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Lon Chaney and Renée Adorée.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Mr. Wu
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7603 feet
Directed by William Nigh
Cast: Lon Chaney [Mr. Wu; and Mr. Wu’s grandfather], Louise Dresser [Mrs. Gregory], Renée Adorée [Nang Ping], Holmes Herbert [Mr. Gregory], Ralph Forbes [Basil Gregory], Gertrude Olmstead [Hilda Gregory], Mrs. Wong Wing [Ah Wong], Claude King [Mr. Muir], Sonny Loy [Little Wu], Anna May Wong [Loo Song]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A William Nigh Production]. / Scenario by Lorna Moon, from the adaptation by Lorna Moon of the play Mr. Wu by Harry Maurice Vernon and Harold Owen. Settings (production design) by Cedric Gibbons and Richard Day. Wardrobe (costume design) by Lucia Coulter. Assistant director, Willard Sheldon. Photography (cinematography) by John Arnold. Film editor, Ben Lewis. Intertitles written by Lotta Woods. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. / © 9 May 1927 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP23953]. Released 26 March 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as Mr. Wu (1919). The play was subsequently filmed as Wu Li Chang (1930). / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Asians - Chinese - Criminals - English - Multiple roles
Listing updated: 19 February 2020.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Eames-MGM p. 39; Edmonds-BigU p. 69; Fell-History p. 86; Geduld-Birth p. 146; Marrero-Vintage pp. 6, 22; McCaffrey-Guide p. 19; MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11; Weaver-Twenty pp. 28, 77 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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