Piccadilly (Silent)
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Piccadilly (Silent)
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Piccadilly (1929)
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 24, 2012
- Originally Released: 1929
- Label: Grapevine Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray & Jameson Thomas | |
Performer: | Charles Laughton & Hannah Jones | |
Directed by | E.A. Dupont | |
Produced by | E.A. Dupont |
Entertainment Reviews:
Perhaps the greatest asset of Piccadilly comes from the camera. Mr. Dupont is noted for his unusual touches, and he has not spared them in this production.
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New York Times
Rating: 3/4 --
It's difficult to imagine a Hollywood production allowing an Asian star to be as commanding as Wong is in Piccadilly.
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Slant Magazine
Music is the usual medley of pop dance stuff, with the cabaret set about the best thing in the production. Camerawork on close-ups is excellent.
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Variety
Dupont directs with great verve.
Sight and Sound
Dupont transforms the stuff of melodrama into a compelling tragedy of passion with a theme of racial injustice and exploitation.
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: A --
One of the overlooked great classic silent films.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The melodramatic machinations of the plot may be weak, but Dupont's assured direction, Alfred Jünge's art direction, and Werner Brandes' lighting create an atmosphere so hauntingly evocative as to be satisfying in itself.
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Time Out
Description by OLDIES.com:
The star attraction of the Piccadilly Club is the dancing team of Mabel and Vic. Victor is infatuated with Mabel, but she rejects his advances since she is in love with Valentine Wilmot, the club's owner. One night, as Mabel and Vic perform their act, a disruption leads Wilmot back to the kitchen and he finds several employees in the scullery watching Shosho, one of the dishwashers, dancing on a table. That night, Wilmot fires both Shosho and Victor. but the club's sagging fortunes soon lead him to re-evaluate Shosho's talent.
Product Description:
A British silent murder mystery about a dancer from China who finds herself caught up in a crooked liaison between a nightclub owner and another dancer. Features a cameo by Charles Laughton in his feature debut. This is E.A. Dupont's original silent, sans post-release recorded dialog.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 130,824
- UPC: 842614104626
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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