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Beheading the Chinese Prisoner
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Wikipedia article
'Beheading the Chinese Prisoner', also known as 'Beheading a Chinese Prisoner', was a 1900 silent film produced by Siegmund Lubin. The 42-second-long film, which was inspired by news reports of the Boxer Rebellion, was produced on the roof of the Lubin Studios building in Philadelphia.
It is considered an early example of "yellowface", and is featured in Arthur Dong's 2007 documentary film 'Hollywood Chinese'.[https://movies.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/movies/02chin.html Diversity of Talent and Spirit], from 'the New York Times', by Nathan Lee; published May 2, 2008; retrieved August 18, 2011[http://www.asianweek.com/2008/04/11/arthur-dong-history-hollywood-chinese%E2%80%99/ The History Of 'Hollywood Chinese'] , from 'AsianWeek', by Philip W. Chung; published April 11, 2008; retrieved August 18, 2011
Description of the film
Status
A print of 'Beheading' is kept in the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.
References
Category:1900 films
Category:American silent short films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films set in the Qing dynasty
Category:1900s American films
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