🎬 Am Samstag, den 28. März 2026, wird "Song. Die Liebe eines armen Menschenkindes" (D/UK 1928) mit Livemusik von "Duo SeidenStrasse" im Filmmuseum Düsseldorf gezeigt.

🎬 Anna May Wong verkörpert Song, eine heimatlose Frau, die vom Kabarettkünstler Jack Houben (Heinrich George) vor einem Übergriff gerettet und danach in seiner Messerwurfnummer auftritt. Mehr unter: https://www.stummfilm-magazin.de/termintipps/termin/duesseldorf-song-die-liebe-eines-armen-menschenkindes
#stummfilmmagazin #stummfilm #kino #film #annamaywong #filmmuseumdüsseldorf #düsseldorf #heinrichgeorge

🎬 Am Samstag, den 28. März 2026, wird "Song. Die Liebe eines armen Menschenkindes" (D/UK 1928) mit Livemusik von "Duo SeidenStrasse" im Filmmuseum Düsseldorf gezeigt.

🎬 Anna May Wong verkörpert Song, eine heimatlose Frau, die vom Kabarettkünstler Jack Houben (Heinrich George) vor einem Übergriff gerettet und danach in seiner Messerwurfnummer auftritt. Mehr unter: https://www.stummfilm-magazin.de/termintipps/termin/duesseldorf-song-die-liebe-eines-armen-menschenkindes
#stummfilmmagazin #stummfilm #kino #film #annamaywong #filmmuseumdüsseldorf #düsseldorf #heinrichgeorge

Over the Christmas holidays I finished a large drawing that I had been working on since the summer, on and off, but then life took over and I didn't find time to publish it.

It is a scene from Joseph von Sternberg's 1932 movie "Shanghai Express", featuring Anna May Wong and Marlene Dietrich.

For the story of behind this scene please read my (long) blog post https://quickandtastycooking.org.uk/articles/shanghai-express/.

It is the most complex large drawing I have attempted so far.
As usual, it is the expressions on the faces of both characters that interested me. I wanted to show their watchfulness and apprehension.

I used the rough watercolour paper I like (Fabriano Artistico, 300 g/m² cold pressed “not”), 56 cm x 76 cm. I set up the drawing in ordinary HB pencil and Tombow MONO 100 graphite lead pencils (2B, 4B and 5B). I used a Chinese ink stick and applied the ink using calligraphy brushes.

#drawing #fediart #TraditionalArt #ShanghaiExpress #AnnaMayWong #MarleneDietrich

The fascinating #AnnaMayWong regrets knowing people after struggling to salvage her exotic noble Chinese family name. It is a lost cause, in …

TIGER BAY 1934

Must "Loves Destiny".

3 Rings full of poison.

When she did her little dance, I was like, ya, I’d marry that.

#galgodot
#MastoArt
#DCComics

#Movies #SilentFilms #AAPI

I'm going to see this silent film starring #AnnaMayWong which is being shown in #Orinda this coming Saturday 11/15:

https://silentfilm.org/event/song/

Anna was a groundbreaking actress of #AsianAmerican descent. If you are not familiar with her, you can find information about her here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_May_Wong

And you can find info about the film here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_(film)

And I just discovered that a copy of the film is available on #YouTube which can be seen here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pbd9Aeb9uFM

Unfortunately, there is no accompanying music; it's entirely silent.

The Women

Photographer George Hurrell (1904-1992) captured old Hollywood glamour ...

1) Anna May Wong
2) Joan Crawford
3) Bette Davis
4) Veronica Lake

#AnnaMayWong #JoanCrawford #VeronicaLake #georgehurrell #americanphotographer #hollywoodglamour #photographer #portraitphotographer #portraitphotography #bettedavis #hollywood #oldhollywood #actors #fotografie #fotografia

I did another study for a #portrait of the Chinese-American movie actress Anna May Wong. It's based on a scene from the 1932 movie Shanghai Express.

Pencil, Chinese ink wash and brush and some graphite aquarelle pencils on heavy watercolour paper, portrait A4 format.

#drawing #fediart #art
#AnnaMayWong

I did a quick portrait of the Chinese-American movie actress Anna May Wong, from a publicity photo from the 1930s. Pencil, Chinese ink wash and brush on heavy coarse watercolour paper, portrait A4 format.

It's a study for a larger drawing I am planning, based on a different photograph. This is a way to familiarise myself with the face. I have already read a lot about her.
The likeness is not perfect but I think the face has come to life.

#drawing #fediart #art
#AnnaMayWong

‘I saw Mrs Kendal only once, not on the stage, but at Claridges when she walked through a lounge where I was waiting to be joined by Anna May Wong to taste fresh lychees for the first time in my life.’

From a book published in 1974 called ‘Dames of the Theatre’ by Eric Johns.

Mrs Kendal (Madge Kendal) was a great actress of the 19th Century.

Waiting to eat lychees with Anna May Wong though!

#theatre #theatredames #AnnaMayWong #MrsKendal #MadgeKendal #EricJohns #theatrehistory #britishtheatre #19thCtheatre #19thCActors #theatreactors #stageacting #Claridges