Mr. Wu

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Call Number: DVD Silent-Film Mr.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Silent-Film Mr.	1-week checkout	On Shelf

Based on the play by Henry Maurice Vernon and Harold Owen.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927.
"C1927, 2000 Turner Entertainment Co."--Disc surface.
Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Renée Adorée, Ralph Forbes, Anna May Wong.
Raised by his grandfather to adhere to the ancient laws of China, Mandarin Wu is a strict authoritarian. However, he is a doting father to his beautiful daughter Nang Ping. Nang Ping is to be married to a man of her father's choosing, a man she does not even know. But she falls in love with a dashing British visitor to China, Basil Gregory. Basil informs Nang Ping that he must return to Britain with his family, but she surprises him with the revelation that she carries his child. Wu learns of his daughter's dishonor and lets the ancient laws of China lead him relentlessly toward tragedy.
DVD; Dolby Digital mono. "This disc is expected to play back in DVD Video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Silent drama submitted by willow on August 31, 2016, 9:56pm Lon Chaney (American with British and French heritage) plays Mr. Wu, and Renée Adorée (French) plays Wu Nang Ping in this silent movie about a Chinese father who tries to get revenge on the man who seduced his daughter, after he kills her in an act of filicide in which she is shown as agreeing to.

Anna May Wong is also in the cast as Loo Song.