Word: suey
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...characterization is sincere and appealing. The rest of the players, except Mr. Darney have rather inconsequential parts, which they take well enough. Mr. Darney, of course, is the villain; supposedly he is a two-faced, smiling, Chinese-American, on one hand the suave owner of a chain of chop suey restaurants,--on the other the sinister tong leader, a religious fanatic and altogether a dangerous man to trifle with. His make-up is inescapably ridiculous, but it should merely emphasize his deadly real nature. Dr. Darney however falls into the spirit of his clothes, and becomes a clown entirely, instead...