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''Chu-Chin-Chow'' is a 1925 British-German silent adventure film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Betty Blythe, Herbert Langley and Randle Ayrton. It was produced and directed in 1923 in Germany by Wilcox with financial assistance from the German UFA company. Wilcox may have had Erich Pommer also as a financier on the production. It is based on the extraordinarily successful stage musical ''Chu Chin Chow'' by Oscar Asche, with music by Frederic Norton, that ran in London from 1916 to 1921.〔( ''Chu Chin Chow'' (2008) ) at the Finborough Theatre, London, website archive, accessed 23 December 2010〕 The film starred American actress Betty Blythe fresh from her scantily clad triumph in 1921's ''The Queen of Sheba'' at Fox. Sources state this film had early experimental synchronised sound but this process could only be viewed at the special theaters outfitted for the sound equipment.〔(Chu-Chin-Chow listed at the silentera.com database )〕 This film was released in the United States by MGM two years after its production with a drastically reduced footage count by almost half. A sound film ''Chu Chin Chow'', with the score intact, was made by the Gainsborough Studios in 1934, with George Robey playing the part of Ali Baba, Fritz Kortner as Abu Hassan, Anna May Wong as Zahrat Al-Kulub and Laurence Hanray as Kasim.〔("Chu Chin Chow (1934): A Robust Operetta" ). ''The New York Times'', 22 September 1934, accessed 2 August 2010〕 ==Cast== *Betty Blythe – Zahrat *Herbert Langley – Abou Hassan *Randle Ayrton – Kasim Baba *Eva Moore – Alcolma *Judd Green – Ali Baba *Olaf Hytten – Mukhill *Jeff Barlow – Mustafa *Jameson Thomas – Omar *Dora Levis – Mahbubah *Dacia – Dancer 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chu-Chin-Chow (1925 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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