Chinatown Nights (1938 film)
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Chinatown Nights is a 1938 British
science fiction film
directed by Toni Frenguelli and starring Harry Agar Lyons
, Anne Grey
and Robert Hobbs
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
science fiction film
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
directed by Toni Frenguelli and starring Harry Agar Lyons
Harry Agar Lyons
Harry Agar Lyons was an Irish-born British actor. He is best known for playing Fu Manchu in a series of silent films during the 1920s.-Selected filmography:* The World, the Flesh and the Devil * The Chance of a Lifetime...
, Anne Grey
Anne Grey
Anne Grey was a British actress, who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1939, including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s. She was educated at Lausanne and King's College London....
and Robert Hobbs
Robert Hobbs
Robert Carleton Hobbs is an art historian and curator specializing in twentieth century art. Since 1991 he has held the Rhoda Thalhimer Endowed Chair of American Art in the highly respected School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University. Since 2004 he has served as a visiting professor at Yale...
.
Cast
- Harry Agar Lyons - Doctor Sin Fang
- Anne GreyAnne GreyAnne Grey was a British actress, who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1939, including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s. She was educated at Lausanne and King's College London....
- Sonia Graham - Robert HobbsRobert HobbsRobert Carleton Hobbs is an art historian and curator specializing in twentieth century art. Since 1991 he has held the Rhoda Thalhimer Endowed Chair of American Art in the highly respected School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University. Since 2004 he has served as a visiting professor at Yale...
- John Byrne - Nell Emerald - Mrs. Higgins
- Arty AshArty Ash-Selected filmography:* The Love Race * Josser on the River * Soldiers of the King * Sporting Love * Guilty Melody * Chinatown Nights * Dear Octopus...
- Professor Graham - George Mozart - Bill