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Limehouse Blues
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Languages. (Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3293-6324
2023 (English)In: Encyclopedia of London's East End / [ed] Kevin A. Morrison, Jefferson: McFarland, 2023, p. 131-Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Limehouse Blues (1934). Directed by Alexander Hall (1894–1968), Limehouse Blues was shot on the US West Coast and describes the collision between British working-class thugs and Chinese ambition in an exoticized and permanently foggy, yet “exciting” London East End. George Raft in yellowface stars as the half Chinese, half white American Harry Young, and Anna May Wong, one of the first Chinese American film stars, as the Chinese seductress Tu Tuan. The plot revolves around Young’s ambitions to take over the smuggling business from local entrepreneur Pug Talbot. The amoral Young has Talbot murdered, a move that also provides him with the opportunity to pursue Talbot’s beautiful stepdaughter Toni (Jean Parker). In an effort to win Toni’s heart, Young puts her up in his own house, relives her of her duties as spotter and pickpocket, and gives her money to shop for in the West End. During her visit to this notably sunnier part of London, Toni falls in love with square jawed Canadian pet-shop owner Eric Benton, setting the stage of the films central love triangle.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Jefferson: McFarland, 2023. p. 131-
Keywords [en]
British film history, Limehouse, Crime
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Studies on Film
Research subject
Humanities, Film Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-125168ISBN: 9781476683997 (print)ISBN: 9781476648378 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-125168DiVA, id: diva2:1805092
Available from: 2023-10-16 Created: 2023-10-16 Last updated: 2023-10-20Bibliographically approved

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