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).
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Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
** (out of 4)
Feature version
European businessmen want the China trades shut down so they hire a madman (Bela Lugosi) to destroy Chinatown. This was originally a 15-part serial but this here is the feature version of that and it isn't too bad. I haven't seen the serial version but the feature runs pretty fast, although you're left with a lot of stuff that doesn't make sense due to all the editing that was done. Sometimes these feature versions can be good but this isn't one of them. Another bad thing is the performance from Lugosi who really sleepwalks through his role. Had he gone over the top then that would have made the film somewhat better.
** (out of 4)
Feature version
European businessmen want the China trades shut down so they hire a madman (Bela Lugosi) to destroy Chinatown. This was originally a 15-part serial but this here is the feature version of that and it isn't too bad. I haven't seen the serial version but the feature runs pretty fast, although you're left with a lot of stuff that doesn't make sense due to all the editing that was done. Sometimes these feature versions can be good but this isn't one of them. Another bad thing is the performance from Lugosi who really sleepwalks through his role. Had he gone over the top then that would have made the film somewhat better.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Mar 11, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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