Chu_Chin_Chow_(film)

<i>Chu Chin Chow</i> (1934 film)

Chu Chin Chow (1934 film)

1934 British film

Chu Chin Chow is a 1934 British musical film directed by Walter Forde and starring George Robey, Fritz Kortner and Anna May Wong.[1] It was an adaptation of the hit musical Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche and Frederick Norton.[2] It was shot at the Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner.

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The movie's title inspired the name of the Marvel Comics monster Fin Fang Foom.[3]

Cast

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote, "The cry this morning should be 'The Redcoats are coming!' Britain's long-heralded invasion of the American film market has begun with the offerings at the Roxy of Chu Chin Chow, a tuneful, spectacular and robust adaptation of the Oscar Asche comic operetta."[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Chu-Chin-Chow". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Chu Chin Chow (1934): A Robust Operetta". The New York Times, 22 September 1934, accessed 2 August 2010
  3. [3]
    "Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Interview!". Alter Ego. transcript of 2005 interview. Vol. 3, no. 104. August 2011. p. 21.
  4. [4]
    "Movie Review - Chu Chin Chow - A Robust Operetta. - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. 23 March 2023.


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