by Nigh, William; Dunlap, Scott R; Jacoby, Michel; Bettinson, Ralph; Wiley, Hugh; Neumann, Harry; Kay, Eddie; Golden, Robert S; Karloff, Boris; Withers, Grant; Reynolds, Marjorie; Lang, Melvin; Monogram Pictures Corporation
Projected medium / 1940
Title[Shadows over Chinatown]
Item typeProjected medium
Alternate titleDoomed to die
Author(s)
  • Nigh, William
  • Dunlap, Scott R
  • Jacoby, Michel
  • Bettinson, Ralph
  • Wiley, Hugh
  • Neumann, Harry
  • Kay, Eddie
  • Golden, Robert S
  • Karloff, Boris
  • Withers, Grant
  • Reynolds, Marjorie
  • Lang, Melvin
ImprintUnited States Monogram Pictures Corp., 1940
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • PFA holds only 1 unidentified reel of this film.
  • "Based on characters created by Hugh Wiley in the "James Lee Wong" short stories in Collier's."--AFI Catalog
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.
  • Photography, Harry Neumann ; editor, Robert Golden ; [music, Edward Kay] ; sound engineer, Karl Zint ; technical director, E. R. Hickson ; production manager, Charles J. Bigelow.
Physical description1 reel of ? (447 ft.) (13 min.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print.
Related linksCredits from American Film Institute Catalog. Access restricted to subscribers.

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Date text: 
1940
Author: 
Nigh, WilliamDunlap, Scott RJacoby, MichelBettinson, RalphWiley, HughNeumann, HarryKay, EddieGolden, Robert SKarloff, BorisWithers, GrantReynolds, MarjorieLang, Melvin
Publisher: 
Monogram Pictures Corp
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Millenium MARC Record: 
LEADER 00000ngm a2200493Ka 4500 001 45851111 005 20010205 TAPE OCLC0205: 0630 007 mr baaadmnartnnac------ 008 010206s1940 xxu013 mleng d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 010206 Addid: OCL Moddate: 090128 Modid: LSO 035 (PFA-FILM)8901 035 GLADN51001002 040 CUY|cCUY 090 |b1604-03-101 245 00 [Shadows over Chinatown]|h[motion picture] /|cMonogram Pictures Corp. ; Scott R. Dunlap, in charge of production ; writer, Michel Jacoby ; original story, Ralph Bettinson ; director, William Nigh. 246 3 Doomed to die 257 United States 260 United States :|bMonogram Pictures Corp.,|c1940. 300 1 reel of ? (447 ft.) (13 min.) :|bopt sd., b&w ;|c16 mm. |3print. 500 PFA holds only 1 unidentified reel of this film. 500 "Based on characters created by Hugh Wiley in the "James Lee Wong" short stories in Collier's."--AFI Catalog 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF. 508 Photography, Harry Neumann ; editor, Robert Golden ; [music, Edward Kay] ; sound engineer, Karl Zint ; technical director, E. R. Hickson ; production manager, Charles J. Bigelow. 510 4 Variety film reviews,|c8/17/40. 510 4 New York times film reviews,|c7/30/40. 510 3 American film institute catalog: feature films,|b1931- 1940. 511 1 Boris Karloff (James Lee Wong), Grant Withers (Capt. Bill Street), Marjorie Reynolds (Bobby [Logan]), Melvin Lang ([Cyrus] Wentworth), Guy Usher ([Paul] Fleming), Catherine Craig (Cynthia Wentworth), William Stelling (Dick Fleming), [Harry Brandon (Victor Martin)], [Wilbur Mack (Mathews)], [Kenneth Harlan], [Richard Loo], [Tris Coffin], [William Willmering], [Mike Donovan], [Jack Kennedy], [Maxine Leslie]. 520 "Despondent because of his increasing business losses and the tragic loss of his ship, the Wentworth Castle in a fire at sea, shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth signs his will, leaving everything to his daughter Cynthia. Soon after, Cyrus' business rival, Paul Fleming, offers to consolidate their shipping lines, but Wentworth throws him out of his office. Fleming is in the outer office speaking to Mathews, a Wentworth employee, when his son Dick comes to inform Cyrus that he is planning to marry Cynthia. As Mathews and Fleming listen to the heated argument coming from Cyrus' office, a shot rings out and Cyrus is found dead. The police are summoned and Captain Bill Street arrests Dick for the murder. When Dick claims that he had already left for the office when the shot was fired, Cynthia's friend, reporter Bobby Logan, sends for special detective James Lee Wong to investigate. Suspecting a revenge motive for the shipowner's death, Wong goes to Chinatown to investigate. There he learns that Kai Ling was smuggling bonds from China aboard the Wentworth Castle, and is now missing. Wong also suspects Ludlow, the disgruntled Wentworth chauffeur, and follows him to the shipping office where he watches him burn some documents. After several more shootings, including 520 the murder of Kai Ling, Wong discovers that Ludlow, Kai Ling and attorney Victor Martin were involved in a smuggling ring, and that Ludlow killed Cyrus in order to destroy all evidence of his involvement. Under Wong's scrutiny, the guilty man confesses and Dick is exonerated of all murders."--AFI Catalog. 590 PFA 1604-03-101. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last checked: January 26, 2001 print scratched and dirty. 600 10 Wiley, Hugh,|d1884-1968,|tJames Lee Wong,|xFilm adaptations. 655 7 Features.|2mim 655 7 Detective drama.|2mim 655 7 Adaptations.|2mim 700 1 Nigh, William,|d1881-1955. 700 1 Dunlap, Scott R.,|d1892-1970. 700 1 Jacoby, Michel. 700 1 Bettinson, Ralph. 700 1 Wiley, Hugh,|d1884-1968,|tJames Lee Wong. 700 1 Neumann, Harry,|dd. 1971. 700 1 Kay, Eddie,|d1898-1973. 700 1 Golden, Robert S. 700 1 Karloff, Boris,|d1887-1969. 700 1 Withers, Grant,|d1905-1959. 700 1 Reynolds, Marjorie,|d1917-1997. 700 1 Lang, Melvin. 710 2 Monogram Pictures Corporation. 856 42 |zCredits from American Film Institute Catalog. Access restricted to subscribers.|uhttp://afi.chadwyck.com 935 GLADN51001002 946 PFA 1604-03-101. On can: title listed as Shadows over Chinatown. AFI Catalog, Variety and New York Times film reviews sources list title as Doomed to die. 954 20120801|bMarcive Authority Bib 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140928 994 01|bCUY