Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)


Twentieth-Century Fox
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)

Atmospheric Chan entry with Boris Karloff the primary suspect in a murder that takes place during an opera performance. Karloff is suitably menacing in his opera costume and is excellent at lip syncing the singing parts. The opera setting, both on stage and back stage, adds another level of enjoyment to the proceedings. As for whodunnit, a real tough one that I did not see coming.

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