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Seething with sexual and racial tension, this is a sumptuous showbiz melodrama starring Anna May Wong as ShoSho, a maid in a London nightclub whose exotic dance routines make her the focus of erotic obsession and jealousy. Newly restored and tinted according to the 1929 release print and featuring a specially-composed jazz score by Neil Brand.

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Restored and tinted; Interview with composer Neil Brand; Prologue from the sound version of the film; Biographies of E A Dupont and Anna May Wong.

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Article - "Silent Film Round-Up 2004" by Graeme Hobbs
Friday 5th November 2004

Overall, 2004 has been a good year for DVD releases of silent film in the UK. Most pleasing of all has been the recognition that when silent film is given due respect and presented in restored editions that are well packaged, they are revitalized as major works of ar...  View article in full

Article - "Living Pictures - The Early Days of Film" by Graeme Hobbs
Tuesday 10th October 2006

From cinema's very inception, its appeal has lain with the presentation of illusions and the recording of actuality. Here, Graeme Hobbs looks at how the intersection of these two elements provides us with some of the finest films of that era, and which continue to...  View article in full

 

 

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