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The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West
(1916) United States of America
B&W : [?] Two? reels
Directed by Marion E. Wong

Cast: Violet Wong, Harvey Soohoo

Mandarin Film Company production. / Produced by Marian E. Wong. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film is thought to have been shot in 1916 and may have never been released. An incomplete print of the film was found in the collection of filmmaker Arthur Dong and it was restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2006. It is the earliest known Chinese American feature film, and one of the earliest films directed by a woman. Parts of this are still missing.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Academy Film Archive film archive [incomplete].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 May 2018.

References: Website-IMDb; Website-Wikipedia.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.