Lone Wolf in Paris, The (1938)

Melvin Douglas starred in Columbia’s 1935 remake of the 1926 silent "The Lone Wolf Returns" while Francis Lederer takes on the role in this isolated followup from 1938.The series proper begins with the next entry,"The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt"(1939) which starred Warren William in the first of his nine films that continued through 1943.The Lone Wolf was featured in six silent features and three early talkies before the Douglas picture came along.Obviously the inspiration for the Saint and the Falcon,The Lone Wolf was a reformed jewel thief with an eye for the ladies,and in "Paris," they don’t get much prettier than Frances Drake("Mad Love","The Invisible Ray"),cast as a princess in distress.The dependable Walter Kingsford and a young Albert Dekker(billed as Albert Van Dekker)are among the villains.

Francis Lederer, Frances Drake, Walter Kingsford

1938, B&W, 66 minutes