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

Why not have some mildly offensive fun with Color. Anna appears at 08:50 to save the day.

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[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

[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

[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).

[Mojave888]

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

-Bill

[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.

[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