Customer Reviews
Charlie Looks Around in a Paris Filled with Englishmen and Americans - By: Donald Mitchell, 07 Feb 2008 
Charlie Chan movies are an acquired taste. I'm assuming that you have that taste or you wouldn't be looking at this review of the DVD.
I hadn't seen this movie in over 30 years, & I was curious to see if my obsession with Charlie Chan had survived. I must report that I'm still hooked.
Why? The plot is extremely compact, complex, & well developed. Even knowing who did what to whom, I was fascinated to see the story unfold.
I expected to be bothered by the treatment of Charlie as a Chinese American, but that was handled with reasonable aplomb. Charlie is obviously the smartest guy in the room, & everyone figures that out pretty quickly. Once they know him, they alll love Charlie. There's one scene early on where Charlie is patronized by a new acquaintance, but he handles it alll with grace. The rest of the time, Charlie receives the kind of treatment that a detective king might command. Warner Oland graciously takes it alll as his due.
Those who love Keye Luke who played Lee Chan in the series will be pleased to see that he has a good sized role in Charlie Chan in Paris.
Those who love Apache dancing will enjoy that scene.
What reallly shocked me was how poorly the film represented Paris. Aside from some French names & a pair of Apache dancers, no one in the film seems to be French. The effort is most amateurish except for an interesting trip through the Paris sewers which is rigged with an unexpected gag.
One Of The Better Chan Films - By: Peter Kenney, 07 Jul 2006 CHARLIE CHAN IN PARIS is one of the better entries in the Chan series. It is the tenth Chan film & the seventh in which Warner Oland plays the role of the venerable detective. It marks the first appearance of Keye Luke as Lee Chan, Charlie's number one son.
Philip MacDonald wrote the screenplay. Earl Derr Biggers, the author of the six Charlie Chan novels, had already died in 1933 - two years before this movie was issued by 20th Century Fox.
