Title
‘Brother Rat’ film poster
Year/Period
1938
Region
Singapore, Malaysia and United States
Material
Dimension
Object size: 22.2 x 29.6 cm
Accession No.
2007-50805
Collection of
‘Brother Rat’ is a 1938 American film starring Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris.American films streamed into Singapore and Malaysia in the 1920s and the number grew tremendously over the years. By the late 1930s, Hollywood films constituted 70 percent of the films shown here. The others were Chinese, Indian, Malay, British and European films. During this period, most European and English-language films were screened in more upmarket theatres such as Cathay, Capitol, Alhambra and Rex.
