Forbidden City, U.S.A.

Name: Forbidden City, U.S.A.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1989-11-17
Duration: 56 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Larry Ching, Frances Chun, Charlie Low, Mary Mammon, Toy Yat Mar

7.5/ 10 · 0K votes

1989-11-17

56m

Released

Documentary Music

Storyline

A documentary about Forbidden City, a San Francisco Chinese-American nightclub open from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Director

Arthur Dong

Writer

Arthur Dong

Production

DeepFocus Productions Inc.

Cast

Larry Ching

The 'Chinese Sinatra'

Frances Chun

Singer

Charlie Low

Owner, Forbidden City

Mary Mammon

Dancer

Toy Yat Mar

The 'Chinese Sophie Tucker'

Jackie Mei Ling

Dancer

Dottie Sun

Comedic Dancer

Dorothy Toy Fong

The 'Chinese Ginger Rogers' (as Dorothy Toy)

Noel Toy

The 'Chinese Sally Rand'

Tony Wing

Dancer

Jadin Wong

Dancer

Paul Wing

The 'Chinese Fred Astaire'

Bill Nowak

Self (as "Smilin'" Bill Nowak)

Wally Wong

Self

Pat Mason

Self

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