June 11 movie: Thank You, Mr. Moto. Did you know that Peter Lorre starred in a series of B movies as a Japanese detective? I learned this a couple of years ago and I've been wanting to see one ever since. Thank you, TCM, for showing this!
Osborne and the guest host mentioned that Lorre's "yellow face" makeup couldn't disguise his distinctive voice, and I must say that watching the movie, it didn't seem to me that they changed his appearance at all. But then I compared photos online and realized that actually they did. The movie had the typical conflation of Asian cultures, most notably when a Chinese character played by a Korean actor commits Japanese ritual suicide.
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