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Hong Kong Nights
Film poster
Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Arthur Reed
Production
company
Walter Futter Productions
Distributed by First Division Pictures
Release date
  • December 24, 1935 (1935-12-24)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Hong Kong Nights is a 1935 American thriller film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Tom Keene, Wera Engels and Warren Hymer. [1] An American customs agent tracks gunrunners operating out of Hong Kong. The film had no original copyright registration nor renewal, and is considered to be in the public domain. [a] [b]

The film

Plot

Cast

References

  1. ^ Pitts p.157
  1. ^ The copyright catalogs for 1935-1936 as well as renewals for 1962-1964 did not show any for the film.
  2. ^ While the film does state that it is "copyrighted" in its title cards, this was not sufficient enough to garner copyright protection at the time.

Bibliography

  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

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