ChikPapa
Very disappointed :(
Helloturia
I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Yash Wade
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Jenni Devyn
Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
gridoon2018
"Charlie Chan in Paris" is one of the better Charlie Chan films I have seen so far. It wastes little time getting to the plot (Charlie receives a death threat in the first 2 minutes!), has a dance number (!) - and a damn impressive one at that (whatever happened to Dorothy Appleby??), and has some novelties in its plot (which, of course, I will not give away here). It also introduces Chan's no.1 son, likably played by Keye Luke. Of course there are some doughnut-size holes in the script (to quote the movie itself), like for example, why do they make such a big deal out of finding Mary Brian's fingerprints on the gun, when there were several witnesses who plainly saw her holding it! And remember: "Only foolish man waste words when argument is lost". **1/2 out of 4.
blanche-2
From 1935, "Charlie Chan in Paris" was considered one of the lost of the series, but a print was found.Years and years ago, when I first discovered the Chan films, the TV station I watched at the time showed Sidney Toler films. I like Toler in the role -- he had a world-weary way of saying his lines, his Chan was deliberate, and his kids drove him nuts. Oland brings different qualities to the role, and he's a delight - very upbeat, more active, and in this one anyway, Lee Chan (Keye Luke) was a welcome addition to him, not a bother. He really radiates a special warmth.Part of the energy difference is due to age -- Oland was about 12 years younger than Toler when he began the series.In this story, Chan goes on vacation to Paris, but it's just a cover. He's there to investigate a forgery that seems to emanate from one particular bank that is selling bonds. He has someone there, Nardi, working undercover, but she is murdered shortly after the film starts.Good film, and somehow, even working in a studio, the film manages to create a dark and mysterious atmosphere.Enjoyable. I know they are not politically correct, but I do love the Charlie Chan films.
bkoganbing
In one of the few times that another Charlie Chan film made reference to its immediate predecessor, Charlie Chan In Paris notes that Warner Oland is in Paris having picked up a client in London. Fans of the series will remember that Oland was in London solving the murder in a stable on an estate, a fact also specifically mentioned.The clients who hired Oland are some bondholders who have bought what looks forged bonds from a respected Paris bank. These bonds have flooded the European market and threaten to bring financial panic on the alleged issuing bank run by Henry Kolker.I have to say that the conspirators really had a clever scheme of forgery and a pretty good method of committing murder to protect the enterprise. Two murders are committed, one of them of John Miljan who has played a slew despicable villains on screen. In fact Miljan is branching out into a racket all his own when he's killed. That other racket though manages to cast suspicion on a false perpetrator.Charlie Chan In Paris is one of the cleverest films in the Chan series and fans of Charlie should not miss this one.
MARIO GAUCI
Despite a promising start with the energetic Apache ballet, this film is virtually a retread of CHARLIE CHAN IN London (1934) with its plot about coveted wives, duplicitous subordinates, drunken cronies, young lovers in peril, etc. The plot has possibilities (especially with the introduction of the sinister Marcel Xavier character and his eventual comeuppance) but ends up being less interesting than expected! It's still fun and the lightning pace, ultimately, works to the film's advantage. Furthermore, the introduction of Chan's son as his assistant in the investigation will come to be a trademark of the series.
