Chu-Chin-Chow (Original title)Chu Chin Chow (Help search title)
Date: 08 October 1934 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Walter Forde
Synopsis: A version of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', with a slave girl foiling Abu Hasan who is posing as Chu-Chin-Chow, a mandarin he has killed.
Genres: Musical, Comedy
Subject: Folktales
Releases
Date: May 1934Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 102 mins 03 secs - Length: 9184 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Title: [Film Weekly - v12 n301 20 Jul 1934: no known title]Language: English
Description: Pictorial section.
In: The Picturegoer v4 n176 6 Oct 1934 Page: 26
Title: [The Picturegoer - v4 n176 6 Oct 1934: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v12 n312 5 Oct 1934 Page: 36
Title: [Film Weekly - v12 n312 5 Oct 1934: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v1 n8 September 1934 Page: 65
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v1 n8 September 1934: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v1 n6 July 1934 Page: 48
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v1 n6 July 1934: no known title]Language: English
In: The Cinema - Film Booking and Ready Reference Guide 3rd Quarter 1934 Page: 16
Title: [The Cinema - Film Booking and Ready Reference Guide - 3rd Quarter 1934: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief credits and review.
In: Film Pictorial v6 n137 6 Oct 1934 Page: 22
Title: [Film Pictorial - v6 n137 6 Oct 1934: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9398 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-17847
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376882
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm Base: SafetyBFI identifier: N-711986
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 09.0880 FeetBFI identifier: C-17851
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9398 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-17847
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundLength: 9186 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-17848
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteLength: 9186 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-17852
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1050 FeetStock date: 1934BFI identifier: C-17846
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9192 FeetStock date: 1933BFI identifier: C-17850
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 08 October 1934 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Walter Forde
Synopsis: A version of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', with a slave girl foiling Abu Hasan who is posing as Chu-Chin-Chow, a mandarin he has killed.
Genres: Musical, Comedy
Subject: Folktales
Releases
Date: May 1934Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 102 mins 03 secs - Length: 9184 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Credits
(26)
A Gainsborough Picture: Gainsborough Pictures, Presents: Gaumont British Picture Corp. Ltd., Producer: Michael Balcon, Assistant Producer: Phil C. Samuel, Unit Production Manager: Victor Peers, Gofer: Roy Ward Baker, Assistant Director: William J. Dodds, Screen Play and Dialogue: Edward Knoblock, Screen Play and Dialogue: Sidney Gilliat, L. Du Garde Peach, [Based on the Play] By: Oscar Asche, Photography: M. Greenbaum, Camera Assistant: Cyril Knowles, Editor: D.N. Twist, Assistant Editor: Lionel Hoare, Art Direction: Ernö Metzner, Costumes: Cathleen Mann, Music by: Frederic Norton, Additional Songs: Sidney Gilliat, [Music] under the direction of: Louis Levy, Orchestra Conducted by: Hubert Bath, Dances Arranged by: Anton Dolin, Recordist: A.C. O'Donoghue, Recorded on: British Acoustic Film, [Recorded] at: Islington
Cast
(16)
Robert Adams (), George Robey (Ali Baba), Anna May Wong (Zahrat), Fritz Kortner (Abu Hasan), John Garrick (Nur-al-din), Pearl Argyle (Marjanah), Jetsam (Abdullah), Dennis Hoey (Rakham), Sydney Fairbrother (Mahbubah), Laurence Hanray (Kasim Baba), Frank Cochrane (Mustafa), Thelma Tuson (Alcolom), Francis Sullivan (the caliph), Gibb McLaughlin (Grand Vizier), Kyoshi Takase (entertainer at feast), Betty Lynn
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(8)
In: Film Weekly v12 n301 20 Jul 1934 Pages: 20-21Title: [Film Weekly - v12 n301 20 Jul 1934: no known title]Language: English
Description: Pictorial section.
In: The Picturegoer v4 n176 6 Oct 1934 Page: 26
Title: [The Picturegoer - v4 n176 6 Oct 1934: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v12 n312 5 Oct 1934 Page: 36
Title: [Film Weekly - v12 n312 5 Oct 1934: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v1 n8 September 1934 Page: 65
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v1 n8 September 1934: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v1 n6 July 1934 Page: 48
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v1 n6 July 1934: no known title]Language: English
In: The Cinema - Film Booking and Ready Reference Guide 3rd Quarter 1934 Page: 16
Title: [The Cinema - Film Booking and Ready Reference Guide - 3rd Quarter 1934: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief credits and review.
In: Film Pictorial v6 n137 6 Oct 1934 Page: 22
Title: [Film Pictorial - v6 n137 6 Oct 1934: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9398 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-17847
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376882
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm Base: SafetyBFI identifier: N-711986
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 09.0880 FeetBFI identifier: C-17851
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9398 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-17847
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundLength: 9186 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-17848
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteLength: 9186 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-17852
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1050 FeetStock date: 1934BFI identifier: C-17846
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9192 FeetStock date: 1933BFI identifier: C-17850
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film