The Chinese Bungalow (play)

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The Chinese Bungalow is a 1925 play by Marion Osmond and James Corbet, based on Osmond's 1923 novel; it is a three-act melodrama set in the Far East. [1] It was adapted for film in 1926, in 1930, and again in 1940.

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References

  1. Wearing, J. P. (2014). "The Chinese Bungalow". The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 644. ISBN   9780810893023 . Retrieved 14 September 2014.