Manchu Love
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Directed byElmer Clifton
Written byJack Cunningham
Produced byHerbert T. Kalmus
StarringSojin
Etta Lee
Tetsu Komai
Le Ong
Gum Chun
Al Chang
Baby Wai
Etta Lee
Tetsu Komai
Le Ong
Gum Chun
Al Chang
Baby Wai
| Manchu Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Elmer Clifton |
| Written by | Jack Cunningham |
| Produced by | Herbert T. Kalmus |
| Starring | Sojin Etta Lee Tetsu Komai Le Ong Gum Chun Al Chang Baby Wai |
| Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English Intertitles |
| Budget | $16,240[1] |
Manchu Love is a 1929 American pre-code Hollywood Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short silent historical fiction film short in two-color Technicolor. The film features a cast entirely of people of Asian descent and stars Sojin as Su Shun and Etta Lee as Empress Tzu Hsi.[2] It was the ninth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.
The film was shot at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood. Director Elmer Clifton was paid $1000.00 for his work on this film and Light of India, a later entry in the series.[3] The art direction and color supervision by Natalie Kalmus drew significant praise despite the project having one of the lowest budgets in the "Great Events" series.[4]
