“The Mystery of Mr. Wong”
BORIS KARLOFF OUTSTANDING IN TITLE ROLE (Kosy: Screening Friday.) “The Mystery of Mr Wong” concerns the theft of the fatal “Eye of the Daughter of the Moon ’ ’ from China by Brandon Edwards, well-known collector. At a house party where James Lee Wong, is one of the guests, Edwards is murdered, and his death unveils bitterness and hatred enshrouding the household, as a result of Edwards’ cruelty and pettiness. Various motives for murder are uncovered, but it is not until two others meet violent deaths that Wong finds the missing clue that breaks the case in a surprise ending. Outstanding is the performance of Boris Karloff as the Oxford educated
“James Lee Wong.” Always an intelligent actor, Karloff plays Wong quietly, giving the detective character an integrity and a quality or kindness not always possessed by screen sleuths. Dorothy Tree does well with the role of Valerie, unhappy wife of Edwards, who is in love with her husband’s secretary. Craig Reynolds is good in this part because he plays the secretary with a forcefulness which destroys any hint of weakness in his character, and makes believable the fact that the sophisticated Mrs Edwards would love him.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 5
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