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Chu Chin Chow (1934 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Chu Chin Chow' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Walter Forde and starring George Robey, Fritz Kortner and Anna May Wong. It was an adaptation of the hit musical 'Chu Chin Chow' by Oscar Asche and Frederick Norton.[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=980DE6DB103CE23ABC4A51DFBF66838F629EDE&oref=slogin "Chu Chin Chow (1934): A Robust Operetta"]. 'The New York Times', 22 September 1934, accessed 2 August 2010
The movie's title inspired the name of the Marvel Comics monster Fin Fang Foom.
Cast
* George Robey - Ali Baba
* Fritz Kortner - Abu Hasan
* Anna May Wong - Zahrat
* John Garrick - Nur-al-din Baba
* Pearl Argyle - Marjanah
* Malcolm McEachern - Abdullah
* Dennis Hoey - Rakham,
* Sydney Fairbrother - Mahbubah Baba
* Laurence Hanray - Kasim Baba
* Frank Cochrane - Mustafa
* Thelma Tuson - Alcolom Baba,
* Francis L. Sullivan - The Caliph
* Gibb McLaughlin - The Caliph's Vizier
* Kiyoshi Takase - Entertainer at Feast
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."
See also
*'Chu-Chin-Chow' (1923)
References
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