Java Head / Tiger Bay details
| Format: | PG DVD |
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| Starring: | Elizabeth Allan, Anna May Wong, Henry Victor and Lawrence Grossmith, John Loder |
| Directors: | Thorold Dickinson, J. Walter Ruben, J. Elder Wills, J. Elder Wil |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Java Head / Tiger Bay |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 25 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 20 Jun 2011 |
| Main languages: | English |
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By a customer , 16 Aug 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
I found both films on this DVD very enjoyable.
Java Head has a great script and is well acted. Anna May Wong is great at conveying the hidden emotions behind her characters formal exterior, and Edmund Gwenn in paticular is great. As with most films of that era, some of the narrative elements and the editing are a bit clunky by modern standards. One major criticism is that the motivation for Edward Dunsack's (George Curzon) obsession with China and Taou Yuen remains obscure and somewhat unsettling. The references to his opium addiction were also a little too subtle,
The plot of Tiger Bay is pretty thin but the film is carried along by a lot of humor. Although Anna May Wong adds some genuine feeling to some of the more emotional scenes and there are some darker moments, the general jocularity of the film tends to undermine these, The film contains a significant amount of racial stereotyping.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By FrankIV (505 reviews) from Cirencester, England , 06 Feb 2012This is an interesting double bill, and the distributing company is to be congratulated on issuing it. Both films were made in the early 1930s at Ealing Studios, and both star the terrific Anna May Wong. They are both great examples of galloping orientalism, the first bringing Miss Wong to Britain in the mid-nineteenth century as the wife of a Bristol merchant, the second seeing her run a dance hall for 'the scum of the Seven Seas' in an all-purpose exotic location. There are unexpected treats in both - 'Java Head' has Ralph Richardson half way down the cast list, and 'Tiger Bay' gives David Lean an editing credit. As films, apart from the star, they are pretty run of the mill, but the historical interest is great.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer , 16 Aug 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
I found both films on this DVD very enjoyable.
Java Head has a great script and is well acted. Anna May Wong is great at conveying the hidden emotions behind her characters formal exterior, and Edmund Gwenn in paticular is great. As with most films of that era, some of the narrative elements and the editing are a bit clunky by modern standards. One major criticism is that the motivation for Edward Dunsack's (George Curzon) obsession with China and Taou Yuen remains obscure and somewhat unsettling. The references to his opium addiction were also a little too subtle,
The plot of Tiger Bay is pretty thin but the film is carried along by a lot of humor. Although Anna May Wong adds some genuine feeling to some of the more emotional scenes and there are some darker moments, the general jocularity of the film tends to undermine these, The film contains a significant amount of racial stereotyping.- Was this review helpful to you?
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