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MarkUK
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Date Posted：2023-02-04 12:40:31 Shula, as your icon is of Clara Bow I'm designating you as our silent film expert. I've just watched the DVD of the 1929 British silent film Piccadilly starring the Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong. Piccadilly was the only film for which my favourite author Arnold Bennett wrote the screenplay and is regarded as GB's last great silent. Wong was born in Los Angeles in 1906 and became fairly well known in Holywood in the early 20s. However typecasting and a failure to get bigger roles compelled her to seek stardom in Europe, firstly in Germany then GB, it was here that she became a big name and returned to the USA in 1930. So, just how big a name is she over there? She died in 1961 and has been described as America's first great Chinese-American star. A film is being made over here about her life starring Gemma Chan as Anna May Wong. Anna May Wong and Gemma Chan.
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tommytalldog
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-04 04:48:12 And all these years I thought it was Betty Boop. |
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MarkUK
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-04 09:34:04 I usually value your contributions, but on this occasion less so. |
shula
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-06 01:29:14 I'm not too familiar with Anna May Wong except for her role as Tiger Lily in Peter Pan. We used to have a movie channel that showed silent movies all the time but we don't have it anymore, so I've probably seen her in other movies but don't remember. She was a lovely actress.
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MarkUK
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-06 09:13:49 Piccadilly is pretty good if you're into silent films. The modern tinkly soundtrack is distracting and of course you have to pay full attention to keep up with the plot through the speech captions. After the film's success Bennett published a novel of the same name, which was unusual, normally the book comes first then the film. |
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shula
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-07 01:53:04 I love silent films. They required a lot more acting talent. Charlie Chaplin was a master. And who doesn't love the Keystone Cops.
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MarkUK
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-07 08:39:14 Try Piccadilly, the British silent film industry is largely neglected in favour of Holywood. |
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shula
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-08 03:45:27 I can view the entire film on YouTube. This will be a treat.
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majorshrapnel
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-08 08:04:43 Her brother fought for Japan as a kamikaze pilot under the name Chow Mien. He survived the war because he was Chicken Chow Mien. |
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tommytalldog
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-08 08:08:33 Her brother fought for Japan as a kamikaze pilot under the name Chow Mien. He survived the war because he was Chicken Chow Mien. You should start a lame joke category, Art. I got a new job offer washing windows. I can see myself doing that. |
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majorshrapnel
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-08 08:09:23 I can view the entire film on YouTube. This will be a treat. If you want to watch a fabulous early classic comedy, try 'The Lady Killers' starring Alex Guiness, Herbert Lom and Peter Sellers. It's a masterpiece of cinema. |
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majorshrapnel
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-02-08 08:18:21 Her brother fought for Japan as a kamikaze pilot under the name Chow Mien. He survived the war because he was Chicken Chow Mien. You should start a lame joke category, Art. I got a new job offer washing windows. I can see myself doing that. Why did the pervert cross the road? Because he was stuck up a chicken |
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pbandrew3rd
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-06-05 04:54:07 Piccadilly is pretty good if you're into silent films. The modern tinkly soundtrack is distracting and of course you have to pay full attention to keep up with the plot through the speech captions. After the film's success Bennett published a novel of the same name, which was unusual, normally the book comes first then the film. Will ask you both Shula and Mark because of the time frame she was best known for, was she a flapper meaning did she ever dress on or off screen like one? For the ones that don't know a flapper is, it's a female who was in considered to be in the style clothes of the time. It's mostly the hat that is the give away. I think Tommy wears one when he drives around town in his Stang. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor other uses, see Flapper (disambiguation). |
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MarkUK
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-06-05 07:25:04 On screen she was typecast as typical Chinese, so wore "traditional" Chinese dress. Off screen I assume she dressed like a star. |
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-06-05 12:26:43 On screen she was typecast as typical Chinese, so wore "traditional" Chinese dress. Off screen I assume she dressed like a star.
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Re：Reply Topic Date Posted：2023-06-05 12:46:03 Her brother fought for Japan as a kamikaze pilot under the name Chow Mien. He survived the war because he was Chicken Chow Mien. You should start a lame joke category, Art. I got a new job offer washing windows. I can see myself doing that. There were two cannibals eating a clown and one said to the other.... does this taste funny to you? |
