Widow Twan-Kee (1923)

UK, 1923
80m 40s, 6050 feet
35mm film, black and white
silent

A British fantasy film directed by Sinclair Hill.

Plot Summary

The son of a Chinese washerwoman uses a magician's lamp to marry a princess.

Credits

Crew
Directed by: Sinclair Hill
Stoll Film Company
Adapted from the story of ‘‘ by: Sinclair Hill
Photography: D.P. Cooper
Editors: H. Leslie Brittain, Rupert Hazell
Art Director: Walter Murton
Art Titles: Edward Strung

Cast
Lionelle Howard (Aladdin)
George Robey (Widow Twan-Kee)
Edward O'Neill (An African magician)
Julie Keene (Princess Baralbadour)
W. Gordon Saunders (Emperor of China)
Harry Agar Lyons (Li Pong)
Aubrey Fitzgerald (Official scratcher of the Celestial Back)
Julie Suedo (Spirit of the Ring)

Alternative Titles

Aladdin
One Arabian Night

References

Books

  • British Film Catalogue: Fiction Film, 1895-1994 by Denis Gifford no.07207 p.305 – credits

Periodicals

  • The Bioscope vol.57 no.896 (13 December 1923) p.39 – review
  • Kinematograph Weekly no.868 (13 December 1923) p.52 – review
  • The Motion Picture Studio vol.3 no.131 (8 December 1923) p.8 – review