fiction.wikisort.org - MovieShadow of Chinatown is both a 1936 film serial and a feature film edited from the serial made by Sam Katzman's Victory Pictures.
1936 American film
Shadow of Chinatown |
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Film poster advertising the first episode |
Directed by | Robert F. Hill |
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Written by | William Buchanan (screenplay) Basil Dickey (screenplay) Robert F. Hill (story) |
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Produced by | Sam Katzman |
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Starring | See below |
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Cinematography | William Hyer |
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Edited by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
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Distributed by | Victory Pictures |
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Release date | |
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Running time | 71 minutes (film) 281 minutes (serial) |
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Country | United States |
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Language | English |
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Plot
A consortium of American businesses are disturbed by the loss of profits due to Chinese businesses located in Chinatowns in the United States. They hire a pair of Eurasians and their criminal organization to eliminate their competition.
Cast
Chapter Titles
The serial chapters are as follows:
- The Arms of the Gods
- The Crushing Walls
- 13 Ferguson Alley
- Death on the Wire
- The Sinister Ray
- The Sword Thrower
- The Noose
- Midnight
- The Last Warning
- The Bomb
- Thundering Doom
- Invisible Gas
- The Brink of Disaster
- The Fatal Trap
- The Avenging Powers [1]
Production
The serial was known originally as just Chinatown and was written with Lugosi in mind.[2]
Release
A feature version of this serial was released simultaneously with the serial itself. It was also called "Shadow of Chinatown" and contained no new footage.
References
- "Shadow of Chinatown". Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- Schallert, Edwin (Aug 5, 1936). "Ziegfeld Banner Will be Held Aloft by Talented Young Daughter Patricia: Girl Signs to Work on Universal Opus Bela Lugosi Slated to Star in "Chinatown", Fifteen-Chapter Serial; Gale Sondergaard Chosen as Menace in "Maid of Salem"". Los Angeles Times. p. 11.
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