Ali Baba Nights 1934  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure / Musical / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
aka: Chu Chin Chow
Director: Walter Forde
Cast: George Robey, Fritz Kortner, Anna May Wong, John Garrick, Pearl Argyle, Dennis Hoey, Laurence Hanray, Sydney Fairbrother, Thelma Tuson, Francis L. Sullivan, Gibb McLaughlin, Malcolm "Mr.Jetsam" McEachern, Frank Cochrane
This musical comedy version of "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" stars George Robey as Ali, Fritz Korner as the captain/robber Abu Hasan, and Anna May Wong as the slave woman Zahrat who comes to Ali's rescue.
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Bombs Over Burma 1943  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Anna May Wong, Noel Madison, Leslie Denison, Nedrick Young, Dan Seymour, Frank Lackteen, Teala Loring, Dennis Moore, Richard Loo, Hayward Soo Hoo, Connie Leon, Paul Fung, Richard Wong
During World War II, Chinese school teacher Lin Ying (Anna May Wong) risks her life when she spies for the Allies as part of the effort to protect the Burma Road for use by Chinese guerillas.
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Dangerous to Know 1938  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harvey Stephens, Anthony Quinn, Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Hedda Hopper, Eddie Marr
Gangster Stephen Recka (Akim Tamiroff) drops his faithful mistress (Anna May Wong) in favor of a beautiful society girl (Gail Patrick).
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Daughter of Shanghai 1937 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Anna May Wong, Philip Ahn, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham, J. Carrol Naish, Anthony Quinn, Frank Sully, Paul Fix, Evelyn Brent
While avenging her father's murder, Lan Ying Lin (Anna May Wong) uncovers a smuggling ring led by the diabolical Otto Hartman (Charles Bickford).
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Impact 1949  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Anna May Wong, Clarence Kolb, William Wright, Mae Marsh, Robert Warwick, Philip Ahn, Art Baker, Sheila Graham, Tony Barrett, Glen Vernon, Linda Leighton
San Francisco businessman Walter Williams' (Brian Donlevy) wife Irene (Helen Walker) is cheating on him, and she and her lover, Jim (Tony Barrett), plan his demise. But, Walter survives the plot, and Jim is killed (in Walter's car and burned beyond recognition). Irene is charged with the murder. Walter recuperates in Larkspur, Idaho, and his memory returns–but he is presumed dead. He finds work as a garage mechanic and falls in love with his boss, Marsha (Ella Raines). When Walter tells Marsha the story, she convinces him to return to San Francisco, and Walter agrees. He returns to comfort Irene and finds himself charged with murder.
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King of Chinatown 1939 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Sidney Toler, Philip Ahn, Anthony Quinn, Roscoe Karns, Richard Denning, Charles Trowbridge, Alexander Pollard, Bernadene Hayes, Archie Twitchell, Eddie Marr, Charles B. Wood, Ray Mayer
Mobster Frank Baturin (Akim Tamiroff) is double-crossed by his own goons, and the course of his life is subsequently altered when he is shot. Dr. Mary Ling (Anna May Wong) performs the operation on Baturin that saves his life, and now Baturin seeks revenge.
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Lady from Chungking 1942 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Anna May Wong, Harold Huber, Mae Clarke, Rick Vallin, Paul Bryar, Ted Hecht, Ludwig Donath, James B. Leong, Archie Got, Walter Soo Hoo
The Japanese had invaded China during World War II when a young woman, Kwan Mei (Anna May Wong), organizes farmers into a guerilla force and leads them against the Japanese intruders.
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Piccadilly 1929  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ewald Andre Dupont
Cast: Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Gilda Gray, Cyril Ritchard, King Ho-Chang, Gordon Begg, Hannah Jones, Ellen Pollock, Harry Terry, Charles Laughton
In the 1920s' Jazz Age at London's posh Piccadilly Club, dancer Mabel's (Gilda Gray) jealousy over dishwasher Shosho (Anna May Wong) leads to her becoming the prime suspect when Shosho is murdered.
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Portrait in Black 1960 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Sandra Dee, John Saxon, Richard Basehart, Lloyd Nolan, Ray Walston, Virginia Grey, Anna May Wong, Paul Birch, Dennis Kohler, John Wengraf
The perfect crime is planned by Sheila Cabot (Lana Turner) and Doctor David Rivera (Anthony Quinn) to kill Sheila's husband (Lloyd Nolan), but an unexpected letter foils their plot.
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The Savage Innocents 1959  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, Carlo Giustini, Peter O'Toole, Marie Yang, Anna May Wong, Lee Montague, Francis De Wolff, Marco Guglielmi, Kaida Horiuchi, Andy Ho, Anthony Chinn, Michael Chow, Ed Devereaux, Yvonne Shima
Canadian Eskimo Inuk (Anthony Quinn) hunts in the frozen tundra, and this is the life he understands. Eskimo hunting rituals extend to Eskimo customs when Inuk offers his wife Asiak's (Yoko Tani) sexual favors to a priest. But, when the offer is refused, Inuk kills the priest–an act that results in the pursuit of Inuk by two Mounties (Peter O'Toole and Carlo Giustini), his capture, and defying severe weather on the return.
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Shanghai Express 1932  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant, Louise Closser Hale, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emile Chautard, Claude King, James B. Leong, Leonard Carey, Willie Fung, Miki Morita, Herbert Evans
In the midst of civil war, the notorious Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich) meets and falls in love with Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook) during a trip on the Shanghai Express. One of the train's passengers is the warlord rebel leader, Henry Chang (Warner Oland), waiting for his rebels to ambush the train and take hostages. Among the hostages will be Shanghai Lily and her Captain Harvey.
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A Study in Scarlet 1933 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton, Warburton Gamble, Alan Mowbray, J.M. Kerrigan, Doris Lloyd, Billy Bevan, Wyndham Standing, Halliwell Hobbes, Leila Bennett, Tempe Pigott, Cecil Reynolds
Sherlock Holmes (Reginald Owen) is asked by a widow, Mrs. Murphy (Doris Lloyd), to investigate a secret society where the members leave their fortunes to the society, the "Scarlet Ring," when they die. Unfortunately, members are being killed right and left, and Sherlock sets out to uncover the culprit.
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The Thief of Baghdad 1924 N/R, 155 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Anna May Wong, Sojin, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Brandon Hurst, Tote Du Crow, Noble Johnson, Winter Blossom
Amidst fabulous sets, this silent film features the dashing Douglas Fairbanks as the adventurer who falls in love with an Arabian princess (Julanne Johnston).
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| 1. Ali Baba Nights (1934)
aka: Chu Chin Chow
2. Bombs Over Burma (1943)
3. Dangerous to Know (1938)
4. Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
5. Impact (1949)
6. Island of Lost Men (1939)
7. King of Chinatown (1939)
8. Lady from Chungking (1942)
9. Piccadilly (1929)
10. Portrait in Black (1960)
11. The Savage Innocents (1959)
12. Shanghai Express (1932)
13. A Study in Scarlet (1933)
14. The Thief of Baghdad (1924)
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