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Directed by | Charles Reisner |
Written by | Frank Butler (story) Sylvia Thalberg (story) Peggy Kelly (writer) Robert E. Hopkins (intertitles) |
Produced by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Starring | Karl Dane George K. Arthur |
Cinematography | Reggie Lanning |
Edited by | George Hively |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes; 7 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
China Bound is a 1929 silent film comedy produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A rarely revived comedy due to some of its Asian racial content, a selected scene was shown in Robert Youngson's 1965 MGM's Big Parade of Comedy. [1] [2]
Prints held at George Eastman House and Filmoteca Espanola (Madrid). [3]
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Going Crooked is a 1926 American silent crime film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by George Melford and stars Bessie Love.
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