Shadows of the Orient (1935)
1935 · Feature film · 67 min · dir. Burt P. Lynwood
FRISCO RIPPED WIDE OPEN...BY THRILL-MAD SOCIETY BEAUTY!
- Drama
- Crime
Synopsis
"Shadows of the Orient" was originally (and still is) a Larry Darmour production made under the Empire Films banner in 1935 and released in August of 1935, although Motion Picture Herald did not review it until February of 1936. Following the reorganization of Monogram, after W. Ray Johnston, Scott R. Dunlap, Trem Carr and Paul Malvern broke away from their short stay at Republic Pictures, Monogram was in need of product to fill their exhibitor committments and picked up the film from whatever…
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Burt P. Lynwood
- Writer
- Louis E. Heifetz
- Studio
- Monogram Pictures, Larry Darmour Productions
- Released
- 1935-07-06
- Running time
- 67 minutes
Cast & crew
- Burt P. Lynwood Director
Esther Ralston
Regis Toomey
J. Farrell MacDonald
Oscar Apfel
Sidney Blackmer
Eddie Fetherston
Kit Guard
James B. Leong
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Not bad · jimelena · 2005-12-14
Maybe a little long for the content but it is free and what do you want for nothing? I liked it and think it should be watched.
★★★★★ · Esther Ralston · Brian Pinette · 2008-05-07
I was a frtiend of the STAR, Esther Ralston. This was a "programmer" ... and as such, it featured actually talented people in inane scripts ... usually, this was the first of a double feature. Esther was most notably recognized for her celestial work in Betty Bronson silent film starrer PETER PAN. A good effort. Sort of like LAW AND ORDER ... allowing "Mature" stars to be featured somewhere on celluloid.
★★★★ · Yellow Peril Resurrected · Hans Wollstein · 2004-07-04
Everybody seems to know how to fly an airplane in ÃÂÃÂShadows of the Orient,ÃÂÃÂ including gang boss Sidney Blackmer, brash young detective Regis Toomey, and even the ubiquitous debutante heroine, Esther Ralston. But to paraphrase an original review of this little potboiler, the story dates back much farther than its airborne conveyances. All the way back, in fact to the ÃÂÃÂYellow PerilÃÂÃÂ days of the 1910s when what was then derogatorily termed ÃÂÃÂChinamenÃÂÃÂ could send shivers down the spine of any upstanding American. Yet despite the less than politically correct terminology ÃÂÃÂ the…
★★★★ · I Love This Movie · Greenstrat · 2012-10-10
This is a wonderful little time capsule. The acting is as good as you got back then (Yeah I know, the timing can be a bit stagy, but remember when this was made) and I really enjoyed the trip.
★★★★ · Shadows of the Orient · FrankinHolland · 2005-11-06
Really interesting early aviation scenes. The movie is worth watching and mercifully short.
★★★★ · larry76 · larry76 · 2012-10-12
Another worthwhile film to watch. It may not have the greatest script, or actors , but is fun to watch.
