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Shadow of Chinatown | |
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Directed by | Robert F. Hill |
Written by | William Buchanan (screenplay) Basil Dickey (screenplay) Robert F. Hill (story) |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | William Hyer |
Edited by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
Distributed by | Victory Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes (film) 281 minutes (serial) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Shadow of Chinatown is both a 1936 film serial and a feature film edited from the serial made by Sam Katzman's Victory Pictures.
Plot
A consortium of American businesses are disturbed by the loss of profits due to Chinese businesses located in Chinatowns in the United States. They hire a pair of Eurasians and their criminal organization to eliminate their competition.
Cast
- Bela Lugosi ... Victor Poten
- Herman Brix ... Martin Andrews
- Joan Barclay ... Joan Whiting
- Luana Walters ... Sonya Rokoff, a.k.a. the Dragon Lady
- Charles King ... Grogan
- Forrest Taylor ... Police Captain Walters
Chapter Titles
The serial chapters are as follows:
- The Arms of the Gods
- The Crushing Walls
- 13 Ferguson Alley
- Death on the Wire
- The Sinister Ray
- The Sword Thrower
- The Noose
- Midnight
- The Last Warning
- The Bomb
- Thundering Doom
- Invisible Gas
- The Brink of Disaster
- The Fatal Trap
- The Avenging Powers [1]
Production
The serial was known originally as just Chinatown and was written with Lugosi in mind.[2]
Release
A feature version of this serial was released simultaneously with the serial itself. It was also called "Shadow of Chinatown" with a slightly altered ending.[3]
References
- ^ "Shadow of Chinatown". Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (Aug 5, 1936). "Ziegfeld Banner Will be Held Aloft by Talented Young Daughter Patricia: Girl Signs to Work on Universal Opus Bela Lugosi Slated to Star in "Chinatown", Fifteen-Chapter Serial; Gale Sondergaard Chosen as Menace in "Maid of Salem"". Los Angeles Times. p. 11.
- ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "8. The Detectives "Gangbusters!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. 176, 180–181. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
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