I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Truly Dreadful Film

Just perfect...

A lot of fun.

Warner Oland (Charlie Chan), Irene Hervey (Diana Woodland), Jon Hall (Philip Nash), Keye Luke (Lee Chan), Russell Hicks (Andrews), Halliwell Hobbes (Colonel Watkins), Frederick Vogeding (Marloff), Max Wagner (taxi-driver henchman), Neil Fitzgerald (Dakin), Gladden James (Forrest, the valet), David Torrence (Sir Stanley Woodland), Guy Usher (president, chamber of commerce), Sun Wong (Moy Ming), Colin Kenny, Jimmy Phillips, Pat Somerset, Phil Tead, Luke Chan, Jack Chefe (reporters), Lynn Bari (2nd hotel switchboard operator), James B. Leong (Shanghai police operator), Harrison Greene, Frank Darien (tourists in café), Charles Haefeli (crook on boat), Russell Hopton, Eddie Hart ("G"-men), Eddie Lee (servant), Torben Meyer (French diplomat), Pat O'Malley (Belden), Harry Strang (chauffeur), Walter Wong, Sammee Tong (waiters), Jehim Wong (rickshaw boy at dock), Charles Stevens (beggar), Francis Pierlot (missionary), Hamilton MacFadden (reporter at stern of launch), Regina Rambeau.Director: JAMES TINLING. Original screenplay: Edward T. Lowe and Gerard Fairlie. Based on characters created by Earl Derr Biggers. Photography: Barney McGill. Film editor: Nick DeMaggio. Art directors: Duncan Cramer and Lewis Creber. Costumes designed by Alberto Luza. Wardrobe master: Sam Benson. Camera operator: Rudolph Maté. Music director: Samuel Kaylin. Stunts: Chick Collins, Bob Rose, Dick Stoney. Assistant director: Aaron Rosenberg. Music recording: Vinton Vernon. Sound recording: Albert Protzman. Western Electric Sound Recording. Associate producer: John Stone. Executive producer: Winfield Sheehan.Copyright 11 October 1935 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation. Presented by Fox Film Corporation. New York opening at the Roxy: 13 October 1935. Australian release: 27 November 1935. 6,300 feet. 70 minutes.SYNOPSIS: Charlie Chan bests an opium ring operating in Shanghai. NOTES: Number twelve of the 48-picture series.COMMENT: Another highly enjoyable excursion for Chan fans. In this one, Warner Oland not only makes with the usual aphorisms, but speaks in Chinese and even sings! Keye Luke makes an engaging number one son. The other players are likewise well served by the script (despite the fact that it's packed with inside jokes): Russell Hicks has the role of his career as a G-man; the heroine is a really attractive little lass; and the hero is most ingratiatingly played by Jon Hall (under his real name, Charles Locher). Director James Tinling takes excellent advantage of some eye- catching sets and production values, keeping the action moving at a smart pace and staging one or two really spectacular stunts. Other technical credits, including Barney McGill's attractively atmospheric black-and-white cinematography, are likewise highly appealing.

Before Charlie Chan was in Shanghai, someone tries to kill Warner Oland on the boat from Hawaii. Even villains can get some unfriendly vibes at times.Charlie Chan In Shanghai, the only time that the famous detective actually was in the land of his ancestors in the film series, finds Warner Oland and Keye Luke going there to help stamp out an opium smuggling ring. They are summoned there by a Scotland Yard Inspector who gets himself shot and killed during a banquet by means of a booby trapped box. The suspect pool was a little thin in this particular movie which doesn't make it quite rise to the level of some of the other Oland and Sidney Toler features from Fox. It was also the last film released under the Fox film banner, henceforth all productions would be under the new reorganized 20th Century Fox.As the villains also seemed to know every move that Oland was making for a while you know they had to have some inside help which also narrows the suspect pool. I think you'll figure it out way before the end.Still Oland is at his inscrutable best in this feature.

This is an engaging whodunit with a particularly charming back and forth between Warner Oland and Keye Luke. A good bit of action as well, with some some fisticuffs and bang bang. I was intrigued by several occasions where Chinese is spoken, although it appears none of it was critical to the plot. Certainly it is appropriate considering the locale in Shanghai. Some good little surprises here and there, with Charlie always ahead of everyone else in spite of a couple of perilous encounters.If you like this series in general, you should be quite pleased with this entry. Warner Oland is, at least I think, the best Chan, showing warmth and wit and a playfulness his antecedents seem to lack.

Hi there all you IMDb reviewers. Aren't we having fun? I just watched 'Charlie Chan in Shanghai' for about the 4th time. For some reason, I just love these 30's films. Silly, isn't it? Looking at the previous reviews, I don't recall any mentions of Irene Hervey. I think she's a real dish. She has one of those mouths that stays slightly open unless she consciously closes it - suggesting open-mouthed kisses are almost guaranteed. I looked at her filmography and was surprised to see that she had a very long and full career - surprised I was, because her name is not a household word. One of the things about this movie that I think is funny is the ending. Warner says to Keye that he can go back to the hotel and make one "female telephone call" (he can call his girlfriend) - Keye says "Thank you - so much", and Warner waves his hand like - "let's forget you said that". Does anybody know whether Warner and Keye got along well? Their greetings in these films seem so heartfelt. But, of course, they're actors, so who knows? I watched the very first Charlie Chan movie, which has an actual Chinese person as Charlie Chan. He is, in my opinion, boring. Perhaps Hollywood made an attempt to find a Chinese person to play Charlie Chan, but was unable to find anyone charismatic enough. Yes, Warner's portrayal undoubtedly sickens present-day Chinese, but they should recognize that he represented the Chinese to a credulous 30's American audience as a highly intelligent, globally respected person, and in the process undoubtedly created a positive impression of the Chinese at a time when they were under attack by the Japanese - perhaps that's what Hollywood had in mind.