Anna May Wong - Chinese Costume Party Pt.1 - 1937 Technicolor

[Onlymusical]

This is technicolor at its most brilliant: it's gone way downhill since, obviously.

[swallin19]

This must rank as one of the best preserved examples of 3 strip Technicolor and shot with fully coated lenses, then quite new, giving better contrast. The quality is quite startling, better than the other MGM shorts of the time, and Warner's Shorts, all of which used the same processes for colour.

[voceval1]

Please people enough already with the stereo/racist jabs. It's done,its over, this is how they did it back then, and you can't go back and change it. Just sit back and enjoy.There are those of us that see this as spectacular historical/technical video. And what a gem!

[libearian]

What a treat to see how stunningly beautiful Anna May Wong was in Technicolor. Elissa Landi wasn't chopped liver, either.

[farfenheimer]

Hard to watch, but Anna is magnificent as always.

[zazoom84]

I doubt this was filmed as late as 1937 since it's obviously pre-cope ...

[AnnaMayWongSociety]

@zazoom84 Always some goof trying to be an expert...sorry WB, IMDB, Wikipedia and the Vitaphone Restoration project have it over you hands down...go find another place to play expert

[MissGoldenDreams13]

Aside from the cringe-inducing Chinese stereotypes, at least we get to learn that Anna looked gorgeous dressed in jewel tones :)

[Rehmann]

Mr. Charlie Chan Ching! What a lovely use of alliteration.

[easguitar]

Had no awareness of Anna May Wong prior to watching "Shanghai Express" and was instantly captivated by her air of mystery and powerful presence. Having read a little of her career and life, I now have an admiration of her strong and independent character and her self-less promotion of positive ideals in protecting Chinese culture. Would loved to have met her in today's time!

[sonic45325]

nice yellow silk 0 5 05

[MorroccoSurrogate]

Anna May Wong really did deserve better than this. She was one of the best actresses of the era.

[sevenender]

wow this is so beautyfull..

[AnnaMayWongSociety]

@paklaanfa Shameful in what sense. This is historically amazing for the use of outdoor color and such a rare appearance by Anna as herself. Does something bother you about her speech or her clothes or her identifying herself with her heritage? I am getting so sick of you nuts out there who have not ability to remove yourself from today and put yourself back to the era. So sick of you nuts I may disable comments. What is shameful to see how plentiful your kind infect things toward conflict.

[FallingRain123]

Quite offensive (unfortunately, media portrayals of Asians and Asian-Americans have not progressed very far since) but, I believe, still valuable in terms of its historical significance, though there are much better early Technicolor shorts.

[AnnaMayWongSociety]

@FallingRain123 We covered the offensive side with our preface and though there certainly are many challenges to be met with race stereo type (and not a one way street) in media, your comment "not progressed very far" is without explanation and lacks merit relevant to how far things have come since 1937 . We are not here to find the so called best early shorts or evaluate them. This site is for Anna May Wong

[yunturn]

Anna May Wong blows everyone else out of the water.

[yunturn]

Anna May Wong blows all of them out of the water.

[paranel1339]

Very interesting . Costumes are fabulous.

[909kong]

OK, I need to stop watching the clip from 8:50 & go elsewhere!!!

[MRCAB]

Just jump to 08:59 that's all you really need to see :-p

[rooberxxx]

espectacular realmente

las niñas impresionntes 100%

[xingfenzhen]

didn't know Technicolor have such good picture quality in the 1930's

[dwilmer7]

you can totally tell this was made recently and just MADE to look real old.

fail

[AnnaMayWongSociety]

@dwilmer7 Are you some kind of idiot. You will find this in IMDB. Take a look at the date there. Sure wish you were not an idiot and Anna was here and now.

[AnnaMayWongSociety]

@zazoom84 ahhh another expert comment....but listen little boy....you gotta post these things relevant to the post you made not some unrelated other person's comment, it may confuse adults. See below his foolish attempt to play expert and the comment that he just can not stand being shown up by bonafide experts

[supremes70sstyle]

@dwilmer7 are you seriously that dense? LAWD, people never fail to blow my mind..!

[909kong]

@dwilmer7 No, that's her...I didn't know she had such a beautiful voice to go along with the looks...

[turnabuoni]

great video,a good quality for such an old film!

she is like a chinese audrey hepburn!

[xXAmyXx]

Anna is so elegant. I wish I had a voice like that!

[paolabearrr]

This is ridiculous. Anna May Wong deserved better roles than this. This film is an example of the stereotypical representation of Asians in early Hollywood film. Sadly, not much has really changed since (some films off the top of my head are The Hangover and, more recently, the Twilight films).

[CancorseTV1]

@paolabearrr totally agree with you in hollywood today unless ur either a) mixed chinese and other or b) playing a role meant for chinese people ur not getting the part i mean how many times do we see a chinese or asain person in a leading role (memoirs of a geisha had a asains in a leading role but once again it was for an asain movie)

not only do we almost see little to none asain people in hollywood we see clearly asain roles being take by well non asain people a great example is dragonballz

[putzgrila2008]

thank you!

[MadamMiaow]

Hilarious! Love birds from Tokyo?! It sure is a different era.

Rare colour footage of Anna. And she speaks. What a great find.

[enemywon]

Thanks for this Hollywood Party excerpt. I've been searching for it for years. Looks like a brand new film.

-Scott

[Mojave888]

I think I may know Jack.

[Mojave888]

I'm speechless! Where do you find these gems? Thanks a million for posting this, Anna looks fantastic!

-Bill

[AnnaMayWongSociety]

Thanks Bill, Jack a pioneer L.A. member of The AMWS was our bloodhound on this. By the way, we believe the location is now the site of President Obama's Malibu retreat. David

[swallin19]

@AnnaMayWongSociety maybe more likely Catalina island, where MGM shot Pirate Party, and maintained a small studio and office. The opening background looks very like the island shore.

[swallin19]

@swallin19 I stand corrected , if that background right there is a duel carriage way road, and a church tower (mission style), and there are none on Catalina!