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Betty Blythe.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Chu-Chin-Chow
Also known as Zahrat in Greece; チューチンチョウ in Japan
(1923) England/Germany
B&W : 13 reels / 12,250 feet
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Betty Blythe [Zahrat], Herbert Langley [Abou Hassan], Randle Ayrton [Kasim Baba], Eva Moore [Alcolma], Judd Green [Ali Baba], Olaf Hytten [Mukhill], Jeff Barlow [Mustafa], Jameson Thomas [Omar], Dora Levis [Mahbubah], Dacia (Dacia Deane) [a dancer]
Graham-Wilcox Productions, Limited, 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. Art direction by Norman G. Arnold. Costume design by Baruch. Cinematography by René Guissart. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 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 through Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation [A Metro-Goldwyn Picture] on 15 May 1924.
Drama: Fantasy.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 5 February 2024.
References: Brownlow-Parade p. 378; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 35; Gifford-British n. 07725; Nollen-Karloff p. 1; Perry-British pp. 50, 356 : Website-IMDb.
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