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Post by Silent Scream Queen on Feb 27, 2022 8:43:08 GMT -5
Piccadilly is a British silent film from 1929. Anna May Wong, a Chinese-American actress starred in it.  Directed by the German E.A. Dupont, which may explain why it differs in looks from many British films of the period, it has a quality feel to it as a production. It mixes the glamour and poverty of the city, with the high fashion nightclub setting balanced by the seedy Limehouse world that Anna May Wong's character inhabits. Ambition and jealousy play through the film with fatal results. One of the greatest of British produced silent films. From the DVD: The Chinese-American screen goddess Anna May Wong stars as Shosho, a scullery maid in a fashionable London nightclub whose sensuous tabletop dance catches the eye of suave club owner Valentine Wilmot. She rises to become the toast of London and the object of his erotic obsession – to the bitter jealousy of Mabel, his former lover and star dancer (played by Ziegfeld Follies star Gilda Gray). |
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Post by classichorrorfan on Feb 28, 2022 9:03:23 GMT -5
This one looks very unique, artsy, and intense! It also looks very original! I will definitely give this one a look some time!
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Post by endo on Mar 3, 2022 2:35:03 GMT -5
I wonder if the Ada Wong character from Resident Evil 2 was based on her?
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Post by classichorrorfan on Mar 7, 2022 5:46:18 GMT -5
I wonder if the Ada Wong character from Resident Evil 2 was based on her? Good question. |
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