Hong Kong actress Lai Yee in her first Hollywood film

Before she moved to Hong Kong and became known during the 1950s as "Miss Color Beauty" (because she appeared in more color movies than any other Hong Kong actress), Chinese American Lai Yee (麗兒) made three Hollywood films under her birth name Marianne Quon. In this one, made in 1943, she plays a student in war-torn China.

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[misspaddylee]

The movie is called "China" and stars Alan Ladd and (in clip) Loretta Young and William Bendix. Worth your time if you ever get the chance.

[duriandave]

Yeah, it's a pretty great film, and features a veritable who's who of Chinese American actors.

[Rab1975bit]

How did she manage to keep her hair perfect after a swim???

[dwilmer7]

whenever movies of this era had asians, they always had to have the cheesy music. lol.. the typical upbeat tune but mixed with that annoying "chinese" jingle that everyone knows

[Deader87]

Man that scene with the women bathing in the lake, where you see there shoulders without a top, man that would pretty might I say risque for its time, I mean by now it would be nothing. But for back than, wow!!!