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Lotus Long is a Actor American born on 18 july 1909 at New Jersey (USA)
Lotus Long (July 18, 1909 – September 14, 1990) was an American actress. She was born Lotus Pearl Shibata in New Jersey, to a father of Japanese ancestry and a mother of Hawaiian ancestry. She came to Southern California during the 1920s to act in Hollywood films, and usually portrayed ethnic Asian female characters in supporting roles. She used the name "Lotus Long" for stage and film. Because of her adopted surname, people generally assumed that she was of Chinese ancestry – something she later relied on to avoid mass incarceration in American internment camps with other persons of Japanese ancestry, both legal permanent residents and American citizens, during World War II.
She appeared in the MGM docudrama Eskimo (1933) as wife of the main character. Under the stage name Lotus Long as Moonflower in the 1934 film The Mysterious Mr. Wong and as the murder victim, Princess Lin Hwa, in 1939's Mr. Wong in Chinatown. She also starred alongside Keye Luke in Phantom of Chinatown as Win Len, Dr. Benton's secretary, whereas Keye Luke played Mr. Wong, this time known as Detective James Lee Wong.
She was also credited under the name Karen Sorrell in the films Flight to Nowhere (1938) starring Jack Holt and Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) starring Peter Lorre. She was uncredited as a "native girl" in the film The Real Glory (1939) starring Gary Cooper and David Niven.
One of her more infamous roles would be as Tokyo Rose in Lew Lenders' film, Tokyo Rose (1946), which also starred Keye Luke, Edwin Luke, Richard Loo, Byron Barr, and Osa Massen.
Long had one writing and producing credit, for the film The Tahitian (1956) made with her husband, James Knott. The Tahitian was filmed on location with a largely native cast.
In Timothy Tau's short film bio-pic Keye Luke, Lotus Long is portrayed by Mei Melancon, who is also of mixed ancestry (Japanese, Chinese and French), and who was inspired by the real-life figure of Tokyo Rose (Iva Toguri) to get into acting. Coincidentally, Lotus Long was the first Actor to portray Tokyo Rose in Lew Lenders' 1946 film of the same name, Tokyo Rose (1946).
Elle a écrit le scénario et produit le film The Tahitian (1956), avec son mari James Knott.
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Birth name Lotus Pearl Shibata
Nationality USA
Birth 18 july 1909 at New Jersey (USA)
Death 14 september 1990 (at 81 years) at Orange County (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 18 july 1909 at New Jersey (USA)
Death 14 september 1990 (at 81 years) at Orange County (USA)
She appeared in the MGM docudrama Eskimo (1933) as wife of the main character. Under the stage name Lotus Long as Moonflower in the 1934 film The Mysterious Mr. Wong and as the murder victim, Princess Lin Hwa, in 1939's Mr. Wong in Chinatown. She also starred alongside Keye Luke in Phantom of Chinatown as Win Len, Dr. Benton's secretary, whereas Keye Luke played Mr. Wong, this time known as Detective James Lee Wong.
She was also credited under the name Karen Sorrell in the films Flight to Nowhere (1938) starring Jack Holt and Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) starring Peter Lorre. She was uncredited as a "native girl" in the film The Real Glory (1939) starring Gary Cooper and David Niven.
One of her more infamous roles would be as Tokyo Rose in Lew Lenders' film, Tokyo Rose (1946), which also starred Keye Luke, Edwin Luke, Richard Loo, Byron Barr, and Osa Massen.
Long had one writing and producing credit, for the film The Tahitian (1956) made with her husband, James Knott. The Tahitian was filmed on location with a largely native cast.
In Timothy Tau's short film bio-pic Keye Luke, Lotus Long is portrayed by Mei Melancon, who is also of mixed ancestry (Japanese, Chinese and French), and who was inspired by the real-life figure of Tokyo Rose (Iva Toguri) to get into acting. Coincidentally, Lotus Long was the first Actor to portray Tokyo Rose in Lew Lenders' 1946 film of the same name, Tokyo Rose (1946).
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Lotus Pearl Shibata naît dans le New Jersey, d'un père d'origine japonaise et d'une mère d'origine hawaïenne. Elle arrive en Californie dans les années 1920 pour tourner à Hollywood, généralement dans des seconds rôles de femmes asiatiques. Elle prend alors le nom de scène "Lotus Long", nom qui pousse généralement à croire qu'elle est d'origine chinoise, et qui, selon elle-même, lui aurait permis d'éviter les camps d'internement comme les autres personnes d'origine japonaise pendant la guerre.Elle a écrit le scénario et produit le film The Tahitian (1956), avec son mari James Knott.
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Tokyo Rose (1946)
, 1h9Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure
Actors Byron Barr, Osa Massen, Donald Douglas, Richard Loo, Keye Luke, William Challee
Roles Tokyo Rose
Rating56%
Flying Tigers (1942)
, 1h42Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Gordon Jones, Paul Kelly, Mae Clarke
Roles Children's Matron (uncredited)
Rating66%
Jim Gordon (John Wayne in his first war film) leads the Flying Tigers, a squadron of freelance American pilots who fly Curtiss P-40 fighters against Japanese aircraft in the skies over China. The pilots are a mixed bunch, motivated by money (they receive a bounty for each aircraft shot down), or just the thrill of aerial combat.
For Beauty's Sake (1941)
, 1h1Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ned Sparks, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Davis, Pierre Watkin, Richard Lane, Lotus Long
Roles Ann Kuo
Rating70%
Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Keye Luke, Grant Withers, Lotus Long, Charles Fish Miller, Huntley Gordon, John Dilson
Roles Win Lee, Benton's Secretary
Rating58%
After participating in an extensive archaeological expedition in the Mongolian desert, Dr. John Benton is in San Francisco to hold a presentation of the findings to his colleagues. The film material shows how the archaeological team discovered the long sought ancient tomb of an Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
The Real Glory (1939)
, 1h35Directed by Henry Hathaway, Stuart Heisler, Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Actors Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds, Reginald Owen, Broderick Crawford, Kay Johnson
Roles Young Native Woman
Rating64%
In 1906, Alipang (Tetsu Komai) and his Muslim Moro guerrillas are terrorizing the people of the Philippine island of Mindanao, raiding villages, killing the men, and carrying off the women and children for slaves. Instead of maintaining garrisons indefinitely to protect the Filipinos, the U.S. army tests out a new tactic at Fort Mysang. The army detachment is replaced by a handful of officers – Colonel Hatch (Roy Gordon), Captains Manning (Russell Hicks) and Hartley (Reginald Owen), and Lieutenants McCool (David Niven) and Larsen (Broderick Crawford) - who are to train the native Philippine Constabulary to take over the burden. Army doctor Lieutenant Canavan (Gary Cooper) is sent along to keep them healthy. They are welcomed by a skeptical Padre Rafael (Charles Waldron).
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
, 1h11Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Huntley Gordon, James Flavin, Lotus Long
Roles Princess Lin Hwa
Rating57%
Une jolie femme chinoise, cherchant l'aide du détective de San Francisco James Lee Wong, est tuée par une fléchette empoisonnée dans son hall d'entrée, n'ayant le temps que de griffonner "Captain J" sur une feuille de papier. Elle s'avère être la princesse Lin Hwa, en mission militaire secrète pour les forces chinoises combattant l'invasion japonaise. M. Wong trouve deux capitaines avec le premier J dans l'affaire, ni l'un ni l'autre étant tout à fait ce qu'il semble; il y a du brouillard sur le front de mer et quelqu'un a toujours ce pistolet à fléchettes empoisonnées ...
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
, 1h8Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Lebedeff, Holmes Herbert
Roles Drina
Rating60%
The second in the series of Mr. Wong features starring Boris Karloff finds wealthy gem-collector Brandon Edwards gaining possession of the largest star sapphire in the world, the 'Eye of the Daughter of the Moon', after it has been stolen in China. Edwards, at a party in his home, confides to Mr. Wong that his life is in danger. During a game of Charades, Edwards is mysteriously shot dead and the gem disappears. Unknown to Wong, the jewel is in the possession of Edwards' maid, Drina, who intends to return it to China, but she is murdered also, and the gem is taken again. After one more murder—the suspect list is dwindling—Wong exposes the killer, turns him over to Police Inspector Street, and Wong orders his manservant Willy to return the gem to China.
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
, 1h8Directed by William Nigh
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Lebedeff, Holmes Herbert
Roles Drina
Rating60%
Il s'agit du second opus de la série de longs métrages de Mr Wong avec Boris Karloff, dans le rôle du détective chinois. Le richissime collectionneur de pierres précieuses Brandon Edwards confie à Wong avoir pris possession du plus grand saphir étoilé du monde, "l'Œil de la Fille de la Lune", après qu'il eut été volé en Chine, il lui confie par cette occasion que sa vie est en danger. Au cours d'une réception mondaine, Edwards est mystérieusement abattu pendant un jeu de rôle tandis que le saphir disparaît. A l'insu de Wong, le bijou est dérobé par la femme de chambre d'Edwards, Drina, qui a l'intention de le rapatrier en Chine, mais celle-ci ne tarde pas à être assassinée à son tour. La liste des suspects est longue et les mobiles du crime ne manquent pas, d'autant que plusieurs personnages ambigus convoitaient Valérie Edwards en raison de son physique et de sa fortune. Wong aura du mal a confondre le coupable, mais il parviendra après avoir réuni chez lui tous les suspects.
Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
, 1h3Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films
Actors Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon, Erik Rhodes, Harold Huber, Leon Ames
Roles Lotus Liu
Rating66%
The film opens with a daring escape from the French penal colony on Devil’s Island. Mr. Moto, pretending to be Ito Matsuka, a Japanese murderer, is in the company of Paul Brissac, who belongs to a group of assassins. Brissac changes his name to Romero when they arrive in London and Moto stays on as his houseboy.
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
, 1h6Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Peter Lorre, Thomas Beck, Virginia Field, Lee Phelps, Sig Ruman, Murray Kinnell
Roles Lela Liu
Rating66%
The film opens with Mr. Moto in disguise as a street salesmen and selling goods to passers-by. He sees a man leaving a shop with a tattoo of the British Flag on his arm. Moto enters the shop to sell a rare diamond to the owner. However, Moto sees a body stuffed into a wicker basket in the store, and using his mastery of judo takes down the shopkeeper. Later, he reserves a berth on a freighter headed for Shanghai. Also on the freighter is Bob Hitchings Jr., son of the owner of the freighter. Before leaving, Hitchings Sr. gives his son a confidential letter for the head of the Shanghai branch of the company. Hitchings and Moto become friends (Moto notices the letter), and Moto helps Hitchings cure a hangover. Hitchings complains to Moto that he has not met any beautiful women on board. After a stop in Honolulu, a beautiful woman named Gloria Danton boards the ship, and she and Hitchings fall in love. But Gloria is a spy for Nicolas Marloff, who runs a smuggling operation out of Shanghai. She periodically sends him notes and leaves without saying goodbye to Hitchings. Moto finds a steward looking for Hitchings’s letter, and confronts him, knowing he was the person who killed the man in the wicker basket, as he wears the tattoo. Moto throws the man overboard and takes the letter.
China Passage (1937)
, 1h5Directed by Edward Killy
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime
Actors Constance Worth, Vinton Hayworth, Leslie Fenton, Gordon Jones, Philip Ahn, Dick Elliott
Roles Lia Sen
Rating53%
Sea Spoilers (1936)
, 1h3Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors John Wayne, Nan Grey, William Bakewell, Russell Hicks, Fuzzy Knight, George Irving
Roles Marie
Rating60%
En Alaska, Bob Randall, un garde-côte américain, lutte contre des braconniers, mais ceux-ci ont enlevé sa petite amie Connie...
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
, 1h3Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Arline Judge, E. Alyn Warren, Lotus Long, Robert Emmett O'Connor
Roles Moonflower
Rating48%
Bela Lugosi stars as Mr. Wong, a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Though played up as a Tong war, ace reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail as is the Chinese Secret Service. All parties soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
Last of the Pagans (1935)
, 1h10Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ray Mala, Lotus Long, Chester Gan, Charles Trowbridge
Roles Lilleo
Rating60%
Au XIX siècle dans le Pacifique Sud, la coutume veut que les hommes d'une des îles fassent un raid dans une île voisine pour y chercher des femmes. Lors d'un de ces raids, Taro aperçoit la belle Lilleo et demande au chef de la tribu la permission de l'emmener. Pendant que Taro et les autres hommes regardent les femmes nager dans un étang, des hommes armés de lances les attaquent et les forcent à fuir. Taro, toutefois, est laissé en arrière et après avoir lutté avec Lilleo qui ne veut pas venir avec lui, il arrive à l'emmener sur son île. À son arrivée, Taro présente Lilleo à sa mère et à son clan.
Sing Sing Nights (1934)
, 1hDirected by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Crime, Romance
Actors Conway Tearle, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Hardie Albright, Jameson Thomas, Berton Churchill, Boots Mallory
Roles Li Sung
Rating48%
Three men have been convicted of the same murder of the, admittedly, quite reprehensible Floyd Cooper, and sit on death row awaiting execution the following mourning. However, only one bullet could have struck the victim first, so only one of the three men is actually guilty of murder, since "the other two shot into a corps," and so must be innocent; but which two? Professor Varney's machine, a kind of lie detector, will determine who is guilty as each man tells the story of how he came to know, hate, and kill the victim.