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Keye Luke is a american film of genre Drama directed by Timothy Tau released in USA on 13 may 2012 with Keye Luke

Keye Luke (2012)

Keye Luke
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Released in USA 13 may 2012
Length 12minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating74% 3.7115153.7115153.7115153.7115153.711515

Keye Luke is a 2012 American short film directed by Timothy Tau, written by Timothy Tau, Ed Moy and Feodor Chin, and produced by Timothy Tau.

Synopsis

The short film is a documentary and narrative hybrid bio-pic focusing on the earlier life and work of Keye Luke during the 1920s-1940s, a pioneering Asian American actor and painter most known for his roles as the Number One Son, Lee Chan, in the popular Charlie Chan films of the 1930s, and as the very first Kato in the 1940s Green Hornet, decades before Bruce Lee. It is to be noted that Luke shares a hometown with Lee (Seattle, Washington) and has several other similarities with Lee as well. Luke also played Detective James Lee Wong in the Phantom of Chinatown (1940), taking over the yellowface role of "Mr. Wong" (played by Boris Karloff) and becoming the first leading Asian American detective character in U.S. cinematic history. This role is covered in the film, as well as Luke's work in films such as Secret Agent X-9. Feodor Chin plays Keye Luke, Archie Kao plays Edwin Luke, the brother of Keye Luke, and Kelvin Han Yee plays Lee Luke, Keye Luke's father. Other actors play various real-life historical figures that were Luke's colleagues or family members, such as Elizabeth Sandy playing Luke's caucasian wife, Ethel Davis Luke.

Actors

Keye Luke

(Keye Luke)Feodor Chin

(Keye Luke)Kelvin Han Yee

(Lee Luke)Archie Kao

(Edwin Luke)David Huynh

(Benson Fong)
And :
Mei Melançon
Jessika Stephanie Van
Elaine Kao
Ina-Alice Kopp
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