Paul French reads The Lady from Hong Kong

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New York Times best selling author Paul French reads a new four-part adaptation (for Morning Brew) of his 'Post Magazine' article; 'The Lady from Hong Kong – the best Hollywood movie of the 1940s never made'. It’s a tale of a woman who called herself Seto Gin, and arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in January 1939 with several dozen tins of opium hidden in her luggage. Her story, and why she took the risk to smuggle so much dope into America is the story of 'The Lady from Hong Kong'.

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Paul French reads The Lady from Hong Kong Part.4

it’s time for Seto Gin and Chung Lei to finally face the music in a Californian court. New York Times best selling author Paul French reads the final episode of our serial this week, and the greatest movie never made… The Lady from Hong Kong.

Mar 14, 2022

11 min

Paul French reads The Lady from Hong Kong Part.3

Paul French reads part three (of four) of The Lady from Hong Kong. Seto Gin and Chung Lei are both in jail in San Francisco, while the police work to find out what drove them to smuggle drugs into America. And so, today we travel back to a war-torn Chi...

Mar 14, 2022

11 min

Paul French reads The Lady from Hong Kong Part.2

Paul French reads part two of 'The Lady from Hong Kong'. Seto Gin is back in court, charged with drug smuggling. Meanwhile her lover, and drugs “Kingpin”, Chung Lei is now California’s “Most Wanted Man".

Mar 14, 2022

10 min

Paul French reads The Lady from Hong Kong Part. 1

New York Times best selling author Paul French reads the first a new four-part adaptation (for Morning Brew) of his 'Post Magazine' article; 'The Lady from Hong Kong – the best Hollywood movie of the 1940s never made'. It’s a tale of a woman who called...

Mar 14, 2022

10 min