Piccadilly (1929)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 105m silent
Director: E. A. Dupont
Cast: Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton, Cyril Ritchard
Synopsis:
A London night spot loses its star act when the dancers fall out, and the owner decides to take a chance on a Chinese scullery girl with a gift for performance. However, her ambitions run higher still and jealousy leads to murder.
Review:
Pretty banal show biz melodrama with a magnetic central performance from May Wong but she is on screen for far too little time. Elsewhere the acting is pretty staid, though there are some interesting visual touches (the titles appear on a succession of double-decker buses, an act is introduced by a music stand held aloft before being set in front of its owner, much is suggested by a spiral staircase leading from the backstage area).
Country: GB
Technical: bw 105m silent
Director: E. A. Dupont
Cast: Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton, Cyril Ritchard
Synopsis:
A London night spot loses its star act when the dancers fall out, and the owner decides to take a chance on a Chinese scullery girl with a gift for performance. However, her ambitions run higher still and jealousy leads to murder.
Review:
Pretty banal show biz melodrama with a magnetic central performance from May Wong but she is on screen for far too little time. Elsewhere the acting is pretty staid, though there are some interesting visual touches (the titles appear on a succession of double-decker buses, an act is introduced by a music stand held aloft before being set in front of its owner, much is suggested by a spiral staircase leading from the backstage area).
Country: GB
Technical: bw 105m silent
Director: E. A. Dupont
Cast: Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton, Cyril Ritchard
Synopsis:
A London night spot loses its star act when the dancers fall out, and the owner decides to take a chance on a Chinese scullery girl with a gift for performance. However, her ambitions run higher still and jealousy leads to murder.
Review:
Pretty banal show biz melodrama with a magnetic central performance from May Wong but she is on screen for far too little time. Elsewhere the acting is pretty staid, though there are some interesting visual touches (the titles appear on a succession of double-decker buses, an act is introduced by a music stand held aloft before being set in front of its owner, much is suggested by a spiral staircase leading from the backstage area).