Feature version of the 1936 serial "Shadow of Chinatown."Feature version of the 1936 serial "Shadow of Chinatown."Feature version of the 1936 serial "Shadow of Chinatown."
Bela Lugosi
- Victor Poten
- (archive footage)
Bruce Bennett
- Martin Andrews
- (archive footage)
- (as Herman Brix)
Joan Barclay
- Joan Whiting
- (archive footage)
Luana Walters
- Sonya Rokoff
- (archive footage)
Maurice Liu
- Willy Fu
- (archive footage)
Charles King
- Grogan (a thug)
- (archive footage)
William Buchanan
- Healy (a thug)
- (archive footage)
Forrest Taylor
- Police Capt. Waters
- (archive footage)
John Cowell
- Willie
- (archive footage)
James B. Leong
- Wong
- (archive footage)
Henry T. Tung
- Dr. Wu
- (archive footage)
George Chan
- Old Luce
- (archive footage)
Moy Ming
- Wong's Brother
- (archive footage)
John Elliott
- Ship's Captain
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
- Major Foley
- (uncredited)
Henry Hall
- Dr. Zander
- (uncredited)
Robert F. Hill
- Rooftop Fight Spectator
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. Its earliest documented telecast in New York City took place Sunday 25 June 1950 on WATV (Channel 13).
- ConnectionsEdited from Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
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Luana Walters comes to Bela Lugosi with a plan to destroy Chinese merchants and, I guess, take over their businesses. Bruce Bennett -- still called Herman Brix -- and Joan Barclay are their opposition.
The first thing I noticed about this feature version of the serial directed by Robert Hill for Sam Katzman was that the sound seems to have been recorded in an echo chamber by Hans Weeren. His was a name new to me. He was the sound man for 140 movies between 1932 and 1943, when he seems to have died at age 49, or perhaps he was assassinated. If so, I don't approve, but I understand. His list of films is not distinguished by anything except being almost entirely B westerns of which I have never heard.
Given this is Hill directing, I was mildly pleased by the decent movement and speed of editing; even if you could see that the clip of the guy who leaps over a fence begins while he's standing around waiting for his cue, editor Charles Henkel Jr. Seems to have made an effort to cut down the 280 minutes of the serial to a manageable length, and largely succeeded, even though Bennett does not know how to throw a punch. The modern crowd might be pleased that they actually used ethnic Chinese for the appropriate roles. I suspect that is because they were cheaper to hire and make up than otherwise.
The first thing I noticed about this feature version of the serial directed by Robert Hill for Sam Katzman was that the sound seems to have been recorded in an echo chamber by Hans Weeren. His was a name new to me. He was the sound man for 140 movies between 1932 and 1943, when he seems to have died at age 49, or perhaps he was assassinated. If so, I don't approve, but I understand. His list of films is not distinguished by anything except being almost entirely B westerns of which I have never heard.
Given this is Hill directing, I was mildly pleased by the decent movement and speed of editing; even if you could see that the clip of the guy who leaps over a fence begins while he's standing around waiting for his cue, editor Charles Henkel Jr. Seems to have made an effort to cut down the 280 minutes of the serial to a manageable length, and largely succeeded, even though Bennett does not know how to throw a punch. The modern crowd might be pleased that they actually used ethnic Chinese for the appropriate roles. I suspect that is because they were cheaper to hire and make up than otherwise.
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- boblipton
- Jul 11, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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