Anna May Wong
1) Impact
Series
Publisher
Corinth Films, Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Millionaire industrialist Walter Williams is marked for murder by his wife and her lover. When the plot ends in a fiery disaster, Williams is thought dead. In reality, he finds himself without a clue of who he is or what happened. As his memory returns, his life becomes a roller coaster ride of suspense and excitement.
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Ahmed The Thief is happy to be a vagabond rogue until he falls in love with the beautiful Princess. He must prove himself worthier of her hand than his rival, the evil Prince of the Mongols, who has come to seize the Princess, and Bagdad, for his own.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Marlene Dietrich plays the notorious adventuress Shanghai Lily, who has been jilted by Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook). During the Chinese civil war, the couple meet on a train which is attacked by Chinese rebels. Dietrich becomes involved with a rebel leader in order to save the man she still loves.
5) Piccadilly
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
None
Description
Tired of playing supporting roles in Hollywood, Anna May Wong traveled to Europe in search of better parts. And did she find one? Her electric, sexually charged performance in Piccadilly is a revelation. Wong is mesmerizing as Shosho, the Chinese dishwasher who overnight becomes the toast of the town and the object of every man's desire. The camera adores Wong her beauty glows in every frame. Piccadilly was the brilliant apex of director E. A. Dupont's...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
None
Description
The Douglas Fairbanks Classic Newly Restored and Re Mastered. A recalcitrant thief falls in love with a princess who is about to marry. He impersonates another prince to gain access to the princess and becomes involved in a competition for her hand in marriage. Faced with three other less-than-desirable suitors, the princess falls for the thief disguised as the prince.
Publisher
Alpha Video Distributors
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
None
Description
"In the ancient dream city of Bagdad, Ahmed (Douglas Fairbanks) is a handsome rogue of a thief whose heart is stolen by the beautiful daughter of the Caliph. The ruler declares that the hand of the princess will belong to the one who brings back the world's rarest treasure. Ahmed must compete with the great princes of the earth using only his resourcefulness, bravery, and charm"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 933
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An opulent romantic adventure that focuses on a diverse group of passengers traveling by express train from Peking to Shanghai. Among them is Captain Doc Harvey, who finds himself reunited with his former lover, now an infamous adventuress who calls herself Shanghai Lily. Desire and deception follow, culminating in a tense hostage situation when their train is hijacked by a Chinese warlord.
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
None
Description
Drifting - Set in a remote Chinese village, and staged on an epic scale, Cassie Cook, an opium trafficker caught between an undercover government agent and a fellow smuggler. White Tiger - involves a band of jewel thieves who employ a chess-playing automaton to gain entry into the homes of the wealthy. But their elaborate plans are haunted by omens, and they seem doomed to an inescapable fate.
10) Peter Pan
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"Betty Bronson stars as Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up, who charms Wendy and her brothers to fly with him to Never Never Land. On this island of dreams and magic, they struggle to rescue the Lost Boys from Captain Hook and his band of pirates, encountering along the way the delightful fairy Tinkerbell, a man-eating crocodile, and a band of valiant Indians"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Cabaret singer Kim Ling, the daughter of a Chinese general who has been accused of absconding with government funds, arrives in the Straits Settlements. There she meets Gregory Prin, a half-caste gunrunner and head of a jungle empire where he treats the Malaysians ruthlessly. She agrees to accompany him in search of her father, as she has several reason to believe Prin is responsible for the general's disappearance.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Racketeer Steve Recka rules his town and the sultry, silk-gowned Madam Lan Ying with an iron hand. But when he falls fo r the enchanting Margaret Van kase, a socialite not impressed by his power nor his wealth, he makes frantic efforts to win her and turns his back on the loyal Lan Ying.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Violence and death stalk the Chinese faction o fa big American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. mary Ling, defy the gangsters who are responsible, and, against terrific odds, bring peace to their oppressed neighbors.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
An adulterous couple conspires to kill her tyrannical husband. Soon after the murder, the lovers in crime receive an anonymous letter that says only: "Dear Mrs. Cabot: Congratulations on the success of your murder."
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
None
Description
Drifting: Set in a remote Chinese village, and staged on an epic scale, Cassie Cook, an opium trafficker caught between an undercover government agent and a fellow smuggler.
White tiger: involves a band of jewel thieves who employ a chess-playing automaton to gain entry into the homes of the wealthy. But their elaborate plans are haunted by omens, and they seem doomed to an inescapable fate.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Portrait in black: An adulterous couple conspire to kill the woman's tyrannical husband. Then an anonymous letter arrives advising them that someone knows their secret and their new life together begins unraveling.
Madame X: A woman is blackmailed by her mother-in-law into leaving her politician husband and their baby. Twenty years later, she finds herself on trial for murder where she is defended by her own son.