Mr. Wong in Chinatown 1939  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, George Lynn, William Royle, Richard Loo, Lotus Long, Huntley Gordon, James Flavin, Lee Tung Foo, Bessie Loo, Ernie Stanton, I. Stanford Jolley, Guy Usher, Wilbur Mack
Detective Wong (Boris Karloff) finds the body of a murder victim in his home and learns from reporter Bobby Logan (Marjorie Reynolds) that the victim is Chinese Princess Lin Hwa (Lotus Long). Police Captain Bill Street (Grant Withers) aids Wong in the investigation, and they discover the murdered body of Lin's traveling companion (Bessie Loo). As Wong closes in on the case, he is kidnapped and held hostage aboard a ship in San Francisco harbor. Will Street and Logan be able to save him? This story was later remade as "The Chinese Ring" starring Roland Winters in his first role as Charlie Chan.
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 The Mysterious Mr. Wong 1934 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Arline Judge, E. Alyn Warren, Lotus Long, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Edward Peil Sr., Luke Chan, Lee Shumway, Etta Lee
A power-crazed Asian (Bela Lugosi) is obsessed with owning the "12 coins of Confucius" through which he will gain great power.
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Mystery of Mr. Wong 1939  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Lotus Long, Holmes Herbert, Morgan Wallace, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Lebedeff, Chester Gan, Hooper Atchley, Bruce Wong, Jack Kennedy, Joe Devlin, Lee Tung Foo, Wilbur Mack
Gem collector Brendan Edwards (Morgan Wallace) possesses the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," which is the largest star sapphire in the world. The gem has been stolen from China, and Edwards has received a death threat. He calls in Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) for help, and, during a game of charades, Edwards is shot dead, and the star sapphire disappears. Mr. Wong and Inspector Sam Street (Grant Withers) sort out the evidence, expose the killer, and Mr. Wong returns the gem to China.
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Phantom of Chinatown 1940 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Keye Luke, Grant Withers, Lotus Long, Charles F. Miller, Virginia Carpenter, John Dilson, Paul McVey, Huntley Gordon, John Holland, Willy Castello, Richard Terry, Robert Kellard, Lee Tung Foo, Victor(2) Wong, Bruce Mitchell
Boris Karloff left the "Mr. Wong" series and was replaced by a younger Wong–Jimmy (Keye Luke)–in this final entry in the series. An archeologist returns from an expedition where an ancient scroll was found. Before you know it, he is murdered and Jimmy sets out to hunt down the murderer.
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto 1937  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck, Sig Ruman, Murray Kinnell, John Rogers, Lotus Long, George Cooper, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Vogeding
This is the first of a successful series of Mr. Moto, master detective, with Peter Lorre in the role of the clever Japanese sleuth. In this episode, Mr. Moto is on his way from San Francisco to Shanghai–hot on the trail of diamond smugglers. A good entry into the series.
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Tokyo Rose 1946 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Byron Barr, Osa Massen, Keye Luke, Leslie Fong, Grace Lem, Donald Douglas, Blake Edwards, Richard Loo, Lotus Long, H.T. Tsiang
While selling propaganda as a radio commentator for the Axis powers during World War II, Tokyo Rose becomes the object of a kidnapping plot.
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| 1. Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
2. The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
3. Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
4. Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
5. Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
6. Tokyo Rose (1946)
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