Chinatown Nights (1929 film)

Chinatown Nights
Directed by	William A. Wellman
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Written by	Samuel Ornitz (story) Ben Grauman Kohn Oliver H.P. Garrett William B. Jutte
Starring	Wallace Beery Florence Vidor Warner Oland Jack Oakie
Music by	Max Bergunker Gerard Carbonara Karl Hajos (all uncredited)
Cinematography	Henry W. Gerrard
Edited by	Alyson Shaffer
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	March 30, 1929
Running time	83 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

Chinatown Nights, also known as Tong War, is a 1929 film starring Wallace Beery and begun as a silent film then finished as an all-talking sound one via dubbing. Directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures, Chinatown Nights also stars Florence Vidor, former wife of legendary director King Vidor, who did not dub her own voice and quit the movie business immediately afterward, preferring not to work in sound films; her voice in Chinatown Nights was supplied by actress Nella Walker. The supporting cast includes Warner Oland as a Chinese gangster and Jack Oakie as a stuttering reporter. The movie was based upon the story "Tong War" by Samuel Ornitz.

Cast

• Wallace Beery as Chuck Riley
• Florence Vidor as Joan Fry (voice dubbed by Nella Walker)
• Warner Oland as Boston Charley
• Jack McHugh as the Shadow
• Jack Oakie as the Reporter

External links

• Chinatown Nights at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Chinatown Nights at the Internet Movie Database
• Chinatown Nights at the silentera.com database