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The Toll of the Sea

(1922) Known as the Technicolor "Madame Butterfly", this was the first production shot with the new two-strip color film process. You can see a clip from this high-quality video in our article. Douglas Fairbanks made Wong the first and only Chinese-American star in the world of silent film, after he saw her in this tearjerker and cast her in his film, Thief of Bagdad.
Silent feature with musical soundtrack and intertitles, color, $14.99

Thief of Bagdad

(1924) Raoul Walsh, better known for his nail-biting, macho crime dramas, helmed this fantasy with the aid of the ingenious set designer and model-maker William Cameron Menzies. Mesmerizing, good old-fashioned storytelling with knowing, suave performances by its stars. Time Out still notes its "electric energy." Too bad the only version out now is from Madacy...
Silent with musical score, black and white $4.99

Shanghai Express

(1932) Lee Garmes won an Oscar for his cinematography under the careful direction of Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich plays Shanghai Lil, but Anna threatens to steal the show as usual in a supporting role.
80 min., black and white, $14.99

Study in Scarlet

(1933) Wong starred opposite Reginald Owen in this loose Sherlock Holmes adaptation. A low-budget yet efficiently made sound film.
70 min., black and white, $24.99

Java Head

(1934) This British adaptation of an American novel again finds drama in the marriage of seafaring white man and Mandarin princess. Wong stars here with Edmund Gwenn and Ralph Richardson. Three stars from Lenny.
70 min., black and white, $24.99