tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185482420929995617.post5719053206395132220..comments2024-03-28T11:22:19.658+11:00Comments on Classic Movie Ramblings: Mr Wong, Detective (1938)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185482420929995617.post-53271204457560492532019-10-28T01:53:31.787+11:002019-10-28T01:53:31.787+11:00Very clever little film - I did actually get throw...Very clever little film - I did actually get thrown for quite a while about who the killer was. <br /><br />Actually, I found that there was a fair amount of comic relief in this movie, mostly in the dialogue and interactions rather than pratfalls and so on; I laughed quite a few times - in the right places!<br /><br />Thanks for the recommendation!tom j joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108887693320361796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185482420929995617.post-42656859580902662712019-08-18T21:05:46.714+10:002019-08-18T21:05:46.714+10:00And Karloff was a star with a marquee name. Keye ...And Karloff was a star with a marquee name. Keye Luke (about whom I'm also currently writing a book, along with Sen Yung and Benson Fong) was an excellent actor but not a star. His WONG film would become his first top-billed credit.Scott Allen Nollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10686519415220076099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185482420929995617.post-13056976223717356802015-06-10T02:07:11.534+10:002015-06-10T02:07:11.534+10:00Good point about Keye Luke, but exhibitors preferr...Good point about Keye Luke, but exhibitors preferred Karloff.barrylanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507827607600595861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185482420929995617.post-21862690357275675872015-06-09T12:42:27.662+10:002015-06-09T12:42:27.662+10:00Wiley's stories, those that I've read, are...Wiley's stories, those that I've read, are pretty good. His Wong is a younger man and as thoroughly Americanized, despite an interest in Oriental archaeology, as Karloff's Wong is anglicized, which makes you wonder why Monogram didn't just cast Keye Luke in the first place instead of turning to him at the end after Karloff left the series.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.com