Hong Kong Nights (film)

Hong Kong Nights
Hong Kong Nights
	Film poster
Directed by	E. Mason Hopper
Written by	Norman Houston; Roger Allman;
Produced by	Walter Futter; Fenn Kimball;
Starring	Tom Keene; Wera Engels; Warren Hymer;
Cinematography	Arthur Reed
Production; company	Walter Futter Productions
Distributed by	First Division Pictures
Release date	December 24, 1935;
Running time	59 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hong Kong Nights is a 1935 American thriller film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Tom Keene, Wera Engels and Warren Hymer.^[1] An American customs agent tracks gunrunners operating out of Hong Kong. The film had no original copyright registration nor renewal, and is considered to be in the public domain.^[a]^[b]

The film

Plot

^ The copyright catalogs for 1935-1936 as well as renewals for 1962-1964 did not show any for the film.
^ While the film does state that it is "copyrighted" in its title cards, this was not enough to garner copyright protection at the time.

Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

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