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  1. Over the Christmas holidays I finished a large drawing that I had been working on since the summer, on and off, but then life took over and I didn't find time to publish it.

    It is a scene from Joseph von Sternberg's 1932 movie "Shanghai Express", featuring Anna May Wong and Marlene Dietrich.

    For the story of behind this scene please read my (long) blog post quickandtastycooking.org.uk/ar.

    It is the most complex large drawing I have attempted so far.
    As usual, it is the expressions on the faces of both characters that interested me. I wanted to show their watchfulness and apprehension.

    I used the rough watercolour paper I like (Fabriano Artistico, 300 g/m² cold pressed “not”), 56 cm x 76 cm. I set up the drawing in ordinary HB pencil and Tombow MONO 100 graphite lead pencils (2B, 4B and 5B). I used a Chinese ink stick and applied the ink using calligraphy brushes.

    #drawing #fediart #TraditionalArt #ShanghaiExpress #AnnaMayWong #MarleneDietrich

  2. @Essanay Already watched #Song starring #AnnaMayWong on #Youtube in advance of the show but I'm going to #Orinda to see it in #Orinda on the #BigScreen with a musical accompaniment (the vid did not have a sound track) the day after tomorrow on Sat 11/15.

    Used to live in Orinda but haven't been back there for years. This will be a chance to do a little sightseeing too. ☺️

  3. @Essanay Already watched #Song starring #AnnaMayWong on #Youtube in advance of the show but I'm going to #Orinda to see it in #Orinda on the #BigScreen with a musical accompaniment (the vid did not have a sound track) the day after tomorrow on Sat 11/15.

    Used to live in Orinda but haven't been back there for years. This will be a chance to do a little sightseeing too. ☺️

  4. @Essanay Already watched #Song starring #AnnaMayWong on #Youtube in advance of the show but I'm going to #Orinda to see it in #Orinda on the #BigScreen with a musical accompaniment (the vid did not have a sound track) the day after tomorrow on Sat 11/15.

    Used to live in Orinda but haven't been back there for years. This will be a chance to do a little sightseeing too. ☺️

  5. @Essanay Already watched #Song starring #AnnaMayWong on #Youtube in advance of the show but I'm going to #Orinda to see it in #Orinda on the #BigScreen with a musical accompaniment (the vid did not have a sound track) the day after tomorrow on Sat 11/15.

    Used to live in Orinda but haven't been back there for years. This will be a chance to do a little sightseeing too. ☺️

  6. @Essanay Already watched #Song starring #AnnaMayWong on #Youtube in advance of the show but I'm going to #Orinda to see it in #Orinda on the #BigScreen with a musical accompaniment (the vid did not have a sound track) the day after tomorrow on Sat 11/15.

    Used to live in Orinda but haven't been back there for years. This will be a chance to do a little sightseeing too. ☺️

  7. #Movies #SilentFilms #AAPI

    I'm going to see this silent film starring #AnnaMayWong which is being shown in #Orinda this coming Saturday 11/15:

    silentfilm.org/event/song/

    Anna was a groundbreaking actress of #AsianAmerican descent. If you are not familiar with her, you can find information about her here:

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_May

  8. I did another study for a #portrait of the Chinese-American movie actress Anna May Wong. It's based on a scene from the 1932 movie Shanghai Express.

    Pencil, Chinese ink wash and brush and some graphite aquarelle pencils on heavy watercolour paper, portrait A4 format.

    #drawing #fediart #art
    #AnnaMayWong

  9. I did a quick portrait of the Chinese-American movie actress Anna May Wong, from a publicity photo from the 1930s. Pencil, Chinese ink wash and brush on heavy coarse watercolour paper, portrait A4 format.

    It's a study for a larger drawing I am planning, based on a different photograph. This is a way to familiarise myself with the face. I have already read a lot about her.
    The likeness is not perfect but I think the face has come to life.

    #drawing #fediart #art
    #AnnaMayWong

  10. 🌊 MET Museum zaprasza 22 czerwca na wyjątkowy wieczór z pionierką kina – Anną May Wong. W programie pokaz filmu „The Toll of the Sea” (1922), prelekcja kuratorki wystawy „Monstrous Beauty” oraz spotkanie z autorką biografii aktorki. Na zakończenie wystąpi bratanica Wong. Nie przegap! 👉 met.org/4kBnhFB #kino #AnnaMayWong #wystawa
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  11. There is #SilentFilm/transitional sound film on TCM this week: “Piccadilly” (1929) on Tuesday night starring Anna May Wong for the BFI 90th anniversary and #SilentSundayNights celebrates #FathersDay with Charlie Chaplin’s “The Kid” & “The Circus”
    #TCMParty #AnnaMayWong #CharlieChaplin

  12. Also, Here’s all of the #SilentFilm / transitional sound film I could see on the TCM schedule for June (sorry about missing times the website hates me)
    #TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #JacquesTati #HaroldLloyd #AnnaMayWong #CharlieChaplin #comedy

  13. Yes, that’s legendary Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong as Princess Tiger Lily. Obviously, she and most of the actors playing indigenous film in this weren’t actually indigenous but I felt that it’s still nice to see an early role of hers nonetheless.
    #SilentFlickerSunday #PeterPan #AnnaMayWong #SilentFilm

  14. Just a head’s up there’s A LOT of #SilentFilm/Transitional sound era film on this week’s TCM schedule BUT set your DVRs b/c most of it will air in the early morning hours+next week’s #SilentSundayNights has a Roscoe Arbuckle double feature!
    #TCMParty #AnnaMayWong #CharlieChaplin #RoscoeArbuckle

  15. @JoeWynne Yes! It's why she moved to Europe ✈️🚢

    And I won a copy of her new bio NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL at the employee raffle 🎉 so I'm looking forward to going down the rabbithole of #AnnaMayWong movies afterward (before?) reading it #FridayThrillerClub ⚙️ #Metropolis

  16. The Thief of Bagdad (1924), entirely a product of the genius of Douglas Fairbanks Sr, is one of the greatest Hollywood movies ever made. A visually stupendous tale of adventure, magic and romance. Entrancing, breathtakingly imaginative. Superb.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #1920smovie #1920smovies #classicmovie #classicmovie #goldenagehollywood #silentmovie #silentmovie #silentfilm #silentfilms #silentcinema #douglasfairbanks #annamaywong #adventure #fantasymovie #fantasymovies

  17. Piccadilly, a stylish 1929 British silent melodrama. Pretty Chinese girl Shosho gets her chance as a dancer and becomes the toast of the town. Pure romantic melodrama, let down by the ending. Anna May Wong gives her best performance as Shosho.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #annamaywong #classicmovie #classicmovies #20smovie #20smovies #1920smovie #1920smovies #bmovie #bmovies #britishmovie #britishmovies #britishcinema #silentcinema #silentmovie #silentmovies #melodrama

  18. "Anna May Wong's life began on Jan 3, 1905 at 351 Flower Street, a few blocks away from #ChinatownLA," Graham Russell Gao Hodges (2012). books.google.com/books?id=3ld9 #AnnaMayWong

    Image from “Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words” documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=2rdjiMN_NS