Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Charlie Chan In Paris is a little too melodramatic for me; it has a murder take place during an apache dance, and it's main plot device is the killer disguising himself as a disabled war veteran to commit the murders. It reminded me of Conan Doyle's The Man With The Twisted Lip, and with its botched murder attempt on Charlie, The Final Problem.In Paris isn't a bad film by any means. Warner Oland is always welcome and the entrance of Lee Chan (Keye Luke - not as comic relief here but straight support) was to prove a popular staple for a number of years. The scene where Lee first meets his father in Paris is very warm and beautifully played by both actors.The plot concerns Charlie investigating Bank bond forgeries in Paris, which involves several murders and an innocent person again suspected of the crime (a very hoary scene of the murderer throwing the gun he's used into the room and the innocent girl immediately picking it up and holding at gunpoint the people who turn up to investigate the shots!) So what we are really left with are a number of good scenes in a movie that never quite gels. The mystery itself is not as engaging as the one in the previous film Charlie Chan In London, but this is still a reasonably enjoyable detective movie. Not the best of the Chans, but still okay.

Charlie Chan in Paris is the second Warner Oland entry I've seen, the first was Charlie Chan at the Opera some twenty years before. The movie seemed a bit slow going at first but as the picture went on that pace seemed to work in its favor. Charlie goes to the French city, ostensibly on vacation, to visit a son of a banker friend and with his fiancée and another couple whose male part likes to draw pictures of people he knows, they go to a nightclub where an apache dancer, actually an assistant of Chan's named Nardi, gets murdered. Another one occurs later on. This film is notable as Keye Luke's first appearance as Chan's number one son Lee, here seen quite helpful in the case. Worth seeing for mystery fans, especially those who like '30-type programmers.

Charlie Chan In Paris was recently released on VHS and DVD in the UK and I was pleased I purchased a VHS copy.Charlie Chan comes to Paris making out he is having a holiday but is actually over to investigate a forgery racket but also ends up investigating murders after two people are killed. With the help of his No 1 son, he gathers clues and the investigation takes them under Paris in the sewers and the culprit is caught at the end, in heavy disguise...This mystery is atmospheric at times, especially the sewer scenes.Charlie Chan is played well by Warner Oland. I'm not familiar with the rest of the cast though.If you like a good old mystery, you will enjoy Charlie Chan In Paris. Great fun.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

It's the first movie that I see in the Charlie Chan's series. I must say that I liked it. It's a pretty good mystery taking place in Paris. Like other films of this genre, the answer to the puzzle is not known until the end. Like good old Charlie says in the movie: «Must turn many stones to find hiding place of snake»! The dance scene at the Singe Bleu is quite compelling.Out of 100, I gave it 78.