Chu Chin Chow (1934 film)

Chu Chin Chow is a 1934 British musical film directed by Walter Forde and starring George Robey, Fritz Kortner and Anna May Wong. It was an adaptation of the hit musical Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche and Frederick Norton. It was shot at the Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner.
It is claimed that the movie's title inspired the name of the Marvel Comics monster Fin Fang Foom.

Cast

George Robey as Ali Baba
Fritz Kortner as Abu Hasan
Anna May Wong as Zahrat
John Garrick as Nur-al-din Baba
Pearl Argyle as Marjanah
Malcolm McEachern as Abdullah
Dennis Hoey as Rakham,
Sydney Fairbrother as Mahbubah Baba
Laurence Hanray as Kasim Baba
Frank Cochrane as Mustafa
Thelma Tuson as Alcolom Baba,
Francis L. Sullivan as The Caliph
Gibb McLaughlin as The Caliph's Vizier
Kiyoshi Takase as Entertainer at Feast

Critical reception

The [New York Times] wrote, "The cry this morning should be 'The Redcoats are coming!' Britain's long-heralded invasion of the American film market has begun with the offerings at the Roxy of Chu Chin Chow, a tuneful, spectacular and robust adaptation of the Oscar Asche comic operetta."