Beheading the Chinese Prisoner

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| name = Beheading the Chinese Prisoner

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| producer = Siegmund Lubin

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| released = {{Film date|1900}}

| runtime = 42 seconds

| country = United States

| language = Silent

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Beheading the Chinese Prisoner, also known as Beheading a Chinese Prisoner, was a 1900 silent film produced by Siegmund Lubin. The 42-second-long film, which was inspired by news reports of the Boxer Rebellion, was produced on the roof of the Lubin Studios building in Philadelphia.{{cite book

|last=Eckhardt

|first=Joseph P.

|title=The King of the Movies: Film Pioneer Siegmund Lubin

|year=1997

|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

|isbn=0-8386-3728-0

|pages=[https://archive.org/details/kingofmoviesfilm00eckh/page/34 34]

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|url=https://archive.org/details/kingofmoviesfilm00eckh/page/34

}}{{cite book

|last=Fullerton

|first=John

|title=Celebrating 1895: The Centenary of Cinema

|year=1998

|publisher=Indiana University Press

|isbn=1-86462-015-3

|pages=280

}}

It is considered an early example of "yellowface", and is featured in Arthur Dong's 2007 documentary film Hollywood Chinese.[https://movies.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/movies/02chin.html Diversity of Talent and Spirit], from the New York Times, by Nathan Lee; published May 2, 2008; retrieved August 18, 2011[http://www.asianweek.com/2008/04/11/arthur-dong-history-hollywood-chinese%E2%80%99/ The History Of 'Hollywood Chinese'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629022329/http://www.asianweek.com/2008/04/11/arthur-dong-history-hollywood-chinese%E2%80%99/ |date=2011-06-29 }}, from AsianWeek, by Philip W. Chung; published April 11, 2008; retrieved August 18, 2011