by Hans J. Wollstein
review
The daughter of a rabbi, exotic Carmel Myers was a popular screen femme fatale in the silent era, especially after playing the seductive Iras in Ben Hur (1925). But sound played havoc with bodice-ripping sirens like Myers, and here she is lounging about in silk kimonos and smoking slightly suspect cigarettes in an obscure Ralph M. Like production from Action Pictures. Generally fast-paced if not exactly memorable, Chinatown After Dark is a typical early Poverty Row programmer, brimming with scenery-chewing former silent screen stars who, like Miss Myers, must have been wondering what on earth they were doing in a cheap Ralph M. Like production.
