Piccadilly
Date: 1929
Director: Ewald André Dupont
Production Company: British International Pictures (BIP)
Stars: Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Cyril Ritchard, King Hou Chang
Location(s): London
Region(s): London O-Q
Storyline:
Rising from working in the kitchen at a dance club, a young woman becomes the main act which soon leads to betrayal, forbidden love and murder.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 06 Nov 2018
Opening shots set the scene. This is an evening view of the Pavilion Theatre overlooking Piccadilly Circus at the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street in London W1.
Previously home to Ripley's Believe It or Not and currently playing host to Body Worlds. (PW)
- Capture 2
- 06 Nov 2018
Traffic passes the theatre where Mabel Greenfield and Valentine Wilmot top the bill. The frontage of the Pavilion Theatre.
A contemporary awning protects the entrance now. (PW)
- Capture 3
- 06 Nov 2018
The audience leave the theatre following a performance. Outside the Pavilion Theatre, looking towards Piccadilly Circus from Coventry Street.
Not quite as busy when I visited. (PW)
- Capture 4
- 'Now' required
Accompanied by the Debroy Somers Band, Mabel & Vic are billed as London's greatest dance attraction at the Piccadilly Club.
- Capture 5
- 06 Nov 2018
Shosho (Anna May Wong) meets her friend Bessie (Hannah Jones) outside the Pavilion Theatre. Coventry Street in W1.
Recognisable as the same location. (PW)
- Capture 6
- 06 Nov 2018
A Bus Conductor descends from the upper deck as the two women step onto the platform of a number 51.
A closer view of the arches outside the theatre. (PW)
- Capture 7
- 'Now' required
Outside the stage door of the Piccadilly Club, Jim (King Hou Chang) holds the door as Valentine Wilmot (Jameson Thomas) follows Shosho into a waiting car.