☆ ☆
Charlie
Chan in City in Darkness (1939) – H. I. Leeds
Charlie seems virtually somnambulant
here as personified by Sidney Toler.
Perhaps this is because he is overshadowed by Harold Huber who is way
way way over the top as a comedic French assistant prefect of police. Or perhaps it is because he realizes that
WWII is about to break out. Indeed, the
film explicitly mentions Chamberlain’s visit to Hitler after the takeover of
Czechoslovakia and the mystery revolves around the death of a munitions
smuggler in Paris (working for the other side).
So, it is a particularly sombre affair and the comic relief is a bit too
heavy-handed. Still, this series somehow
will always take me away from any real problems I might face, at least
temporarily.
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