Chu Chin Chow

You can buy it from Amazon. (I think that you can buy anything at Amazon! )

http://www.amazon.com/Chu-Chin-Chow-George-Robey/dp/B00096S2LO

My info comes from IMDB.com:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024978/


It sells for $27 with free shipping on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00096S2LO?tag=imdb-adbox

My guess is that you want the 1934 talkie version of this operetta, not the 1923 silent. It is available on DVD. I can't vouch for the DVD, but I've seen the movie in the theater. For a light opera, it's surprisingly dark, and the pacing is often deadly slow. It does, however, have some good performances -- including Anna May Wong (a big star on both sides of the Atlantic but little-remembered today).

Thank you.

How come it is not available from rental companies (e.g., Blockbuster, Netflix) and public libraries?

Uum perhaps because it's not in demand (relative to newer movies) and it's over 75 yrs old?