Hai-Tang

Hai-Tang, also known as Le Chemin du déshonneur (The Road to Dishonour) is a 1930 British-German

Like many other films of the early talkie era before dubbing became more widespread, the film was shot in multiple-language versions, each with a different cast. Three versions of the film were made so they could be screened throughout Europe and the colonial world, such as in Mozambique, Australia and South Africa.^[2] This was Wong's first sound film billed as the star,^{[3][4][Note 1]} and in all three versions she appeared as the female lead.

An English-language version (The Flame of Love/The Road to Dishonour) and a German-language version (Hai-Tang: Der Weg zur Schande) of the film were made with different casts^{[Note 2]} except for Wong, who spoke her part in three different languages. The French-language version was sometimes referred to as L’Amour, maître des choses in French film magazines).^[5] Confusingly, all three versions are often referred to simply as Hai-Tang.^[6]

Synopsis

In the

Grand Duke both fall in love with a Chinese woman.

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Cast

• Anna May Wong as Hai-Tang
• Marcel Vibert as Le grand duc
• Robert Ancelin as Boris Ivanoff
• Armand Lurville as Le colonel Mouraview
• Hélène Darly as Yvette
• François Viguier as Viguier
• Gaston Dupray as Pierre Baron, le chanteur
• Claire Roman
• Mona Goya
• Gaston Jacquet

Notes

1. ^ Wong acted in one of several vignettes in the earlier 1930 musical film review Elstree Calling.
2. ^ Ley On played Hai-Tang's brother Wang-Hu in all three versions.

References

1. ^ St. Pierre p.83
2. ^ Lim 2019, p. 34.
3. ^ Hodges 2004, p. 88.
4. ^ Lim 2019, p. 83.
5. ^ Lim 2019, p. 107.
6. ^ Chan 2003, p. 217.

Sources

• Chan, Anthony B. (2003). Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong (1905–1961). Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press.
  ISBN 0-8108-4789-2
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• ISBN 978-1-64160-883-1
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• Lim, Shirley Jennifer (2019). Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
  ISBN 978-1-4399-1834-0
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• St. Pierre, Paul Matthew (2010). E.A. Dupont and his Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly, Atlantic, Two Worlds, Cape Forlorn. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
  ISBN 978-1611474336
  .

See also

• Anna May Wong on film and television
• The Flame of Love
• The Road to Dishonour

External links

• The Flame of Love/The Road to Dishonour at
  IMDb
• German version: Der Weg zur Schande at
  IMDb
• French version: Le Chemin du déshonneur at
  IMDb

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