns
from
Mongolia
with a
mysterious
scroll
and
immediately
dies a
horrible
death by
poison
while
delivering
a
lecture.
Detective
Jimmy
Wong (Keye
Luke) is
called
in to
solve
the
case.
With the
help of
Captain
Street
(Grant
Withers)
and
Benton's
beautiful
secretary
(Lotus
Long),
Jimmy
becomes
a human
decoy to
set a
trap for
the
killer.
This is
the
sixth
and
final
episode
of
Monogram's
Mr. Wong
series
featuring
the
Asian
detective.
Originally
conceived
for
Boris
Karloff,
the
script
was
rewritten
for a
younger
actor,
and
presented
as a
prequel
to the
five
previously
released
films.
Keye
Luke,
best
known
for his
portrayal
as
Charlie
Chan's
Number
One Son,
appears
in what
is his
only
starring
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