The Woman from China is a 1930 British crime film directed by Edward Dryhurst and starring Julie Suedo, Gibb McLaughlin and Frances Cuyler.[1] It was shot at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie.[2][3]

The Woman from China
Directed byEdward Dryhurst
Written by
Produced byEdward G. Whiting
Starring
Production
company
Edward G. Whiting Productions
Distributed byJury Metro-Goldwyn
Release date
  • March 1930 (1930-03)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast edit

  • Julie Suedo as Laloe Berchmans
  • Gibb McLaughlin as Chung-Li
  • Frances Cuyler as Celia Thorburn
  • Tony Wylde as Lieutenant Jack Halliday
  • Kiyoshi Takase as Chinaman
  • R. Byron Webber as Berchmans
  • George Wynn as Officer
  • Clifford Pembroke as Snell
  • Laurie Leslie as Garcia
  • Ian Wilson as Cabin boy

References edit

  1. ^ "The Woman from China". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ Chibnall p.262
  3. ^ Wood p.70.

Bibliography edit

  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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