Daughter of the Dragon

Daughter of the Dragon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLloyd Corrigan
Written byLloyd Corrigan
Monte M. Katterjohn
Sidney Buchman
Jane Storm
Based onDaughter of Fu Manchu
1931 novel
by Sax Rohmer
Produced byRobert Harris
StarringAnna May Wong
Warner Oland
Sessue Hayakawa
Music byRudolph G. Kopp
John Leipold
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 5, 1931 (1931-09-05)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

  1. ^ Jean-Philippe, McKenzie (May 4, 2020). "The Real Anna May Wong Never Got Her "Hollywood Ending"". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved November 21, 2020.