Piccadilly /
When his lead male attraction, Victor Smiles quits, Valentine Wilmot finds himself in a dilemma. Mabel, Victor's dancing partner and Valentine's lover, draws ever-dwindling crowds on her own, and Valentine must find new, sensational talent. After a customer cries foul over a dirty dish, Va...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Silent film with musical appointment; English intertitles. |
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[New York] :
Milestone Film & Video,
[2013]
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| Series: | Milestone cinematheque.
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| Summary: | When his lead male attraction, Victor Smiles quits, Valentine Wilmot finds himself in a dilemma. Mabel, Victor's dancing partner and Valentine's lover, draws ever-dwindling crowds on her own, and Valentine must find new, sensational talent. After a customer cries foul over a dirty dish, Valentine discovers the answer to all of his problems down in the club scullery. |
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| Item Description: | "Anna May Wong in Piccadilly"--Container. Originally released in Great Britain as a motion picture in 1929. Restored by the British Film Institutue. Bonus features: Original filmed intro to 1929 sound version (5 min.) ; video documentary, Neil Brand on the score for Piccadilly (20 min.) ; extensive stills galleries courtesy of the British Film Institute and Cinematheque Suisse ; Original 1929 British press kit ; Five authors in search of Anna May Wong ; Video excerpts from the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival panel, "Dangerous to know: the career and legacy of Anna May Wong," moderated by B. Ruby Rich, and author Karen Leong's introduction to the film. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Werner Brandes ; original score, Neil Brand. |
| ISBN: | 9781933920504 1933920505 |