VHS : Charlie Chan - The Jade Mask
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starring: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Hardie Albright, Frank Reicherdirected by: Phil Rosen
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302717297
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6302717299
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: July 21, 1998
Running Time: 66 minutes
Sales Rank: 13458
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: January 26, 1945
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A House of Secrets...
1945's "The Jade Mask" is a better-than-average Charlie Chan mystery, featuring Sidney Toler as the famous Honolulu detective, on duty with the Secret Service for the war. Chan is assisted by Number Four Son Edward (Edwin Luke) and Driver Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland), who provide comic relief when not tripping over clues.
The story opens in the laboratory of a paranoid scientist named Harper, who is working on a secret formula for the war effort, one that will make wood as hard ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent
We got this movie on time it was delightful and well made. Digitally remastered. Great quality video
Rating: - Interesting
I have never been disappointed with Charlie Chan movies as long as it stars Sidney Tolerand Mantan Moreland. The Jade Mask kept me waiting for the next unexpected event.
Rating: - Among the Best of the Monogram Chan Films
Loosely based on novels by Earl Derr Biggers, 20th Century Fox's Charlie Chan series proved an audience favorite--but when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor the studio feared audiences would turn against its Asian hero. This was a miscalculation: actor Sidney Toler took the role to "poverty row" Monogram Studios, where he continued to portray the character in eleven more films made between 1944 and his death in 1947.
20th Century Fox had regarded the Chan films as inexpensive "B" movies, but ... Read More
Rating: - Monogram Studios best effort
This movie has a great " who dun it " story line. The action on the grounds and the grounds themselves add a neat aura of mysteriousness to it all. Mantan Morelands presence always lends a hand to lighten things up. And we see the only appearence of " bookworm " son Eddie Chan.
You will give this film effort high marks if: you are a mystery movie fan, a Charlie Chan fan, or a young parent looking for a good, old classic to feel comfortable having the young ones watch. You can't go wrong.
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