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Tetsu Komai
(23 April 1894 – 10 August 1970), also known as Tetsuo Komai, was a Japanese-American actor, known for his minor roles in Hollywood films. Biography Born in Kumamoto, Kyushu, Komai had small parts in over 50 films from the 1920s until the mid 1960s. In his early films, Tetsu, who was usually called on to play Chinese characters, was often described with derogatory terms such as " Chinaman,". He played the villain in many of his films. Komai emigrated to the United States in December 1907, arriving at the Port of Seattle; he lived in Seattle for several years after this initial immigration. During the Second World War, following the signing of Executive Order 9066, the actor, his wife, and their children were interned with groups of other Japanese-Americans and Japanese resident aliens at the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona from August 27, 1942 to November 3, 1945.''Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II''; ''U.S., Final Accountability Rosters of Evacuees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures Of Captain Marvel
''Adventures of Captain Marvel'' is a 1941 American 12-chapter black-and-white serial film, movie serial from Republic Pictures, produced by Hiram S. Brown, Jr., directed by John English (director), John English and William Witney, that stars Tom Tyler in the title role of Captain Marvel and Frank Coghlan, Jr. as his alter ego, Billy Batson. The serial was adapted from the popular Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel comic book character, then appearing in the Fawcett Comics publications ''Whiz Comics'' and ''Captain Marvel Adventures''. The character is now owned by DC Comics and is known as Shazam. ''Adventures of Captain Marvel'' was the 21st of 66 film serials produced by Republic and their first comic book character adaptation (not counting comic strips). The serial featured the Fawcett Comics superhero, placed within an original screen story. It is considered the first comic book superhero movie. Captain Marvel fights a masked criminal mastermind called the Scorpion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streets Of Shanghai
''Streets of Shanghai'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and written by Harry Braxton and Jack Natteford. The film, starring Pauline Starke, Kenneth Harlan, and Eddie Gribbon, was released by Tiffany-Stahl Productions. Cast *Pauline Starke as Mary Sanger *Kenneth Harlan as Sergeant Lee *Eddie Gribbon as Swede *Margaret Livingston as Sadie *Jason Robards, Sr. as Eugene Fong (as Jason Robards) *Mathilde Comont as Buttercup, Mary's Companion *Sōjin Kamiyama as Fong Kiang *Anna May Wong as Su Quan *Tetsu Komai as Chang Ho *Toshia Mori as Girl Wife (as Toshyie Ichioka) *Media Ichioka as F'aien Shi, the Chinese Girl Preservation status This is now considered a lost film. See also *List of American films of 1927 This is a list of American films released in 1927, All films on this list are in the Public Domain since 2023. 1927 Academy Award nominees The 1st Academy Awards were presented in Los Angeles on May 16, 1929 at The Hollywood Roosevel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Of Borneo
''East of Borneo'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by George Melford, co-written by Edwin H. Knopf and Dale Van Every, starring Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar, and Noble Johnson, and released by Universal Studios. In 1936, artist Joseph Cornell edited this feature film into his short experimental film ''Rose Hobart'' which runs about 19 minutes. Plot Linda Randolph looks for her husband on the island of Marado just east of Borneo. Although Linda is warned that Marado's jungles are "entirely too dangerous" for a white woman, she persists through dangerous raft rides and wild crocodiles. She discovers that her husband is now the personal physician to the island’s enigmatic prince. The prince lusts for Linda, and a love triangle ensues. Cast * Rose Hobart as Linda Randolph * Charles Bickford as Dr. Allan Randolph * Georges Renavent as Hashim, Prince of Marudu * Lupita Tovar as Neila * Noble Johnson as Osman * Tetsu Komai as Hra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Criminal Code
''The Criminal Code'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name by Martin Flavin, was written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Seton I. Miller, who were nominated for Best Adaptation at the 4th Academy Awards but the award went to Howard Estabrook for Cimarron. The film is the first of three film adaptations of the play released by Columbia Pictures. It was followed by ''Penitentiary'' (1938) and ''Convicted'' (1950). Plot Six years of hard labor in the prison jute mill has taken its toll on young Graham, convicted of manslaughter after a drunken brawl. The penitentiary's doctor and psychiatrist recommends that he be offered a change of duties before psychological damage become irreversible. When the warden recalls that it was he, as district attorney, that helped put him behind bars, he makes him his valet. Graham enjoys the change, especially the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Is West (1930 Film)
''East Is West'' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by Universal. It was directed by Monta Bell and stars Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres and Edward G. Robinson. It is based on a 1918 Broadway play, ''East is West'', which starred Fay Bainter. A silent film version from 1922, also titled '' East Is West'', starred Constance Talmadge. E. Alyn Warren reprises his role from the silent version. Plot Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage. Cast *Lupe Vélez - Ming Toy *Lew Ayres - Billy Benson *Edward G. Robinson - Charlie Yong *E. Alyn Warren - Lo Sang Kee *Tetsu Komai - Hop Toy *Henry Kolker - Mr. Benson *Mary Forbes - Mrs. Benson *Edgar Norton - Thomas * Charles Middleton - Dr. Fredericks *Jean Hersholt Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), known pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea Wolf (1930 Film)
''The Sea Wolf'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred Santell and written by S. N. Behrman and Ralph Block. The film stars Milton Sills, Jane Keithley, Raymond Hackett, Mitchell Harris, Nat Pendleton, and John Rogers. It is based on the 1904 novel ''The Sea-Wolf'' by Jack London. The film was released on September 21, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Milton Sills as 'Wolf' Larsen *Jane Keithley as Lorna Marsh * Raymond Hackett as Allen Rand *Mitchell Harris as 'Death' Larsen *Nat Pendleton as Smoke * John Rogers as Mugridge *Harold Kinney as Leach * Sam Allen as Neilson *Harry Tenbrook as Axel Johnson ''Bear of Oakland'' The large barkentine rigged museum ship, ''Bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the N ...'', moored in Oakland, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Dr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Jazz
'' King of Jazz'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code color musical film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. The film title refers to Whiteman's popular cultural appellation. At the time the film was made, "jazz", to the general public, meant jazz-influenced syncopated dance music heard on phonograph records, on radio broadcasts, and in dance halls. In the 1920s Whiteman signed and featured white jazz musicians including Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang (both are seen and heard in the film), Bix Beiderbecke (who had left before filming began), Frank Trumbauer, and others. ''King of Jazz'' was filmed in the early two-color Technicolor process and was produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. for Universal Pictures. The film featured several songs sung on camera by the The Rhythm Boys, Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris), as well as off-camera solo vocals by Crosby during the opening credits and, very briefly, during a cartoon sequence. ''King of Jazz'' still survi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome Danger
''Welcome Danger'' is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Harold Lloyd. A sound version and silent version were filmed. Ted Wilde began work on the silent version, but became ill and was replaced by Bruckman. Plot Harold Bledsoe, a student of botany, is traveling by rail to San Francisco, where the captain of police has sent for him to help investigate a crime wave in the city's " Chinatown" district. Since Harold is the son of San Francisco's former police captain, municipal authorities hope he will be as skilled as his father in solving crimes. Also traveling to the city, but by car, are two people unknown to Harold. They are a young woman named Billie Lee and her little brother Buddy, who is in dire need of having his lame leg treated in San Francisco by "the famous Chinese physician" Dr. Chang Gow. During a brief train stop in Colorado, Harold has his photograph taken at a vending machine. He is surprised to see in the print the fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Drummond (1929 Film)
''Bulldog Drummond'' is a 1929 American pre-Code crime film in which Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond helps a beautiful young woman in distress. The film stars Ronald Colman as the title character, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan Bennett, and Lilyan Tashman. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by F. Richard Jones, the movie was adapted by Sidney Howard from the play by H. C. McNeile (credited onscreen as "Sapper"). Colman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and William Cameron Menzies for Best Art Direction. Two previous Bulldog Drummond films had been produced: ''Bulldog Drummond'' (1923) and '' Bulldog Drummond's Third Round'' (1925). The 1929 film was the first Bulldog Drummond movie with sound, and was also Ronald Colman's first talkie. A series of Drummond movies followed, beginning with '' Temple Tower'' made in the UK in 1930; see the main article on Bulldog Drummond for a complete list. Plot Hugh "Bulld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinatown Nights (1929 Film)
''Chinatown Nights'', also known as ''Tong War'', is a 1929 film starring Wallace Beery and begun as a silent film then finished as an all-talking sound one via dubbing. Directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures, ''Chinatown Nights'' also stars Florence Vidor, former wife of director King Vidor, who did not dub her own voice and quit the movie business immediately afterward, preferring not to work in sound films; her voice in ''Chinatown Nights'' was supplied by actress Nella Walker. The supporting cast includes Warner Oland as a Chinese gangster and Jack Oakie as a stuttering reporter. The movie was based upon the story "Tong War" by Samuel Ornitz. Cast *Wallace Beery as Chuck Riley *Florence Vidor as Joan Fry (voice dubbed by Nella Walker) *Warner Oland as Boston Charley *Jack McHugh as the Shadow *Jack Oakie Jack Oakie (born Lewis Delaney Offield; November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchu Love
''Manchu Love'' is a 1929 American pre-code Hollywood Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short silent historical fiction film short in two-color Technicolor. The film features a cast entirely of people of Asian descent and stars Sojin as Su Shun and Etta Lee as Empress Tzu Hsi. It was the ninth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series. Production The film was shot at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood. Director Elmer Clifton was paid $1000.00 for his work on this film and ''Light of India'', a later entry in the series. The art direction and color supervision by Natalie Kalmus drew significant praise despite the project having one of the lowest budgets in the "Great Events" series. Preservation status This film has survived in its entirety. A complete print was preserved by the Cinema Arts Laboratory in 1993 and is held in the archives at the George Eastman House. It was screened as recently as 2015 at the Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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