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Chu Chin Chow
(1923) British-[?] German?
B&W : 13 reels / 12,250 feet
Directed by Herbert Wilcox

Cast: Betty Blythe, Herbert Langley, Randle Ayrton, Eva Moore, Judd Green, Olaf Hytten, Jeff Barlow, Jameson Thomas, Dora Levis, Dacia

Graham-Wilcox production [?] with Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]? / Produced by Herbert Wilcox and [?] Erich Pommer? Scenario by Herbert Wilcox, from the play Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche and Frederick Norton. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in Berlin, Germany. Some exhibitions featured an experimental synchronized soundtrack, possibly the Tri-Ergon synchronized sound system. The film was released in the USA at 6362 feet by Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation in [?] February? 1925.

Drama: Fantasy.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 12 October 2007.

References: Brownlow-Parade p. 378; FilmDaily-1926 p. 35; Gifford-British n. 07725; Nollen-Karloff p. 1; Perry-British pp. 50, 356.

 
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