Moto the film is an original story featuring the character created by john p. He recognises his steward as the murderer of a man in san francisco, and catches him trying to steal an important letter from the stateroom of another passenger, robert hitchings. Moto finds moto peter lorre coming to the aid of chinese royalty. Mr moto, danger island, 1939, peter lorre, mystery, thriller, adventure, drama, classic, old movie, old film, full. Frederick next focused her career on film, appearing in smouldering fires 1924, the social register 1934 and my marriage 1935 with claire trevor. As a visual stylist, he liked crowded, busy frames, full of decor details. A lean 66 minutes, norman fosters film packs a significant plot line into essentially four.
Moto 1937, the second film in the series, is considered one of the best. Moto movies always have a lot of interesting facets to them, and have a good combination of intelligent and sometimes witty dialog i. Moto is on the trail of ancient scrolls that, once put together, lead one to the grave of genghis khan and millions of dollars. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival. Moto series, begun shortly after marquand returned from his 1935 china trip.
Moto, 1937, directed by norman foster, with peter lorre, thomas beck, pauline frederick. Moto series is a cousin to the charlie chan films and live in the same universe in fact, the third film was originally supposed to be a chan film and it even includes one of charlie chans sons, the mr. Moto returns to peking from a mongolian expedition with an ancient scroll. The film stars peter lorre as the title character, virginia field, thomas beck and sig ruman. Moto 1937 originalno u saturday evening post godine 1936. John carridine has a small role in the film as an antique dealer. Moto in a series of eight films made for fox in the late 1930s and this was the first of them. When japanese mr moto is given directions to the curio shop in shanghai he is directed to nanking rd. Moto 1937 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Moto takes a vacation 1939 as you see peter lorre and 20th centuryfox stopped making them well before the us became involved in world war ii, a wiselytaken. Moto 1937 seven maps, when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of genghis khan. In the great gobi desert, a mongolian named ning attempts to murder a man in his sleep who recently joined his camel caravan, but the man instead kills ning. Written by wyllis cooper and norman foster, based on the. Marquand initially created the character for the saturday evening post, which was seeking stories with an asian hero after the death of charlie chans creator earl derr biggers. Marquands bestselling book series hit the big screen, he infused the genre with an exotic flare it hadnt previously known.
Moto films are comprised of 8 bmovies of an englishspeaker with a german accent pretending to be a japanese guy. There were eight moto films released between 193739. Moto battles murderous treasure hunters for priceless ancient scrolls which reveal the location of the longlost tomb of genghis khan. Moto shows a couple giving a coin to a chinese street circus. At peiping, when an ancient scroll is found by police hidden in the mans staff, he escapes to the grand hotel where he changes clothes and reveals himself to be mr. Moto 1937 the japanese detective peter lorre keeps smugglers from getting the treasures of khan. Moto, 1937, directed by norman foster, with peter lorre, thomas beck, pauline frederick, at turner classic movies. Kentaro moto who is an interpole detective and also an adventurer. He appeared in six novels by marquand published between 1935 and 1957. It was based on the novel of the same name by the detectives creator, john p. Alternatively, use the tick boxes to select only the. Moto is so sorry 1938 originalno u saturday evening post 1938.
Later in her career, frederick acted in thank you, mr. Moto 1942 originalno u colliers weekly godine 1941 pod naslovom mercator island. Moto, the nononsense martial artssavvy japanese detective inspired by j. Mr moto in think fast mr moto 1937 peter lorre youtube. For the most part, they are quite enjoyable with wellwritten plots, great acting by peter lorre, and plenty of excitement to go around. This is a list of all of the movies starring both mr. Moto is a 1937 film about a hunt for seven maps, that when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of genghis khan directed by norman foster. Every 2020 sxsw film you can stream for free on amazon. Mr moto encounters mysterious goingson on a ship bound for shanghai. Motos last warning is the sixth in a series of eight films starring peter lorre as mr. Moto 1936, originalno u nastavcima u casopisu saturday evening post goidine 1936. Overview for pauline frederick turner classic movies. Moto cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
Moto movies include eight motion pictures starring peter lorre as moto between 1937 and 1939. Moto vostfr streaming complet vf gratuitmen, thank you, mr. Moto 1937 starring peter lorre and sidney blackmer on dvd and bluray. Moto is set in 1936, prewwii, china in the city of peking beijing. Moto, was originally published in serial form in the saturday evening post from february 8 to march 14, 1936, this novel was first published in book form in 15 may 1936. Moto is a fictional japanese secret agent created by the american author john p. Moto is a 1937 film directed by norman foster and featuring a mysterious japanese detective named mr. It is the second in a series of eight films starring peter lorre as mr.
Moto, 1937, directed by norman foster, with peter lorre, thomas beck, pauline frederick, at turner classic movies skip navigation tcm. Moto 1937 passed adventure, crime, drama, mystery, thriller. Moto novels and can also be found in the omnibus mr. The complete collection 8 movies on 4 dvds when mr. Fans of film noir, mystery and crime thrillers ha a ne. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Mr moto in think fast mr moto 1937 peter lorre mark farmer. The last remaining members of an ancient chinese clan pauline frederick and philip ahn have in their possession six of seven scrolls, which when put together reveal. Moto streaming film et complet 1937, thank you, mr. This wss director norman fosters second film in the mr.
Fox home video has released a box set of the first four mr. Wong, two series starring caucasian actors playing asian detectives. In the books, moto is not known as a detective, but that is one of the personas he picks up in the films, along with that of importer and international policeman. Northern china has been overrun by the empire of japan. Originally published in 1935, this book was first serialized in the saturday evening post before being released as a full novel.
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