Manchu Love
Manchu Love is a 1929 MGM short silent historical fiction film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the ninth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.
| Manchu Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Elmer Clifton |
| Produced by | Herbert T. Kalmus |
| Written by | Jack Cunningham |
| Starring | Sojin Etta Lee Tetsu Komai Le Ong Gum Chun Al Chang Baby Wai |
| Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | January 12, 1929 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English Intertitles |
| Budget | $16,240[1] |
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.[2]
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.[3] It was screened as recently as 2015 at the Museum of Modern Art's Roy and Niuta Titus Theater for a presentation by authors James Layton and David Pierce.[4]
References
- Layton, James and David Pierce. The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935. George Eastman House, 2015, p. 339.
- Slide, Anthony. "The 'Great Events' Series". Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Scarecrow Press, 2005, p. 38.
- Layton and Pierce 342
- The Dawn of Technicolor: The Silent Era. Museum of Modern Art. Accessed April 12, 2020.
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