Episode 10: Cocaine (1922) & Rob Baker on Brilliant Chang It turns out the quietest place in Soho – and the perfect spot for an interview – is half way up the Clock Tower of https://twitter.com/AnnesSoho (St Anne’s church) on Dean St (visible from Wardour St). After winding the clock(!) with the help of Amy, one of a small team of volunteer clock winders, https://twitter.com/dom_delargy (Dom) sat down in a funny little room half-way up the tower to speak to historian, author and blogger, https://twitter.com/robnitm (Rob Baker) about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_Chang (Brilliant Chang) and the moral panic about women and drugs that gripped the nation after the First World War. https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/brilliant-chang-e1583495881545.jpg (Brilliant Chang) after his deportation to Hong Kong https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/freda-kempton-426x307-1-e1583496091234.jpg (Freda Kempton) shortly before her death in 1922 https://dominicdelargy.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/img_20200122_191206-e1583757260904.jpg (Some interesting graffiti) from inside the clock tower – a 19th Century “tag” We then welcomed https://twitter.com/best2vilmabanky (Michelle Facey) to the pod to talk about the 1922 silent film, Cocaine. Michelle is one of the programmers for http://www.kenningtonbioscope.com/ (Kennington Bioscope) and as well as talking about the controversy surrounding the film, she was very enlightening on the subject of https://www.villagevoice.com/2005/12/06/mormonsploitation/ (Mormonsploitation) films of the silent era. Who knew there was such a thing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfi4X3OcXTE (Extract) from Cocaine (1922) Divert money away from Jeff Bezos by purchasing Rob Baker’s books https://www.amberley-books.com/community-rob-baker (directly from the publisher). Visit Rob’s websites: http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/ (Another Nickel in the Machine) & https://flashbak.com/ (FlashBak), check out his fascinating https://www.pinterest.co.uk/mrnickel/ (Pinterest) site and follow him on https://twitter.com/robnitm (Twitter). For more information about the Kennington Bioscope and their upcoming events, visit their http://www.kenningtonbioscope.com/ (website) and/or follow them on https://twitter.com/kenbioscope (Twitter). HELP SAVE THE CINEMA MUSEUM BY SIGNING THEIR https://www.change.org/p/love-cinema-save-the-cinema-museum?use_react=false (PETITION) and have a look at their main website http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/ (here). Michelle brought in some 1922 adverts from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinematograph_Weekly (Kinematograph Weekly) relating to cocaine. You can see them https://dominicdelargy.wordpress.com/cocaine-adverts-in-kinematograph-weekly-from-1922/ (here). Watch Cocaine for a mere £1 on the https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-cocaine-1922-online (BFI Player) Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com Leave us a https://ratethispodcast.com/sohobites (rating & review) Please make a teeny weeny https://ko-fi.com/sohobitespodcast (donation)