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  1. Piccadilly is a 1929 British silent and sound drama film directed by E.A. Dupont, written by Arnold Bennett and starring Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, and Jameson Thomas. The film was shot on location in London, [2][3] produced by British International Pictures.

  2. Piccadilly. Valentine Wilmot (Jameson Thomas) owns a nightclub featuring dancers Mabel (Gilda Gray) and Vic (Cyril Ritchard). After a confrontation with Wilmot, Vic quits performing at the club...

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  3. May 20, 2021 · Anna May Wong sizzles in this seductive clip from E A Dupont's silent masterpiece - available on BFI Blu-ray from 21 June https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-pic......more.

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  4. The film explores themes of jealousy, race, and class through the charactersrelationships and interactions, with the film’s depiction of an interracial relationship considered bold and progressive for its time.

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  5. Piccadilly, Dupont’s second English film, was BIP’s most expensive and ambitious production to date. The jazzy burst of urban nightlife that opens the movie has the flavor of Weimar-era strassefilme, or “street films,” in which the glitter and glamour of the modern city merged with the squalor and despair of urban poverty.

  6. Morning after her smash London night club debut, dancer Shosho (Anna May Wong) digs into the newspapers and embarrasses her smitten friend Jim (King Ho Chang), in the British silent showbiz melodrama. Best known for her portrayal of Marlene Dietrich's fellow prostitute in (1932), Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong (1905-1961) has been ...

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  8. ANNA MAY WONG, JAMESON THOMAS and GILDA GRAY are at the center of a love triangle in PICCADILLY, a silent film that is much more modern in style than most films of the period.

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