What, no John Wayne in "Ghengis Khan"? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:34:16 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Slanty-eyed white people playing Asians marathon on TCM
There is a slany-eyed white people playing Asians marathon on TCM today. Thus far this morning I have seen that great Asian actress Katharine Hepburn starring as Jade Tan in the great Chinese resistance movie "Dragon Seed" (1944). This movie also stars notable "Asian" actors John Huston (as patriarch Ling Tan) and Agnes Moorehead (as third cousin's wife). There is a scene where Hepburn is holding an actual asian infant that looks eerily like Kim Hunter holding a real chimpanzee in "Escape from the Planet of the Apes." "Dragon Seed" was followed by that great Asian actor Anthony Quinn playing Chen Ta in "China Sky" (1945). I am currently watching those great Asian actors Paul Muni (Wang Lung) and Luise Rainer (O-lan) in "The Good Earth" (1937). Is Luis Rainer the only "Asian" to win an Academy Award for Best Actress? "The Good Earth" will be followed by "The Bitter Tea of General Yen," (1933) starring that great "Asian" actor Nils Asther." "7 Women," (1966) starring Ann Bancroft (which I may skip because all the Asians are played by Asians) "55 Days at Peking" (1963)starring that great "Asian" actress Flora Robson as Empress Tzu-Hsi and notable "Asian" actor Leo Genn as Gen. Jung-Lu. ~(no)rave!
