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Chu Chin Chow was described as a combination of musical comedy and pantomime. It was a big budget spectacular costing £5,300, with over a dozen scene changes, fantastic sets, big dance routines, exotic costumes and Asche's innovative lighting designs.
Chu Chin Chow is a 1934 British musical film directed by Walter Forde and starring George Robey, Fritz Kortner and Anna May Wong. [1] It was an adaptation of the hit musical Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche and Frederick Norton. [2] It was shot at the Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London.
Chu-Chin-Chow may refer to: Chu Chin Chow, a 1916 musical play by Frederick Norton and Oscar Asche; Chu-Chin-Chow, a silent film adaptation of the musical directed ...
Chu Chin Chow was released in the United States by MGM two years after its production with a drastically reduced footage, cut by almost half. This version had noticeable jumps that ruined the continuity of the story. [4]
Asche in Chu Chin Chow, 1916. John Stange(r) Heiss Oscar Asche (24 January 1871 – 23 March 1936), better known as Oscar Asche, was an Australian actor, director, and writer, best known for having written, directed, and acted in the record-breaking musical Chu Chin Chow, both on stage and film, and for acting in, directing, or producing many Shakespeare plays and successful musicals.
The Asche hit musical comedy Chu Chin Chow was staged in London in 1916. Brayton played the female lead character, Zahrat-al-Kulub. Chu Chin Chow played until 1921, enjoying an unprecedented run of 2,238 performances, of which Brayton performed in nearly 2000, an endurance feat. Brayton did not accompany Asche on his third tour of Australia in ...
In 1916, he wrote the music to Oscar Asche's Chu Chin Chow, which achieved a then world-record theatrical run of over five years. Norton was never again to achieve the same degree of success that he earned with Chu Chin Chow. He died in Holford in 1946, aged 77.
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