| Daughter of the Dragon | |
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| Directed by | Lloyd Corrigan |
| Written by | Lloyd Corrigan Monte M. Katterjohn Sidney Buchman Jane Storm |
| Based on | Daughter of Fu Manchu 1931 novel by Sax Rohmer |
| Produced by | Robert Harris |
| Starring | Anna May Wong Warner Oland Sessue Hayakawa |
| Music by | Rudolph G. Kopp John Leipold |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Daughter of the Dragon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime mystery film directed by Lloyd Corrigan, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy, Sessue Hayakawa as Ah Kee, and Warner Oland as Dr. Fu Manchu (for his third and final feature appearance in the role, excluding a gag cameo in Paramount on Parade). The film was made to capitalize on Sax Rohmer's then current book, Daughter of Fu Manchu, which Paramount did not own the rights to adapt. Despite being the starring lead and having top billing in this film, Wong was paid only $6,000, half the money for her role that Oland was paid for his, even though Oland had less screen time than Wong. In a 2020 article about Wong, O, The Oprah Magazine linked this discrepancy to racism.[1]
- ^ Jean-Philippe, McKenzie (May 4, 2020). "The Real Anna May Wong Never Got Her "Hollywood Ending"". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved November 21, 2020.