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Willie Fung
Willie Fung (3 March 1896 – 16 April 1945) was a Chinese-American film actor who played supporting roles in 125 American films between 1922 and 1944. Like many Chinese actors working in Hollywood during the era, he often played Japanese characters. Biography Born in Canton, China, Fung made a name for himself as an actor on the stage in San Francisco. After moving to Los Angeles after his uncle's business collapsed during the depression, Fung — who was reportedly an acquaintance of Jean Harlow's — made his film debut in 1922 in ''Hurricane's Gal''. The majority of his roles were in Westerns and dramas. Although he was relegated to often-cartoonish bit parts due to the racism of the day, behind the scenes, he made an impact by advocating for fairer treatment of actors by the studios. He reportedly also ran his own Chinese restaurant, the New Moon Café in East Hollywood, while maintaining his acting career. Fung died of a coronary occlusion in Los Angeles on April 16, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road; it continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub as well as being one of China's three largest cities. For a long time, the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou was captured by the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major transshipment port. Due to a high urban population and large volumes of port traffic, Guangzhou is classified as a Large-Port Megacity, the largest type of port-city in the world. Due to worldwide travel restrictions at the beginni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twinkletoes
''Twinkletoes'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent romantic drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Colleen Moore. The film, as with most of Moore's vehicles at this time, was produced by her husband John McCormick (producer), John McCormick with the couple distributing through Moore's resident studio First National Pictures, First National. This film is one of Moore's surviving films from the late silent era and is available on DVD. Plot Monica "Twinkletoes" Minasi, a motherless child of the London Limehouse district, is a brilliant young dancer who lives in poverty. She saves a crowd from abuse by the police through an impromptu performance, during which she meets Chuck Lightfoot, a champion fighter and older married man whose wife, Cissie, was the cause of the ruckus. Twinks finds herself slowly falling in love with Chuck but resists, because he is married and much older (he is in his late twenties, she might be as young as 15), but when he saves her from an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ship From Shanghai
''The Ship from Shanghai'' is a 1930 Pre-Code American action film directed by Charles Brabin and written by John Howard Lawson. The film stars Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert and Zeffie Tilbury. The film was released on January 31, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The September 14, 1929 issue of "Loew's Weekly" claimed that it was the first all-talking picture to be made entirely at sea, "a special yacht having been outfitted with sound-absorbent material, from the captain's cabin to the keel, for this purpose. This yacht will be demolished in the climactic episode of the film." Premise On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States carrying wealthy socialites, the sailors, led by a megalomaniac steward (played by Louis Wolheim), revolt and take control of the ship. Cast *Conrad Nagel as Howard Vazey *Kay Johnson as Dorothy Daley *Carmel Myers as Viola Thorpe *Holmes Herbert as Paul Thorpe *Zeffie Tilbury as Lady Daley *Louis Wolheim Louis Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Star Ranger
''The Lone Star Ranger'' is a Western novel published by Zane Grey in 1914. The book takes place in Texas, the Lone Star State, and several main characters are Texas Rangers, a famous band of highly capable law enforcement officers. It follows the life of Buck Duane, a man who becomes an outlaw and then redeems himself in the eyes of the law. The novel was dedicated to the Texas Ranger John Hughes. Plot introduction Buck Duane is the son of a famous outlaw. Though an outlaw is not always a criminal, if the Rangers say he is an outlaw, it's just as bad – he's a hunted man. After killing a man in self-defense, Duane is forced to 'go on the dodge'. Duane turns up at an outlaw's hideout, still revolting at the idea of outlawry. Worse still, all the men he kills haunt him, for years. At the outlaw hideout, he meets a kidnapped, beautiful young woman and desires to see her free. In the second part of the book, Duane joins the Rangers, who want him to help to clear the frontier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Lady
''Shanghai Lady'' is a 1929 American drama film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Houston Branch and Winnifred Reeve. It is based on the 1910 play ''Drifting'' by John Colton and Daisy H. Andrews. The film stars Mary Nolan, James Murray, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Wheeler Oakman, Anders Randolf, and Yola d'Avril. The film was released on November 17, 1929, by Universal Pictures. Cast *Mary Nolan as Cassie Cook * James Murray as 'Badlands' McKinney *Lydia Yeamans Titus as Polly Voo *Wheeler Oakman as Repen *Anders Randolf as Mandarin *Yola d'Avril as Lizzie *Mona Rico as Rose *James B. Leong James B. Leong (born Leong But-jung and sometimes credited as Jimmy Leong) was a Chinese-American character actor and filmmaker who had a long career in Hollywood beginning during the silent era. Leong was born in Shanghai, and he moved to the ... as Counselor *Irma Lowe as Golden Almond References External links * 1929 films 1920s English-language films Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virginian (1929 Film)
''The Virginian'' is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, and Richard Arlen. The film was based on the 1902 novel '' The Virginian'' by Owen Wister and adapted from the popular 1904 theatrical play Wister had collaborated on with playwright Kirke La Shelle. ''The Virginian'' is about a good-natured cowboy who romances the new schoolmarm and has a crisis of conscience when he learns his best friend is involved in cattle rustling. The film is considered to be Gary Cooper's breakthrough role and is well known for Cooper's line, "If you wanna call me that—smile", in response to a cuss by the antagonist. Plot A man known only as the Virginian is ranch foreman at Box H Ranch near Medicine Bow, Wyoming. At a saloon in Medicine Bow, he and the cattle rustler Trampas vie for the attentions of a barmaid; when Trampas insults him, the Virginian pulls a gun and tells him to smile. Soon afterwards, Molly Wood, a new scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Delightful Rogue
''The Delightful Rogue'' is a 1929 pre-Code romantic adventure film produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. The film was directed by A. Leslie Pearce, with the screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on his short story, ''A Woman Decides''. The film stars Rod La Rocque as a modern-day pirate in the south seas, as well as Rita La Roy and Charles Byer. La Rocque had been playing similar style adventurers in a few of his last silent films, and this film attempts to replicate the success of those silent adventure movies using RCA's early sound equipment, the Photophone system. Plot Lastro is a modern-day pirate who hijacks a yacht and heads into the tropic port of Tapit. He is wanted for a variety of offenses, including murder and robbery. Upon his arrival, he is recognized by a local native leader, Junipero, but Junipero takes a bribe to not turn him in. While in Tapit, he sees an American dancer, Nydra, whom he is immediately attracted to. Nydra is also being pursued by Harry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Book (serial)
''The Black Book'' is a 1929 American silent film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey, starring Allene Ray and Walter Miller. Cast * Allene Ray as Dora Drake * Walter Miller as Ted Bradley * Frank Lackteen as Valdez * Paul Panzer as The Hawk * Marie Mosquini as Sally * Edith London as Mrs. Valdez * Willie Fung as Tin Lung * Edward Cecil as Limpy Lambert * John Webb Dillion as LeBec * Fred Malatesta as Sudro * Floyd Adams as Michael * Olga Vanna as The Maid * Jock Fraser as Crook * Evan Pearson as Crook * Clay De Roy as Crook See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ... References External links * 1929 films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Pathé E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where East Is East
''Where East Is East'' is a 1929 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney as an animal trapper in Laos. The motion picture is Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. While this film is essentially a silent film in form, with intertitles and no spoken dialogue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it with a Movietone soundtrack of effects and music. at silentera.com Plot Tiger Haynes traps wild animals for a living, and bears the scars of his dangerous occupation on his face. He cares for only one thing in life: his beloved daughter, Toyo. When he returns to the city of Vien-Tien from his latest foray in the jungle, Toyo tells him that she and Bobby Bailey, the son of a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Far Call
''The Far Call'' is a 1929 American lost film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Charles Morton and Leila Hyams. Produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It is a late silent film with Fox's Movietone sound on film system containing music and sound effects. Cast * Charles Morton as Pat Loring * Leila Hyams as Hilda Larsen * Warner Baxter * Arthur Stone as Schmidt * Warren Hymer as Soup Brophy * Dan Wolheim as Black O'Neil * Tiny Sandford as Captain Storkerson (*as Stanley J. Sandford) * Ullrich Haupt as London Nick * Charles B. Middleton as Kris Larsen * Pat Hartigan as Lars Johannson * Charles Gorman as Haycox * Ivan Linow as Red Dunkirk * Harry Gripp as Pete * Sam Baker as Tubal * Bernard Siegel as Aleut Chief See also *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinatown Nights (1929 Film)
''Chinatown Nights'', also known as ''Tong War'', is a 1929 film starring Wallace Beery and begun as a silent film then finished as an all-talking sound one via dubbing. Directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures, ''Chinatown Nights'' also stars Florence Vidor, former wife of director King Vidor, who did not dub her own voice and quit the movie business immediately afterward, preferring not to work in sound films; her voice in ''Chinatown Nights'' was supplied by actress Nella Walker. The supporting cast includes Warner Oland as a Chinese gangster and Jack Oakie as a stuttering reporter. The movie was based upon the story "Tong War" by Samuel Ornitz. Cast *Wallace Beery as Chuck Riley *Florence Vidor as Joan Fry (voice dubbed by Nella Walker) *Warner Oland as Boston Charley *Jack McHugh as the Shadow *Jack Oakie Jack Oakie (born Lewis Delaney Offield; November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way Of The Strong (1928 Film)
''The Way of the Strong'' is a 1928 American silent crime drama film directed by Frank Capra. It was produced by Harry Cohn for Columbia Pictures. The film survives through a print held in the collection of Sony Pictures Entertainment (formerly called Columbia Pictures Entertainment). at silentera.com Synopsis Handsome Williams (Mitchell Lewis) is a bootlegger who takes in the down-and-out Nora (Alice Day). Nora eventually finds herself in the middle of a gang war between Williams and his chief rival, Tiger Louie (William Norton Bailey).Cast * Mitchell Lewis - Handsome Williams * |
