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Forbidden City, USA (DVD Collector’s Edition)

$245.00

Study and discussion guide included.

FORBIDDEN CITY, U.S.A. captures the story of San Francisco’s notorious all-Chinese Forbidden City Nightclub during the Big Band era. “The Chinese Sinatra,” “the Chinese Sophie Tucker,” and the “Chinese Sally Rand” are just some of the original entertainers who strut their stuff and share triumphant and humorous tales of adventures in the cabarets of yesteryear.

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Description

DVD • 56 minutes, plus over 20 minutes of bonus material • Color/B&W • English  

Study and discussion guide included.

DVD Special Features:

  • Performance Outtakes shot in the 1940s and narrated by Forbidden City owner Charlie Low before his death in 1989
  • 1940s Promotional Film where Charlie Low beckons: “If you come to San Francisco, you must come to Forbidden City – I’ll be looking for you!”
  • Full Color 1940s Featurette shot on location at Charlie’s Low’s ranch and the Forbidden City Nightclub
  • Forbidden City Souvenir Program: flip through all 28 pages of a rare original copy. A special “magnifier glass” lets you see the details.
  • Additional Interviews with Walton Biggerstaff, early producer and choreographer, Ivy Tam, Mrs. Charlie Low #4, and Jade Ling, glamorous dancer who reminisces dating Orson Welles
  • Gallery of Performers including singers, dancers, acrobats, magicians and more!
  • Scrapbook of Memorabilia featuring showcards, postcards, ads, and souvenirs from Forbidden City and other Chinese American nightclubs of the era.

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