Mr. Wu

Mr. Wu is a 1927 silent movie about a Chinese patriarch who tries to exact revenge on the Englishman who seduced his daughter. In the prologue, Chaney plays Grandfather Wu, entrusting his grandson's education to a trusted English associate ("The West is coming to the East. He must be prepared for both"). Chaney then plays the grandson as a young man who enters an arranged marriage with a delicate girl who dies after giving birth to a daughter; he... more

Mr. Wu is a 1927 silent movie about a Chinese patriarch who tries to exact revenge on the Englishman who seduced his daughter. In the prologue, Chaney plays Grandfather Wu, entrusting his grandson's education to a trusted English associate ("The West is coming to the East. He must be prepared for both"). Chaney then plays the grandson as a young man who enters an arranged marriage with a delicate girl who dies after giving birth to a daughter; he swears he will raise the child as a daughter and a son. As Mr. Wu's daughter Nang Ping emerges into womanhood, he arranges a marriage for her with a mandarin. A lively, spirited girl, she has been educated by her father's old tutor. Despite the seclusion of her father's palace, she meets and falls in love with Basil Gregory, a young Englishman. His father is a diplomat who does not respect Chinese ways and insults the "damned Chinks" right in front of them, although the rest of his family is courteous. Basil wants to marry Nang Ping, but when... less