Blu-ray Review Mr. Wong Collection Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

Produced from 1938 to 1940, the Mr. Wong Collection were small scale and definitely programmers (barely running over an hour), but in their own inconspicuous way, they offered fairly good mystery plots and a great star at the helm, Boris Karloff.



Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)



Released: 05 Oct 1938
Rated: Passed
Runtime: 69 min




Director: William Nigh
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama



Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings
Writer(s): Houston Branch, Hugh Wiley



Plot: When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers an international spy ring hoping to steal the formula for a poison gas being deve...



IMDB rating: 6.0
MetaScore: N/A





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[John Sparks]

I have the DVD box set. Since I'm running out of space, I'll have to stick with that but would like to read some reviews on the quality of the BDs.

 

[BobO'Link]

Matt mentioned the overall quality in his review. What wasn't mentioned, that I'm interested in, is how does this BR compare to the DVDs from VCI or Roan? Those look pretty good.

 

[RobertMG]

Matt mentioned the overall quality in his review. What wasn't mentioned, that I'm interested in, is how does this BR compare to the DVDs from VCI or Roan? Those look pretty good.

Last week VCI had the dvd set on sale for 9.99 I got the set years ago and the qualify is pretty doggone good I can see both companies benefit Kino for the fans of blu ray and VCI just to get the 6th feature just keep a look out for a sale on VCIs! Great work KINO and VCI!

 

[borisfw]

How many discs are in the set? Did i miss that info in the review?

 

[RobertMG]

How many discs are in the set? Did i miss that info in the review?

amazon says 2 discs so 5 films on 2 discs

 

[Matt Hough]

amazon says 2 discs so 5 films on 2 discs

Correct. Sorry I omitted that from the review.

The only versions of these films I had prior to this set were the made-on-demand MGM DVDs whose quality left a lot to be desired.

 

[RobertMG]

Correct. Sorry I omitted that from the review.

The only versions of these films I had prior to this set were the made-on-demand MGM DVDs whose quality left a lot to be desired.

The VCI set is great and I am glad Blu Ray fans will be happy too these films kept many a indie tv station on the air for decades they are fun films - like the ever popular east side kids films - wish the negs on film like Spooks Run Wild etc would be uncovered! Hope this set does VERY will for KINO!!!!

 

[BobO'Link]

I own a copy of the Roan DVD set, which is also quite good - and I'll be picking up this Kino release at some point.

 

[smithbrad]

Part of the Kino sale at B&N for $30.