Chu Chin Chow (1934 film)

{{Short description|1934 British film by Walter Forde}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Chu Chin Chow

| image = "Chu_Chin_Chow"(1934_film).jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Walter Forde

| producer = Michael Balcon

| screenplay = {{Plainlist|

• Edward Knoblock
• L. du Garde Peach
• Sidney Gilliat }}

| based_on = {{Based on|Chu Chin Chow|Oscar Asche
Frederick Norton}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• George Robey
• Fritz Kortner
• Anna May Wong }}

| music =

| cinematography = Mutz Greenbaum

| editing = Derek Twist

| studio = Gainsborough Pictures

| distributor = Gainsborough Pictures

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1934|05||}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Chu Chin Chow is a 1934 British musical film directed by Walter Forde and starring George Robey, Fritz Kortner and Anna May Wong.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/29408|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113222319/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/29408|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-13|title=Chu-Chin-Chow|publisher=British Film Institute}} It was an adaptation of the hit musical Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche and Frederick Norton.[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=980DE6DB103CE23ABC4A51DFBF66838F629EDE&oref=slogin "Chu Chin Chow (1934): A Robust Operetta"]. The New York Times, 22 September 1934, accessed 2 August 2010 It was shot at the Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner.

The movie's title inspired the name of the Marvel Comics monster Fin Fang Foom.{{cite magazine | title = Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Interview! | magazine = Alter Ego | volume=3 | issue = 104 | page = 21 |date = August 2011 |version = transcript of 2005 interview }}