Forbidden city U.S.A. / a DeepFocus production ; producer, director, writer, Arthur Dong.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stockdale, Gary (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Deep Focus Productions (Production company, Film distributor)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Other Authors: Dong, Arthur E. (Screenwriter, Film producer, Film director)
Low, Charlie, 1901-1989 (Interviewee)
Kahn, Stanley (Interviewee)
Mason, Pat (Interviewee)
Nowak, Bill (Interviewee)
Hu, Gladys (Interviewee)
Chan, Lenna (Interviewee)
Chan, Bob (Interviewee)
Chun, Frances (Interviewee)
Ching, Larry (Interviewee)
Mammon, Mary (Interviewee)
Wong, Jadin (Interviewee)
Wing, Tony (Interviewee)
Wing, Paul, 1911-1997 (Interviewee)
Toy, Noel (Interviewee)
Mar, Toy Yat, 1920-1997 (Interviewee)
Toy, Dorothea (Interviewee)
Sun, Dottie (Interviewee)
Jensen, Fritz (Interviewee)
Huie, Frank (Interviewee)
Wong, Wallace (Interviewee)
Ling, Jack Mei (Interviewee)
Louie, Walt (Film editor)
Chin, Michael (Cinematographer)
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : DeepFocus Productions, [2016]
Edition:Collector's edition; Educational-institutional edition.
Subjects:
Forbidden City (Nightclub : San Francisco, Calif.)
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > California > San Francisco.
Entertainers > California > San Francisco.
Nightclubs > California > San Francisco.
Asian Americans > California > San Francisco.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 study & discussion guide, 2nd edition (22 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm)
Variant Title:
Forbidden city, USA
Other Uniform Title:American experience (Television program)
Format: Video DVD
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