Starting out with clips of the "Moro Castle" fire, this black and white mystery movie moves fast with murder, attempted murder and continues with suspense until Karloff solves it and the detective almost eats his hat. Great movie. Thanks for the post. Joe S
I loved this movie! I'm thinking of starting a black and white film club and this will be on the list! Thank you for uploading. Liked and subscribed! :)
This movie with Boris is great movie. I love Boris Karlof. These are great black and white movies.. I love them. Thank you Timel are as Classic Movies. Great job.
Note @ 2:21... the attorney, Victor Martin, is the actor Henry Brandon. Damn good actor!! He went on to play 'Scar' in the great John Wayne film, 'The Seachers'. In real life, he was an inch taller than Wayne, but the Duke towered over him in the 'The Seachers'.
I have been watching these Timeless Classic Movies along with many Charlie Chan Movies, ... It;s quite bewildering why the producer and director did not invest in a few pairs of hand cuffs ... I am glad I found these great movies. ... very entertaining
Insurance rep. in 1st scene is Tris Coffin who plays a hotel clerk in the Wong film The Fatal Hour. Coffin has a great part as the "good" Dr. in The Corpse Vanishes w/Bela Lugosi. Coffin, whose name suggests death, co-starred with Lugosi & Karloff who played iconic death-related figures Dracula & Frankenstein's Monster, respectively.
Why isn't anyone talking about the handsome William Stelling??? He is so sharp-looking he could be a modern day actor even in this ancient movie. I'm looking up his other movies to watch as well!...
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The lawyer was clearly not doing his best to help the accused, but other than that, I didn't see any clues showing who did it, or why. Even the ending failed to explain what the motive was.
I'm the opposite. With the exception of Cool Hand Luke, I don't watch black and white. The people act so bad that it's hard to believe anyone ever talked like that.
The "Wentworth Castle" shown in the opening is actually footage of the SS Morro Castle, which burned in 1934, in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century.
@Righteous Indignation. The similarities between the events are notable: both liners were destroyed by fire with terrible loss of life; both captains were non-factors during the disasters (Morro's captain died mysteriously the day before that ship's fatal fire, and the Yarmouth's captain was among the first to leave his burning ship); both ships had large amounts of wood in the decks and structures and many layers of flammable oil-based paint, which fueled the flames; fire drills and other emergency drills were non-existent in each case; emergency alarms and S.O.S. signals were not effectively initiated to alert passengers and seek assistance (although for different reasons); the employment and effective use of emergency equipment and lifeboats were minimal and, of course, both ships' names included "Castle." The lessons learned after the Morro Castle debacle led to safety improvements in the design, operation and emergency procedures of U.S.-flagged liners, but the foreign-flagged Yarmouth Castle did not benefit from those improvements. Otherwise, the Yarmouth Castle fire/sinking might never have occurred.
@Timeless_Classic_Movie - another wonderful who-dunnit with some laughs thrown in! I have been watching a LOT of these old b&w movies lately (nothing much else to do) and it seems to me that I saw another movie about the "Wentworth Castle" ship disaster, but I can't recall the name? But heck, at my age, remembering to put on my underwear is quite an accomplishment...
Trivia -- the lawyer in this film Victor Martin is a young Henry Brandon. Henry is famous for three roles: he was the decrepit old man Barnaby in the Laurel & Hardy classic "The March of the Wooden Soldiers." He was also the opera goon who told the Little Rascals' Alfalfa that he "signed the contract" and had to sing "The Barber of Seville." And he portrayed the evil Native American Scar who butted heads with John Wayne -- when Wayne was looking for his niece in the western classic "The Searchers." Brandon deserved to be a far bigger star.
Great Movie, dialogue acting etc. But, can someone explain what happened? I need an executive one paragraph plot summary, written for someone who watched the movie but doesn't get the motivations, etc. I'm assuming it could be argued there was a commercial decision to make it complicated, so people would have to pay to see it again! Or, perehaps it is just me? I don't see any other comments along this line. God's Love, Movies 'B'!
Karloff as an Asian?! That’s guy bizarre! English accent and all too. But I’ll watch anything with him in it, one of my all time favorite actors and people. He was truly an interesting man and never of kind. Wish we still had him with us.
The film uses actual news footage from the burning of the liner SS Morro Castle, which caught fire on September 8, 1934 during a trip from Havana to New York.
I've watched a few of these Mr Wong movies and as interesting as they be it's very hard to take the Withers character. His portrayal as the detective is very annoying. He's too overbearing, he never thinks before coming to conclusions and he never takes his hat off.
What ever happened to the money from the Titanic which wasn't even the Titanic? There is no statute of limitations on murder. Lawyers get all over this.
That is very correct in the opening scenes a ship was on fire with a lot of un-breathable smoke! Inhaling smoke on a seagoing vessel, the smoke will kill you first.From the lack of oxygen.
And along with the (not homicidal) Dr. from The Corpse Vanishes in the 1st office scene, isn't that Toby as one of the news hawkers, also from The Corpse Vanishes? I believe so. Any other connection between these two films, aside from each starring a well-known horror actor?
ah, so. Henry Brandon also played Foo Manchu in a movie serial. This movie should be remade with George Clooney as Mr. Wong. I love it when Richard Loo says, "I go to your universary, U.C.R.A.)
One tires of the 'Dopey Sidekick' that gets written into most of these old B movies. Seriously dopey, enough to make me sure the girl reporter wouldn't be able to tie her own shoes, let alone drive a car.
Watched this movie...it seems to me that the ONLY indication that Boris is Chinese is his last name is WONG. He has a British accent. Hong Kong was a colony of Britain. Possibly his father was Chinese and mother British. People look at these old movies through a lens of POLICITAL correctness missing the value of the work of the movie and then waxing philosophical about the woes of Old Hollywood. FYI-----Today non-gay people play gay characters, non meth-heads play meth-heads, Russell Crowe (a New Zealander) played a Roman. It's called ACTING!!!
The average American doesn’t know the difference between Chinese and Japanese cultures any more than Marjorie Williams did in this movie. She responded to the allegation that the Chinese man committed suicide by saying “it makes sense, they commit _hari hari_ “ ...meaning the _Japanese Samuri_ tradition of Hara Kiri.
Marjorie Reynolds also had an uncredited role in “Gone With The Wind”. I think she was one of the guests at the barbecue at Twelve Oaks in the beginning of the movie.
hard to cover up a change in actors but it was done in the part where Mr. Wong takes to to Chinese man. Look close and you will see the Chinese man has grow very old in just a few seconds. This is a Bloppy of the 40's.
Remember Hong Kong was a British colony for many years, with many British citizens living, and marrying people from Hong Kong. It is possible those who learned to speak English from British citizens did learn the language as spoken by the British.
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I FEEL COMFORTABLE watching these movies.they hold a lot of relief these movies.they hold a lot of mystery in their mysteries.
These cute entertaining movies of the early forties, may they never die. The hip dialogue is always priceless.
Starting out with clips of the "Moro Castle" fire, this black and white mystery movie moves fast with murder, attempted murder and continues with suspense until Karloff solves it and the detective almost eats his hat. Great movie. Thanks for the post. Joe S
I loved this movie! I'm thinking of starting a black and white film club and this will be on the list! Thank you for uploading. Liked and subscribed! :)
Sign me up haha! When I was younger, none of my friends would let me pick the movie cause I only liked old b&w flicks.
I'd join that club!♥️
@@charlesrast4235 ME TOO!!!
James Cagney white heat…… highly recommended great movie
This movie with Boris is great movie. I love Boris Karlof. These are great black and white movies.. I love them. Thank you Timel are as Classic Movies. Great job.
Thank you for this and all your wonderful pos. These movies are from my youth. Great reviewing the long lost
i had no idea this was the sequel toTHE FATAL HOUR. thankyou
Another enjoyable James Lee Wong film!
Excellent. Very good viewing! Thank you for posting it.
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Watching this in June 2023.
Such a great film.
Thanks for posting.😊
Thanks for posting this Fantastic Movie.
Ah, M.r Karloff- thank you for posting this. Mare
If you had a three piece tweed suit back in the 1940's, you were not only cool, your bank account wasn't doing to bad either!
I be got $250 cash from J G Wentworth😜
Excellent mystery.
Note @ 2:21... the attorney, Victor Martin, is the actor Henry Brandon. Damn good actor!! He went on to play 'Scar' in the great John Wayne film, 'The Seachers'. In real life, he was an inch taller than Wayne, but the Duke towered over him in the 'The Seachers'.
Thank you
Yeah, even tall actors wear lifts to appear taller. Most actors are shorter than average, with large heads.
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I have been watching these Timeless Classic Movies along with many Charlie Chan Movies, ... It;s quite bewildering why the producer and director did not invest in a few pairs of hand cuffs ... I am glad I found these great movies. ... very entertaining
THESE DETECTIVES HAVE NO USE FOR HANDCUFFS
@@traynorv They didnt need them lol. They call for back up now...
my kind of Crime / Mystery...solving crime with humor ..
Do you room and board on that fire escape ? Ha,ha. I love the 40's movies sarcastic humour ,and love the outfits the women wore in the 40's.
@@joet840But that hat was annoying with that f'n🪶.
Insurance rep. in 1st scene is Tris Coffin who plays a hotel clerk in the Wong film The Fatal Hour. Coffin has a great part as the "good" Dr. in The Corpse Vanishes w/Bela Lugosi. Coffin, whose name suggests death, co-starred with Lugosi & Karloff who played iconic death-related figures Dracula & Frankenstein's Monster, respectively.
Why isn't anyone talking about the handsome William Stelling??? He is so sharp-looking he could be a modern day actor even in this ancient movie. I'm looking up his other movies to watch as well!...
Great whodunit! Thanks for posting this!
The chauffeur had a strong screen presence. Kenneth Harlan must have been wonderful wonderful in the silent films.
" I dont know nothing about nothing " words to live by
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I have an idea there was an ancient school of philosophy among the Greeks which found that to be a key to happiness!
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@@sohara....Alas, ignorance is sweet bliss.
LOVED it!
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This is the best one yet.
Nice pick
Except for the fact that no motive was given.
Good movie 🍿👍 Thank you!
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The lawyer was clearly not doing his best to help the accused, but other than that, I didn't see any clues showing who did it, or why. Even the ending failed to explain what the motive was.
Yeah! What was the motive for the killing??
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The movie I enjoyed. I rarely watch a movie after 1961.
I'm the opposite. With the exception of Cool Hand Luke, I don't watch black and white. The people act so bad that it's hard to believe anyone ever talked like that.
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One seldom sees Boris actually laugh.
I know…where he at?
You'll love this then with he and Vincent Price! 🤣
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"Fascinating!" "Who me??" "No, the other negative!! Hilarious.
The "Wentworth Castle" shown in the opening is actually footage of the SS Morro Castle, which burned in 1934, in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century.
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Thanks for the history lesson!
Thank you. ;-)
...and 31 years after the Morro Castle disaster, there was the Yarmouth Castle disaster.
@Righteous Indignation. The similarities between the events are notable: both liners were destroyed by fire with terrible loss of life; both captains were non-factors during the disasters (Morro's captain died mysteriously the day before that ship's fatal fire, and the Yarmouth's captain was among the first to leave his burning ship); both ships had large amounts of wood in the decks and structures and many layers of flammable oil-based paint, which fueled the flames; fire drills and other emergency drills were non-existent in each case; emergency alarms and S.O.S. signals were not effectively initiated to alert passengers and seek assistance (although for different reasons); the employment and effective use of emergency equipment and lifeboats were minimal and, of course, both ships' names included "Castle."
The lessons learned after the Morro Castle debacle led to safety improvements in the design, operation and emergency procedures of U.S.-flagged liners, but the foreign-flagged Yarmouth Castle did not benefit from those improvements. Otherwise, the Yarmouth Castle fire/sinking might never have occurred.
@Timeless_Classic_Movie - another wonderful who-dunnit with some laughs thrown in! I have been watching a LOT of these old b&w movies lately (nothing much else to do) and it seems to me that I saw another movie about the "Wentworth Castle" ship disaster, but I can't recall the name? But heck, at my age, remembering to put on my underwear is quite an accomplishment...
Trivia -- the lawyer in this film Victor Martin is a young Henry Brandon. Henry is famous for three roles: he was the decrepit old man Barnaby in the Laurel & Hardy classic "The March of the Wooden Soldiers." He was also the opera goon who told the Little Rascals' Alfalfa that he "signed the contract" and had to sing "The Barber of Seville." And he portrayed the evil Native American Scar who butted heads with John Wayne -- when Wayne was looking for his niece in the western classic "The Searchers." Brandon deserved to be a far bigger star.
I knew the first 2, i didn't know the western one
Great whodunit! Thanks
Very interesting info! Thanks.
And he played Fu Manchu in Republic's cliffhanger DRUMS OF FU MANCHU.
Henry Brandon was a background figure in hundreds of films, and very good at it. Read somewhere he was Hungarian.@@markbarnard4949
"I'm afraid I gave Miss Logan rather a shock." Without hesitation 'Thanks."
That reporter ruined this movie for me.
Great Movie, dialogue acting etc. But, can someone explain what happened? I need an executive one paragraph plot summary, written for someone who watched the movie but doesn't get the motivations, etc. I'm assuming it could be argued there was a commercial decision to make it complicated, so people would have to pay to see it again! Or, perehaps it is just me? I don't see any other comments along this line. God's Love, Movies 'B'!
Why they called a ship "The Wentworth Castle" was confusing to say the least.
No it wasn't.
CALLING ALL CARS, CALLING ALL CARS
I always laugh when I hear that!
Karloff as an Asian?! That’s guy bizarre! English accent and all too. But I’ll watch anything with him in it, one of my all time favorite actors and people. He was truly an interesting man and never of kind. Wish we still had him with us.
The director made a mistake with Marjorie Reynolds; her character was way way overboard acting. Otherwise, I liked the movie. Thanks for posting.
Bill and Miss Logan argue like a married couple!
I very much enjoy these films, the play between Street and Logan remind me of the Torchy Blane films
Another good Boris Karloff as a detective
¡What a great job¡. Regards.
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Dr. Eyebrows at the Receiving Hospital.
The film uses actual news footage from the burning of the liner SS Morro Castle, which caught fire on September 8, 1934 during a trip from Havana to New York.
I've watched a few of these Mr Wong movies and as interesting as they be it's very hard to take the Withers character. His portrayal as the detective is very annoying. He's too overbearing, he never thinks before coming to conclusions and he never takes his hat off.
That's how all cops were played then.
Infrared film in 1940? Whoa.
Very nice little film, a bit slap-stick, but most enjoyable just the same.
The Moral Castle probably was that ship!!!??? The ship pictured by a beach was probably a tip, to being Asbury Park, where it was beached.
Doom to die was a great movie.and still is
To me this movie was just okay just an old plan mystery thank you for the movie 👍🇺🇸
In the 1st office scene, isn't that the Dr from The Corpses Vanishes with Bela Lugosi?
Thanks.
Great name. "Doomed to die". Ah Boris, you did it again. And that American jem, moidered.
Boris Karloff = the Best!
Henry 'hubba hubba' Brandon. Bobbie was one tough tomato.
No she wasn't, just tenacious.
Love this Movie!!
What ever happened to the money from the Titanic which wasn't even the Titanic? There is no statute of limitations on murder.
Lawyers get all over this.
Oh you are going to want to tap into the writings of Miles Mathis; he has a fantastic paper on the Titanic!
I wonder what ship was really on fire?
The SS Morro Castle (1934).
That is very correct in the opening scenes a ship was on fire with a lot of un-breathable smoke! Inhaling smoke on a seagoing vessel, the smoke will kill you first.From the lack of oxygen.
And along with the (not homicidal) Dr. from The Corpse Vanishes in the 1st office scene, isn't that Toby as one of the news hawkers, also from The Corpse Vanishes? I believe so. Any other connection between these two films, aside from each starring a well-known horror actor?
my 3rd borris karloff movie
Marjorie Reynolds is adorable. Great to see Boris
I wonder if anyone could be considered _armed but _*_not_*_ dangerous_ ?
Boris was playing Charlie Chan and the casting director never worked in this town again.
The Police Captain and the Reporter would make a wonderful marriage. Don’t you think so too.
ah, so. Henry Brandon also played Foo Manchu in a movie serial. This movie should be remade with George Clooney as Mr. Wong. I love it when Richard Loo says, "I go to your universary, U.C.R.A.)
Wong is always right!
One tires of the 'Dopey Sidekick' that gets written into most of these old B movies. Seriously dopey, enough to make me sure the girl reporter wouldn't be able to tie her own shoes, let alone drive a car.
I hate this character, Mr. Wong! Peter Lorre to play Mr.Wong would have been better!
The detective isn't as dumb as he looks, pulling of that stunt in his office with the microphones.
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I had most of them on did, ya it was awile ago, I love these movies, got stolen when I was in hospital 3 big garbage bags.
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12:55, was that a Miranda warning in 1940?
I was wondering the same thing!!
Looks like the Morrow Castle beached and on fire in Atlantic City.
Like Charlie Chan...love it!
I watched the whole series for Marjorie Reynolds. ❤️
Watched this movie...it seems to me that the ONLY indication that Boris is Chinese is his last name is WONG. He has a British accent. Hong Kong was a colony of Britain. Possibly his father was Chinese and mother British. People look at these old movies through a lens of POLICITAL correctness missing the value of the work of the movie and then waxing philosophical about the woes of Old Hollywood. FYI-----Today non-gay people play gay characters, non meth-heads play meth-heads, Russell Crowe (a New Zealander) played a Roman. It's called ACTING!!!
I don't think it's political correctness, but more like lack of knowledge about history, politics, etc.
Right on !!!
9:53 4 dollors for 2 drinks wow
Captain Street is about as bright as... the sun is from Pluto.
I’ll join but have so much to do l’d watch more than contribute content. However never am l lost for words and commentary.
So this is what Khris looks like without the gauze.
Vampira showed a lot of monogram shows on her program.
good movie>
Can’t go Wong with shrimp fried rice and a fortune cookie
No you didn't say that! HAHA lol. That is very funny.
@@PorkChopJonesNo it isn't.
Leaving such great movies they had to be playing them on TV they can make $1000000
The average American doesn’t know the difference between Chinese and Japanese cultures any more than Marjorie Williams did in this movie. She responded to the allegation that the Chinese man committed suicide by saying “it makes sense, they commit _hari hari_ “ ...meaning the _Japanese Samuri_ tradition of Hara Kiri.
all they knew bout the chinese back then was that they were peeing in our coke
mark fonti Now *_that_* took me back to grade school!
Wouldn’t Karloff dressed like this be akin to Black-face against Asians? Yet he’s still celebrated for these films.
is this the same Marjorie Reynolds who later was in the Danny Thomas tv series? I think, the name seems familiar
Edwin: No, I think the actress in the Danny Thomas show was Marjorie Lord.
she was on the Life Of Riley show,she played BABS
@@peanut24cute49 Peg the wife . She later appeared on a couple of Leave To Beaver shows as an slightly older woman. A beautiful woman in her prime !
Marjorie Reynolds also had an uncredited role in “Gone With The Wind”. I think she was one of the guests at the barbecue at Twelve Oaks in the beginning of the movie.
Monogram Pictures answer to Universal Pictures Charlie Chan, and neither one oriental.
Great movie to fall asleep to. And you get to wake up before "The Crawling Eye" comes on, and wonder: WTF?
Exactly my plan.
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NO, she isnt going to stay away from you. and no she aint gonna let go of you. cant you see the poor lady is scared to death!!?? ;) heh
Boris Anything 💜💗☮️👁️👍
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Street was a dawg for leaving his gf fainted on the floor and cutting the feather from her hat. Men ain’t sh1t. But that was funny 😄...
hard to cover up a change in actors but it was done in the part where Mr. Wong takes to to Chinese man. Look close and you will see the Chinese man has grow very old in just a few seconds. This is a Bloppy of the 40's.
Wow look what fame FRANKENSTIEN brought Boris and work
boris doe's not play a chinese guy very well with that heavy british accent
That would be dosen't, not doe's not. Get an education.
@@curtisclary9911 "dosen't"? 🤭
Remember Hong Kong was a British colony for many years, with many British citizens living, and marrying people from Hong Kong. It is possible those who learned to speak English from British citizens did learn the language as spoken by the British.