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Forbidden City, U.S.A

"The Forbidden City" was a San Francisco nightclub of the 1930's and 40's featuring Chinese American entertainers. This documentary contains rare film clips from the old club acts, new prints from 35 mm. nitrate negatives, music from vintage 78 records and contemporary interviews with performers and club owner Charlie Low, tracing the history of this era.

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  • "Forbidden City, USA"
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  • "Combining interviews with archival film and photographs, this program profiles Forbidden City, an all-Chinese nightclub in San Francisco during the 1930s and 1940s."
  • ""The Forbidden City" was a San Francisco nightclub of the 1930's and 40's featuring Chinese American entertainers. This documentary contains rare film clips from the old club acts, new prints from 35 mm. nitrate negatives, music from vintage 78 records and contemporary interviews with performers and club owner Charlie Low, tracing the history of this era."@en
  • ""The Forbidden City" was a San Francisco nightclub of the 1930's and 40's featuring Chinese American entertainers. This documentary contains rare film clips from the old club acts, new prints from 35 mm. nitrate negatives, music from vintage 78 records and contemparory interviews, with performers and club owner Charlie Low, tracing the history of this era."
  • "Documents The Forbidden City, a San Francisco nightclub of the 1930's and 1940's which featured Chinese American entertainers. Contains film clips of acts at the Forbidden City and interviews with performers and club owner Charlie Low."@en
  • "Documents The Forbidden City, a San Francisco nightclub of the 1930's and 1940's which featured Chinese American entertainers, who battled tradition to be recognized as mainstream American performers. Contains film clips of acts at the Forbidden City and interviews with the performers and club owner Charlie Low."
  • "Combining interviews with archival film and photographs, this documentary tells the story of Forbidden City, a San Francisco nightclub and revue that showcased Chinese-American entertainers from the 1930s through the 1950s."@en
  • "Documents the Forbidden City, a San Francisco nightclub of the 1930's and 1940's which featured Chinese American entertainers. Contains film clips of acts at the Forbidden City and interviews with performers and club owner Charlie Low."@en
  • "Documents the Forbidden City, a San Francisco nightclub of the 1930's and 1940's which featured Chinese American entertainers. Contains film clips of acts at the Forbidden City and interviews with performers and club owner Charlie Low."
  • "Charlie Low's Forbidden City was the first Chinese nightclub outside of San Francisco's Chinatown catering to a Caucasian audience. Opening in December 1938, the club attracted large audiences drawn by its "exotic" all-Chinese song and dance revue. Dong's documentary knits archival footage with contemporary interviews to document this unique cabaret and the personal stories of its performers. Forbidden City's former singers and dancers reveal the racism they encountered breaking into showbusiness and the censure endured from San Francisco's traditional Chinese-American community who considered their avocations scandalous. Low's establishment provided a venue for their talents, albeit showcasing them as the "The Chinese Sophie Tucker," "The Chinese Fred Astaire," and "The Chinese Frank Sinatra." During World War II, the club prospered, patronized by servicemen and celebrities alike. Following the war, however, Forbidden City's fortunes declined with G.I.s busily starting families and competition from both television and the Las Vegas spectacles. In 1962, Forbidden City was sold."
  • "Documentary about Chinese-American entertainers at the Forbidden City, a San Francisco nightclub popular in the 1940's."

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  • "Feature films"@en
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  • "Historical films and video (Nonfiction)"
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  • "Forbidden City, U. S. A. [videorecording]"
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  • "Forbidden City, U.S.A. = The American experience. Forbidden City, U.S.A"

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