rave, my remote refused to dial up TCM that day in protest. On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > 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! > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
