5 Asian Actors to Know

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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. I thought I'd post one movie from several Asian actors to check out and maybe get to know for the first time. 


Piccadilly (1928)
Directed By: E.A. Dupont (uncredited)
Starring: Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray, Jameson Thomas
Running Time: 109 Minutes (restored version)
*Note: The link is a scene from the movie, not the trailer.
Other Anna May Wong films to check out:
Shanghai Express (1932), Daughter of the Dragon (1931), The Toll of the Sea (1922)




Flower Drum Song (1961)
Directed By: Henry Koster
Starring: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Jack Soo
Running Time: 132 Minutes
Other Nancy Kwan films to check out:
The World of Suzie Wong (1960), The Wrecking Crew (1968), Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)




Stowaway (1936)
Directed By: 87 Minutes
Starring: Phillip Ahn, Shirley Temple, Robert Young
Other Phillip Ahn films to check out:
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Yesterday's Enemy (1959)




Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
Directed By: Lewis Seiler
Starring: Keye Luke, Warner Oland, Mary Brian
Running Time: 71 Minutes
Other Keye Luke films to check out:
Mad Love (1935), Shanghai (1935), North of Shanghai (1939)




The Cheat (1915)

Directed By: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Sessue Hayakawa, Fannie Ward, Jack Dean
Running Time: 59 Minutes
Other Sessue Hayakawa films to check out:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Green Mansions (1959), Tokyo Joe (1949)



Until Next Time,
Ashley A. 

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