{"id":29738,"date":"2022-05-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29738"},"modified":"2022-05-16T14:35:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:35:51","slug":"mr-wu-1929-starring-lon-chaney-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29738","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mr. Wu&#8221; (1929) Starring Lon Chaney! \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z051822zview_mrwu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mr. Wu <\/strong><\/em>(1929)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:\u00a0 <strong>William Nigh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay:\u00a0 Adapted by <strong>Lorna Moon<\/strong>, Titles by <strong>Lotta Woods,<\/strong> based on the play by <strong>Maurice Vernon<\/strong> and <strong>Harold Owen<\/strong>, from the book by <strong>Louise Jordan Miln<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starring:\u00a0 <strong>Lon Chaney, Ren\u00e9e Ador\u00e9e, Ralph Forbes, Louise Dresser<\/strong> <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Anna May Wong\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>SHE WAS GUILTY OF LOVE AND THE UNWRITTEN CODE OF THE EAST CRIED FOR VENGEANCE!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Wu (Chaney) is a wealthy and powerful man raised to follow the ancient traditions of China.\u00a0 Although he is a traditionalist, Wu knows &#8220;the West is coming to the East.&#8221;\u00a0 To that end, Mr. Wu interacts with diplomats from other countries.\u00a0 That is how Wu&#8217;s adult daughter, Nang Ping (Ador\u00e9e) meets and begins secretly seeing Basil Gregory (Forbes), the son of a British diplomat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nang Ping becomes pregnant at the same time she learns that Basil is about to return to England.\u00a0 A gardener learns of Nang Ping&#8217;s pregnancy and informs Mr. Wu.\u00a0 Wu is despondent, torn between love for his daughter and what tradition requires of a father whose daughter has dishonored the family.\u00a0 Mr. Wu will comply with tradition and then extract revenge on the Diplomat&#8217;s family!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lon Chaney plays two roles in this silent film.\u00a0 Chaney created his own makeup making him unrecognizable as both Grandfather Wu (100 year old man) and Mr. Wu.\u00a0 <em>Mr. Wu<\/em> provides an excellent example of why Lon Chaney is my favorite silent movie star.\u00a0 He plays a full range of emotions and they all come alive through his facial expressions.\u00a0 Anna May Wong appears in just a few scenes but she shines.\u00a0 Ren\u00e9e Ador\u00e9e is okay as Mr. Wu&#8217;s daughter, but it&#8217;s interesting to think what Wong would have done in the role.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Wu&#8217;s plan to extract vengeance on the diplomat&#8217;s family forces an impossible decision and a surprising conclusion to the film.\u00a0 <em>Mr. Wu<\/em> rates 4 of 5 stars<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z051822zview_mrwu2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Wu (1929) Director:\u00a0 William Nigh Screenplay:\u00a0 Adapted by Lorna Moon, Titles by Lotta Woods, based on the play 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