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Piccadilly Details

1929

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Starring	Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Gilda Gray, Hannah Jones
Director	E.A. Dupont, Ewald André Dupont
Genres	Drama

Piccadilly

A British silent murder mystery about Shosho (Anna May Wong, SHANGHAI EXPRESS), scullery maid turned dancer from China, who finds herself caught up in a crooked liaison between a suave nightclub owner Valentine and an obsessive fellow dancer Mabel (Gilda Gray). Features a cameo by Charles Laughton in his feature debut. This is E.A. Dupont's original silent, with a commissioned score by Neil Brand, and amber and blue tinting as appeared in an original 1929 print. This stylish and evocative Jazz Age melodrama, was actually filmed in London's Piccadilly at the Cafe de Paris and seedy Limehouse in the East End.

Starring	Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Gilda Gray, Hannah Jones, Charles Laughton, Cyril Ritchard
Director	E.A. Dupont, Ewald André Dupont
Studio	BFI VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 48 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 48 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released	Production year: 1929 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 18 Jul 2009 To Rent: DVD: 28 Jun 2004
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- Big silent buses, spilling light out onto an incongruously familiar West End, display the film's credits and introduce... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
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- - 7
  - 1
  a little gem
  
  What a little treasure if you liked pandoras box you like this too. this film is wonderful insite into pre modern 'multi-cultral' london its also a ... read more »
  
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  - Charlotte
  - london
  - 04 Nov 2004 at 12:37
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- - 1
  - 0
  Doors closing and opening
  
  Beautifully remastered, this film captures the essence of 1920s London, from the buses to the bilboards and ancient river arches. At times slow, this is a film ... read more »
  
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- - Lizzywurlitza
  - 1 review
  - Cornwall
  - 16 Dec 2010 at 23:19
- - 2
  - 0
  Piccadilly (directed by E. A. Dupont)
  
  This film from the silent era is tinted: outdoor sequences at night are blue and most interior scenes are sepia, and this works rather well. A suave nightclub ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - North of Watford
  - 29 May 2010 at 13:40
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  Once upon a time ...
  
  A fascinating film; I am a little vague about the plot ... jealousy, lust, some skullduggery, murder mystery with a twist at the end ... what grips is the whole... read more »
  
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- - Nigel Wilson
  - Helmsley, North Riding of Yorkshire
  - 19 Jun 2009 at 21:30
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  A British silent murder mystery about Shosho (Anna May Wong, SHANGHAI EXPRESS), scullery maid turned dancer from China, who finds herself caught up in a crooked liaison between a suave nightclub owner Valentine and an obsessive fellow dancer Mabel (Gilda Gray). Features a cameo by Charles Laughton ...