Mr. Wu (1927)
- Directed by
- William Nigh
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Chinese patriarch raises his daughter in a traditional household. When she is seduced by an Englishman, the father plots revenge. The film is a silent melodrama from 1927.
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What happens
Mr. Wu is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Lon Chaney, based on a 1913 stage play. Chaney portrays a Chinese patriarch who tries to exact revenge on the Englishman who seduced his daughter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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