A Trip to Chinatown (film)
Encyclopedia
A Trip to Chinatown is a 1926
silent film
starring Margaret Livingston
. The supporting cast includes Anna May Wong
and Charles Farrell
. The movie was scripted by Beatrice Van
from Charles Hale Hoyt
's hit Broadway musical of the same name
and directed by Robert P. Kerr
.
Livingston played the "Woman from the City" the following year in F. W. Murnau's Sunrise
, the rival to Farrell's future screen partner Janet Gaynor
.
This film is considered by historians to be lost
.
1926 in film
-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
starring Margaret Livingston
Margaret Livingston
Margaret Livingston was an American film actress, most notable for her work during the silent film era....
. The supporting cast includes Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star...
and Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor...
. The movie was scripted by Beatrice Van
Beatrice Van
Beatrice Van was an American silent film actress. She was also a screenwriter for both silent and sound films....
from Charles Hale Hoyt
Charles Hale Hoyt
Charles Hale Hoyt was an American dramatist.-Biography:Hoyt was born in Concord, New Hampshire. He had a difficult childhood, as his mother died when he was nine years old. He graduated at the Boston Latin School and, after being engaged in the cattle business in Colorado for a time, took up...
's hit Broadway musical of the same name
A Trip to Chinatown
A Trip to Chinatown is a musical comedy in three acts by Charles H. Hoyt with music by Percy Gaunt and lyrics by Hoyt, that became a silent film featuring Anna May Wong half a century later. In addition to the Gaunt and Hoyt score, many songs were interpolated into the score at one time or another...
and directed by Robert P. Kerr
Robert P. Kerr
Robert P. Kerr was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1917 and 1928.He was born in Burlington, Colorado and died in Porterville, California from a heart attack....
.
Livingston played the "Woman from the City" the following year in F. W. Murnau's Sunrise
Sunrise (film)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, also known as Sunrise, is a 1927 American silent film directed by German film director F. W. Murnau. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story "Die Reise nach Tilsit" by Hermann Sudermann.Sunrise won an Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production...
, the rival to Farrell's future screen partner Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor was an American actress and painter.One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: Seventh Heaven , Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Street Angel...
.
This film is considered by historians to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
.
Cast
- Margaret LivingstonMargaret LivingstonMargaret Livingston was an American film actress, most notable for her work during the silent film era....
... Alicia Cuyer - Earle FoxeEarle FoxeEarle Foxe was an American actor.-Background:Foxe was born Earl Aldrich Fox in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally of Flint, Michigan, and Eva May Herron. His older half sister was Ethel May Fox, a music teacher, born in Michigan to Charles Aldrich Fox and Katie Eldridge. Always very...
... Welland Strong - J. Farrell MacDonaldJ. Farrell MacDonaldJoseph Farrell MacDonald was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. MacDonald, who was sometimes billed as "John Farrell Macdonald", "J.F...
... Benjamin Strong - Anna May WongAnna May WongAnna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star...
... Ohati - Harry WoodsHarry Woods (actor)Harry Woods was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 250 films between 1923 and 1958.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Los Angeles, California from uremia.-Selected filmography:* Tycoon...
... Norman Blood - Marie Astaire ... Rose Blood
- Gladys McConnellGladys McConnellGladys McConnell was a movie actress and aviatrix. She was born in Oklahoma City, Indian Territory . Some sources list her date of birth as October 22, 1906. She was the daughter of William Marshall McConnell and Harriet Sharp...
... Marion Haste - Charles FarrellCharles FarrellCharles Farrell was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor...
... Gayne Wilder - Hazel Howell ... Henrietta Lott
- Wilson Benge ... Slavin
- George KuwaGeorge KuwaGeorge Kuwa was a Japanese and American Issei film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 58 films between 1916 and 1931...
... Tulung