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Bruce Wong
Bruce Wong (born Tung Soon Wong) was a Chinese American character actor, filmmaker, and restaurateur who worked in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. Biography Early life Bruce was born in Los Angeles as Tung Soon Wong to parents who had immigrated to Southern California from China. One of his brothers, Beal Wong, also became an actor. Behind the camera In 1936, after raising money in San Francisco he made a nine-reel film—''Sum Yun'' (aka ''Heartaches'')—for the Chinese market, sensing a real opportunity. The Cantonese-language film starred Wai Kim, and was filmed in California under Wong's Cathay Pictures production company during a six-day shoot. Wong served as producer, and the film was directed by Frank Tang. Acting roles Plans to make subsequent films never came to fruition, and he turned to acting instead. He appeared in a long list of films between 1937 and 1950, mostly in background roles. Personal Wong was married to Genevieve; the pair had several child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beal Wong
Beal Wong (1906-1962) was an American actor from California. Wong acted in films from 1933 to 1962. Some of the films he appeared in were ''The Big Bluff'', '' China'', ''Women in the Night'', ''Little Tokyo, U.S.A.''. He also appeared in '' The Secret Code''. He played the Chinese Radio Listener in ''Earth vs. the Flying Saucers''. Biography Wong was born in Boise, Idaho, to parents who had immigrated to the United States from China. One of his brothers, Bruce Wong, also became an actor as an adult. In 1933, he had a small part in the film '' Stage Mother''. In 1936, he starred in ''Sum Hun'', a film produced by his brother Bruce. In 1944 he played Toma Nogato in ''The Purple Heart'', a film that starred Dana Andrews. He played part in ''Flower Drum Song'' in 1961, the Pastor in the 1962 film ''Experiment in Terror'' with Glenn Ford and Lee Remick. In the television series ''The Bachelor Father ''The Bachelor Father '' is a 1931 American pre-Code MGM comedy drama film dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of The Islands
''Song of the Islands'' is a 1942 musical comedy film starring Betty Grable and Victor Mature. It was directed by Walter Lang and released through 20th Century Fox. Plot Jeff Harper sails to the tropical paradise Ahmi-Oni with his sidekick Rusty. He is there on behalf of his father, to bargain for land with Dennis O'Brien. Jeff, however, falls in love with O'Brien's daughter Eileen, and it is then up to Jeff's father to go to the island and try to break them up. This proves to be a task easier said than done, because Jeff's father also falls under the spell of the beautiful splendor of the islands. Cast *Betty Grable as Eileen O'Brien *Victor Mature as Jeff Harper *Jack Oakie as Rusty Smith * Thomas Mitchell as Dennis O'Brien * George Barbier as Jefferson Harper Sr. *Hilo Hattie as Palola *Billy Gilbert as Palola's father *Lillian Porter as Paulani * Uncredited actors include Filipino Hollywood actor Rudy Robles as "Akomi", the native boy. Background Betty Grable had recently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Male Actors From Los Angeles
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1909 Births
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American Film Producers
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American Male Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Playground (1937 Film)
''Devil's Playground'' is a 1937 American romantic drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Richard Dix, Dolores del Río and Chester Morris. It is a remake of Frank Capra's ''Submarine'' (1928). Plot Submarine chief petty officers Dorgan and Mason battle on land for the affections of dancehall girl Carmen. She marries Dorgan but makes a play for Mason when her husband is away on sea duty. The romantic rivalry is forgotten when Dorgan must rescue Mason and his crew from a sunken sub. Cast * Richard Dix as Jack Dorgan * Dolores del Río as Carmen * Chester Morris as Robert Mason * Ward Bond as Sidecar Wilson * John Gallaudet as Jones * Pierre Watkin as Submarine Commander * Francis McDonald as Romano * Stanley Andrews Stanley Andrews (born Stanley Martin Andrzejewski; August 28, 1891 – June 23, 1969) was an American actor perhaps best known as the voice of Daddy Warbucks on the radio program ''Little Orphan Annie'' and later as "The Old Ranger", the first ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Of Shanghai
''West of Shanghai'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by John Farrow and starring Boris Karloff as a Chinese warlord. It is based on the 1920 Porter Emerson Browne play '' The Bad Man''. Three other films, all titled ''The Bad Man'', are also based on the same play: * in 1923, directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Holbrook Blinn * in 1930, directed by Clarence Badger and starring Walter Huston * in 1941, starring Wallace Beery and Ronald Reagan and directed by Richard Thorpe. Plot On a train bound for lawless northern China, businessman Gordon Creed (Ricardo Cortez) encounters acquaintance Myron Galt ( Douglas Wood) and his attractive daughter Lola (Sheila Bromley). Galt is on his way to foreclose on a very promising oilfield built up by Jim Hallet (Gordon Oliver). Creed, on the other hand, wants to offer Hallet enough money to pay off his loan from Galt (for a tidy share of the oilfield). Creed is annoyed when his reserved compartment is appropriated by General Cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughter Of Shanghai
''Daughter of Shanghai'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring Anna May Wong. Unusually for the time, East Asian American actors played the lead roles. It was also one of the first films in which Anthony Quinn appeared. In 2006, ''Daughter of Shanghai'' was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures to be added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Plot Lan Ying Lin and government agent Kim Lee battle alien smugglers. Cast * Anna May Wong as Lan Ying Lin * Charles Bickford as Otto Hartman * Buster Crabbe as Andrew Sleete (as Larry Crabbe) * Cecil Cunningham as Mrs. Mary Hunt * J. Carrol Naish as Frank Barden * Anthony Quinn as Harry Morgan * John Patterson as James Lang * Evelyn Brent as Olga Derey * Philip Ahn as Kim Lee * Fred Kohler as Captain Gulner * Guy Bates Post as Lloyd Burkett * Virginia Dabney as Rita - a Dancer Analysis ''Daughter of Shanghai'' is unique among 1930s Hollywood features for its portrayal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Settlement (film)
''International Settlement'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Dolores del Río, George Sanders and June Lang. It is set in the Shanghai International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese War. In the film, a gun runner falls in love with a beautiful French singer. Plot The "International Settlement" is in the heart of Shanghai, where Western foreign powers had long controlled a protected enclave divided among 13 nations. Japanese forces have successfully overrun Peiping and are now heading for Shanghai. Newsreel footage (actual) shows Japanese bombers attacking Peiping and Chinese refugees fleeing south. Del Forbes, a vagabond adventurer with a dapper mustache, sailing for China, is broke enough to agree to impersonate a fellow passenger, ailing munitions dealer Zabellu. Too ill to leave the ship, Zabellu pays Forbes to impersonate him in an illegal arms deal for which he's owed some 200,000 pounds, which Forbes understands is "nearly a mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Of Shanghai
''North of Shanghai'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Cast * James Craig (actor), James Craig as Jed Howard * Betty Furness as Helen Warner * Keye Luke as Jimmy Riley * Morgan Conway as Bob Laird * Joe Downing as Chandler (as Joseph Downing) * Russell Hicks as Rowley * Dorothy Gulliver as Sue * Honorable Wu as Ming * Dick Curtis as Creighton * E. Alyn Warren as Leader * Richard Loo as Jed's Pilot References External links * 1939 films 1939 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films directed by D. Ross Lederman Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Of Mr
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