Forbidden City, U.S.A, a DeepFocus Production ; producer, director and writer, Arthur Dong, (videorecording)

Resource Information

The instance Forbidden City, U.S.A, a DeepFocus Production ; producer, director and writer, Arthur Dong, (videorecording) represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Instance, Video Recording.

Label

Forbidden City, U.S.A, a DeepFocus Production ; producer, director and writer, Arthur Dong, (videorecording)

Medium

videorecording

Statement of responsibility

a DeepFocus Production ; producer, director and writer, Arthur Dong

Instantiates

• Forbidden City, U.S.A

Publication

• Los Angeles, Calif., DeepFocus Productions, c2002

Note

• Originally produced as a documentary and broadcast in 1989
• Special features (ca. 20 min.): a look at the club The Forbidden City; an overview of the performers. performance outtakes, 1940's promotional film, bonus featurette (20 min.), scrapbook of memorabilia, historical essay, 8-page booklet, production notes and a few surprises!
• San Francisco History Room copy has spiral-bound study guide (23 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.)

Bar code

31223064876254

Carrier category

videodisc

Carrier category code

• vd

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Color

multicolored

Configuration of playback channels

unknown

Content category

two-dimensional moving image

Content type code

• tdi

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• The Forbidden City legacy -- Old Chinese ways -- Born American -- Inspirations -- Getting started -- Forbidden City opens -- Chorus girls -- The name game -- Bubble dancer -- Toast of the town -- Stereotypes -- The show -- On the road -- Concentration camps -- Forbidden City closes -- Epilogue -- Toy and Wing: "With Best Dishes" -- End credits -- Updated music credits, 2002
• Songs: Wait till Paris sees us / (performed by Toy Yat Mar, Jade Ling, and the Forbidden City Glamour Girls) -- I'm stepping out with a memory tonight / (performed by Frances Chun) -- Too young / (performed by Larry Ching) -- Some of these days / (performed by Toy Yat Mar) -- How high the moon / (performed by Larry Ching) -- 720 in the books / (performed by Jan Savitt and Bon Bon) -- Chop chop -- Singapore Sue / (performed by Anna Chang)-- When you're smilin' / (performed by Toy Yat Mar) -- Till the end of time / (performed by Larry Ching) -- Alexander's ragtime band / (performed by Toy Yat Mar) -- Hawaiian wedding song / (performed by Larry Ching) -- I'm stepping out with a memory tonight / (performed by Frances Chun)

Dimensions

4 3/4 in.

Dimensions

other

Edition

Standard format., Collector's ed.

Extent

1 DVD (ca. 56 min.)

Media category

video

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• v

Medium for sound

videodisc

Other physical details

sd., col.

Record ID

• 1859174
• 1859174

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific material designation

videodisc

System details

DVD player required; 2.0 stereo. ; all regions

Video recording format

DVD