A Rare Glimpse of Chinese American Vaudeville
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Uploaded by duriandave on Apr 23, 2009
This clip from a 1936 movie starring Little Miss You-Know-Who offers a rare glimpse of Chinese American vaudeville. It features pioneering vaudeville performer Harry Haw, actor and singer Sammee Tong, and the Chinese music class of St. Mary's Chinese School.
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back then all chinese was understood as cantonese now its all understood as mandarin *sigh* im fluent in cantonese and even though its second to mandarin im scared of it disappearing
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RIP Sammee Tong
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It's good to see these kinds of vintage films. The lives of Chinese at that time were really hard(it may also be similar but only to a less extent nowadays). My grandfather was one of them at that period of time. I'd like to get know more.
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Glad you like the clip! I'll keep looking for more forgotten treasures like this.
duriandave 2 years ago