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In his most ambitious film, the 1987 Chinese drama King of the Children [Háizǐ Wáng], Chen Kaige examines the topics of learning and creativity through the experiences of a rebellious young man assigned to teach children […]
Director Terry Morse’s 1946 thriller Shadows over Chinatown is an especially feeble Charlie Chan entry as Earl Derr Biggers’s oriental detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) searches for a missing young woman, Mary Conover (Tanis Chandler), […]
Director William Beaudine’s 1947 murder mystery thriller The Chinese Ring stars Roland Winters in his first outing as Charlie Chan. The Chinese Ring is an extremely moderate, low-budget and low excitement Monogram Pictures B-feature, in which […]
Director Walter Forde’s exuberantly entertaining 1934 British action adventure comedy musical Chu Chin Chow, a musical retelling of the Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves Arabian Nights tale, can still provide a lot of antique […]
Boris Karloff stars as Dr Fu Manchu. He recalled: ‘Some scenes were written in beautiful Oxford English, others were written in God knows what!’ Playing his daughter Fah Lo See, Myrna Loy complained: ‘I can’t […]
Gregory Peck is excellent in one of his five Best Actor Oscar nominated performances in director John M Stahl’s 1944 drama. It was nominated for four Oscars, but there were no wins. Running at 137 […]
Director Edward Dmytryk’s glossy and escapist 1955 adventure film Soldier of Fortune is a solidly carpentered, old-fashioned escapade of Americans involved in intrigue out East. Ernest K Gann adapts his own novel. Director Dmytryk makes atmospheric […]