Piccadilly

Piccadilly - Extract

1929 | NR | 92 min | Crime, Drama| 35mm

A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder.

Featuring an introduction by curator and historian Richard Koszarski!

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Director: E. A. Dupont

Writers: Arnold Bennett

Stars: Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray, Jameson Thomas

About Richard Koszarksi: Dr. Richard Koszarski is a writer, researcher, curator and historian specializing in the history of the American cinema. He is Professor Emeritus of English and Cinema Studies at Rutgers University and previously worked as Head of Collections and Exhibitions for the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York and editor-in-chief of Film History: An International Journal. His books include An Evening’s Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture (1990); Fort Lee, the Film Town (2004); Hollywood on the Hudson (2008); and “Keep ‘em in the East”: Kazan, Kubrick, and the Post-War New York Film Renaissance (2021). In 1991 he was awarded the Prix Jean Mitry from the Pordenone Silent Film Festival for his lifetime contributions to silent film scholarship.