Limehouse Blues – 1934

Mentioning Limehouse and London’s original Chinatown yesterday reminded me I picked up a cigarette card while in Europe recently used to promote the 1934 film Limehouse Blues - a classic example of the Limehouse area in popular imagination if not much in reality. I haven’t seen the film for years but here’s the blurb:

Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the seamy Limehouse district of London, where he cold-bloodedly disposes of rivals and runs a smoky nightclub. He falls for a low-class, white pickpocket, diminishing his pride in the Chinese half of his heritage and sparking the jealousy of the nightclub’s moody star performer. 

The song from the movie – ‘Limehouse Nights’ was quite a hit apparently. Anwyay, here’s the card – front and back: