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Forbidden city U.S.A. / a DeepFocus production ; an Arthur Dong film ; producer, director, writer, Arthur Dong.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 030 994 disc + study guide
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--California--San Francisco.
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.).
- Entertainers--California--San Francisco.
- Entertainers.
- Nightclubs--California--San Francisco.
- Nightclubs.
- Asian Americans--California--San Francisco.
- Asian Americans.
- Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco.
- Chinese Americans.
- Forbidden City (Nightclub : San Francisco, Calif.).
- California--San Francisco.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 study & discussion guide, 2nd edition (22 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm)
- Edition:
- Collector's edition; Educational-institutional edition.
- Other Title:
- Forbidden city, USA
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, Calif.] : DeepFocus Productions, [2015]
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; 2.0 stereo.
- digital optical stereo
- NTSC
- video file DVD-R video region 1
- Summary:
- Documents the Forbidden City, a San Francisco nightclub of the 1930s and 1940s which featured Chinese American entertainers. Contains film clips of acts at the Forbidden City and interviews with performers and club owner Charlie Low.
- Participant:
- Commentators, Charlie Low, Stan Kahn, Pat Mason, "Smilin" Bill Nowak, Gladys Hu, Lenna and Bob Chan, Frances Chun, Larry Ching, Mary Mammon, Jadin Wong, Tony Wing, Paul Wing, Noel Toy, Toy Yat Mar, Dorothy Takahashi Toy, Dottie Sun, Fritz Jensen, Frank Huie, Wallace Wong, Jack Mei Ling.
- Credits:
- Editor, Walt Louie; cinematographer, Michael Chin original music composer/arranger, Gary Stockdale.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast as a segment of the PBS television series The American experience.
- Special features: Performance outtakes; 1940s promotional film; bonus featurettes; additional interviews.
- Copyright dates on end credits: 1989, 2015. Copyright date on container: 2016.
- Digitally remastered by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
- American Book Awards, Winner, 2015
- OCLC:
- 946886291
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