AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: PAPER ANGELS (TV)

Summary

One in this dramatic anthology series. This television adaptation of Genny Lim's play dramatizes a chapter in the history of the Chinese immigrant experience in America. Set in the early 1900s, the program recounts the experiences of the men and women detained at the immigration station on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. The new arrivals express their hopes and anxieties as they try to reconcile their Chinese heritage with their new lives in California.

Details

• NETWORK: PBS
• DATE: June 17, 1985 Monday 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:57:34
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T86:1895
• GENRE: Drama
• SUBJECT HEADING: Chinese Americans - History - Drama; Drama; Immigrants; San Francisco; Asian American Pacific Islanders Collection
• SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Lindsay Law … Executive Producer
• Phylis Geller … Executive Producer
• Ricki Franklin … Producer
• Marilyn Larson … Associate Producer
• John Lone … Director
• Genny Liu … Developed by
• Genny Lim … Writer
• Lucia Hwong … Music by
• Michael Small … Theme Music by
• William St. James … Announcer
• Rosalind Chao … Cast, Ku Ling
• Joan Chen … Cast, Mei Lai
• Dennis Dun … Cast, Mr. Wong
• Mike Genovese … Cast, Henderson
• Robert Harper … Cast, the Inspector
• James Hong … Cast, Fong
• David Huang … Cast, Lum
• Karen Huie … Cast, Miss Chan
• Beulah Quo … Cast, Chin Moo
• Tom Rosqui … Cast, the Warden
• Kate Williamson … Cast, the Matron
• Victor Wong … Cast, Chin Gung
• Ping Wu … Cast, Lee
• Grace Zabriskie … Cast, Miss Gregory