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Mr. Wu is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Nigh released in USA on 26 march 1927 with Lon Chaney
Mr. Wu (1927)
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Add to a movie listMr. Wu is a 1927 silent movie starring Lon Chaney as a Chinese patriarch who tries to exact revenge on the Englishman who seduced his daughter. The supporting cast includes Anna May Wong.
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In the prologue, Chaney plays Grandfather Wu, entrusting his grandson's education to a trusted English associate, stating "The West is coming to the East. He [my heir] must be prepared for both." Chaney also plays the part of the grandson as a young man who enters an arranged marriage with a delicate girl who dies after giving birth to a daughter. Wu swears he will raise the child as a daughter and a son.Actors
Lon Chaney
(Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather)
Louise Dresser
(Mrs. Gregory)
Renée Adorée
(Nang Ping)
Holmes Herbert
(Mr. Gregory)
Ralph Forbes
(Basil Gregory)
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