Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Lewis Seiler

Writers:

Philip MacDonald (story)
Edward T. Lowe Jr. (writer) ...

Release Date:

21 January 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Hired to investigate forged bonds, Charlie is thwarted by the murder of his undercover agent, but the arrival of son Lee helps him uncover the true culprits.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Apache Dancer | Bond | Beggar | Forgery

Cast

Warner Oland	...	Charlie Chan
Mary Brian	...	Yvette Lamartine
Thomas Beck	...	Victor Descartes
John Miljan	...	Albert Dufresne
Erik Rhodes	...	Max Corday
Murray Kinnell	...	Henri Latouche
Minor Watson	...	Insp. Renard
John Qualen	...	Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
Keye Luke	...	Lee Chan
Henry Kolker	...	Paul Lamartine
Dorothy Appleby	...	Nardi
Ruth Peterson	...	Renee Jacquard
Perry Ivins	...	Bedell, Lamartine's secretary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Vitch	...	Sketch Artist

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

Australia:PG | UK:U | USA:Approved

Company:

Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

This film was thought to have been lost for many years until a print was discovered in Czechoslovakia in the 1980s.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the camera shows a POV shot of the beggar on the roof try to hit Charlie with a large stone block, Charlie is seen drawing out his pistol. In the next sidewalk shot of Charlie, he has not yet put his hand into his pocket.

Quotes:

Charlie Chan: We must follow.
Lee Chan: Who? Him?
Charlie Chan: Important fox must not know hounds pursue.

Movie Connections:

References Charlie Chan in London (1934)

There is much mystery in the City of Lights

Charlie Chan goes to Paris, he says on a vacation, but is investigating the Lamartine bank (the richest and most prestigious bank in France) where several forged bonds have circulated across Europe. Nardi, one half of an Apache dance and Chan's Parisian contact, is killed just before he can get any information from her. Looking through Nardi's room, Chan finds a book of her notes, which point suspicion on Albert Dufresne, a worker in the bank. Dufresne is murdered by a mysterious beggar, Xavier Marcel and the blame is placed on Yvette Lamartine, daughter of the bank's president. Chan, son Lee, and Victor Descartes (Yvette's fiancé) must uncover the counterfeiting ring and discover who is disguising himself as Marcel. This is one of the better Chan's in the series, with plenty of mysterious goings-on throughout the film. Nice set locations in the film giving the audience feelings of the Parisian nightlife, dark alleys, and even sewer system. This is the first film to feature Keye Luke as number one son Lee, which gives Oland to play Chan as the fatherly genial type, which is an improvement over the previous entry, Charlie Chan in London. Rating, 8.