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Content Warning: Yellowface makeup was used to portray an Asian character (Mr. Wong) in this 1938 Detective Movie. A practice known as yellowface used to be the norm in Hollywood that Asian characters were played by white actors, often using makeup to approximate East Asian facial characteristics.
Factory owner Simon Dayton (John Hamilton) visits the office of private detective James Lee Wong (Boris Karloff) in San Francisco's Chinatown, claiming to be in danger. When Dayton is murdered, suspicion falls on scientist Carl Roemer (John St. Polis), who had recently accused Dayton of stealing his latest findings. With the help of the captain of police (Grant Withers) and Dayton's comely secretary (Maxine Jennings), Wong pursues the case, which grows more complex when a second body is found.
Film: Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
Film series: Mr. Wong, Detective
Production company: Monogram Pictures
Director: William Nigh
Music composed by: Edward J. Kay
Screenplay: Hugh Wiley, Houston Branch
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings, Evelyn Brent, George Lloyd, William Gould, Lee Tung Foo
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