The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons.
Is it worth your time? If you're a fan of old-school melodrama or just want to watch Anna May Wong be ten times more interesting than anyone else on screen, then yes, absolutely. If you need pacing that doesn't feel like it’s wading through thick mud, you’re probably going to have a bad time. It’s a very 1934 kind of m...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
J. Walter Ruben
Edgar Jones
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"Is it worth your time? If you're a fan of old-school melodrama or just want to watch Anna May Wong be ten times more interesting than anyone else on screen, then yes, absolutely. If you need pacing that doesn't feel like it’s wading through thick mud, you’re probably going to have a bad time. It’s a very 1934 kind of movie—slow, polite, and obsessed with the social ladder. The whole thing hangs on the arrival of Taou Yuen in this tiny, gray Bristol town. The townspeople act like they’ve never s..."
Joseph Hergesheimer, Gordon Wellesley, Martin Brown
United Kingdom
