I grew up watching Charlie Chan movies - mostly the Fox movies. This movie was kind of difficult to follow - not because of a complex script, but for a Charlie Chan movie, it's kind of boring.
One problem is the sound levels - the dialogue is difficult to hear at times. Monogram was a "poverty row" studio and this is a example of their production values.
Chan is a federal agent in this film - not the normal Honolulu detective of the pre-war films. Characters seem to just appear and many of them are claiming their share of the inheritance. There's no mention of a jade mask - I guess it made the title sound more "oriental" - and there's probably little appeal if they called this "The Plaster Mask".
This movie gets pretty silly at times - poison darts being shot from an air gun placed in a ventriloquist's dummy. A dead man walking like a marionette doll. A person wears a latex mask and takes the place of a murdered man.
If you're a Charlie Chan fan, you might want to watch this. If you're not familiar with Charlie Chan movies - watch the pre-war movies.
One problem is the sound levels - the dialogue is difficult to hear at times. Monogram was a "poverty row" studio and this is a example of their production values.
Chan is a federal agent in this film - not the normal Honolulu detective of the pre-war films. Characters seem to just appear and many of them are claiming their share of the inheritance. There's no mention of a jade mask - I guess it made the title sound more "oriental" - and there's probably little appeal if they called this "The Plaster Mask".
This movie gets pretty silly at times - poison darts being shot from an air gun placed in a ventriloquist's dummy. A dead man walking like a marionette doll. A person wears a latex mask and takes the place of a murdered man.
If you're a Charlie Chan fan, you might want to watch this. If you're not familiar with Charlie Chan movies - watch the pre-war movies.