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  1. #Movies #Asian #Chinese #China

    I'm watching #55DaysInPeking (again) after a long hiatus & it's just as annoying now as when I 1st watched it.

    While it has it's moments, it's reflective of the patronizing & racist way in which the #US film industry has depicted China & the Chinese people for nearly 100 years.

    It was a blockbuster movie when it was released in 1963 & stars #CharlestonHeston, #AvaGardner & #DavidNiven & is set during the #BoxerRebellion in China during 1899-1901 which was a grass roots attempt to oust foreign "invaders" from China.

    While it failed, the Boxer Rebellion is believed to have contributed to the fall of the Manchu (Ching) Dynasty & the formation of the Kuomingtang (Chinese Nationalist Party) that later fell to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which then led to the formation of the #RepublicOfChina in Taiwan, which (of course) the CCP does NOT recognize & is just waiting to invade & retake in the name of China.

    Worth watching in an historical film context but not otherwise.

  2. #Movies #Asian #Chinese #China

    I'm watching #55DaysInPeking (again) after a long hiatus & it's just as annoying now as when I 1st watched it.

    While it has it's moments, it's reflective of the patronizing & racist way in which the #US film industry has depicted China & the Chinese people for nearly 100 years.

    It was a blockbuster movie when it was released in 1963 & stars #CharlestonHeston, #AvaGardner & #DavidNiven & is set during the #BoxerRebellion in China during 1899-1901 which was a grass roots attempt to oust foreign "invaders" from China.

    While it failed, the Boxer Rebellion is believed to have contributed to the fall of the Manchu (Ching) Dynasty & the formation of the Kuomingtang (Chinese Nationalist Party) that later fell to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which then led to the formation of the #RepublicOfChina in Taiwan, which (of course) the CCP does NOT recognize & is just waiting to invade & retake in the name of China.

    Worth watching in an historical film context but not otherwise.

  3. It's got Burton, Gardner, Kerr, and Lyon. It's on several LGBT #film lists [EDIT: it shouldn't be). #NowWatching John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964)

    #JohnHuston #RichardBurton #AvaGardner #SueLyon #cinemastodon #film #PrideMonth

  4. Ava Gardner stars in The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970), Roddy McDowall’s only film as a director. An odd but interesting and ambiguous folk horror movie inspired by a Scottish folk tale about a love triangle involving the queen of the fairies.

    My review: princeplanetmovies.blogspot.co

    #AvaGardner #MadelineSmith #JoannaLumley #RoddyMcDowall #folkhorror #70smovie #70smovies #1970smovie #1970smovies #horror #fairies #folktales

  5. Ava Gardner stars in The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970), Roddy McDowall’s only film as a director. An odd but interesting and ambiguous folk horror movie inspired by a Scottish folk tale about a love triangle involving the queen of the fairies.

    My review: princeplanetmovies.blogspot.co

    #AvaGardner #MadelineSmith #JoannaLumley #RoddyMcDowall #folkhorror #70smovie #70smovies #1970smovie #1970smovies #horror #fairies #folktales

  6. Ava Gardner stars in The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970), Roddy McDowall’s only film as a director. An odd but interesting and ambiguous folk horror movie inspired by a Scottish folk tale about a love triangle involving the queen of the fairies.

    My review: princeplanetmovies.blogspot.co

    #AvaGardner #MadelineSmith #JoannaLumley #RoddyMcDowall #folkhorror #70smovie #70smovies #1970smovie #1970smovies #horror #fairies #folktales

  7. Ava Gardner stars in The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970), Roddy McDowall’s only film as a director. An odd but interesting and ambiguous folk horror movie inspired by a Scottish folk tale about a love triangle involving the queen of the fairies.

    My review: princeplanetmovies.blogspot.co

    #AvaGardner #MadelineSmith #JoannaLumley #RoddyMcDowall #folkhorror #70smovie #70smovies #1970smovie #1970smovies #horror #fairies #folktales

  8. Ava Gardner stars in The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970), Roddy McDowall’s only film as a director. An odd but interesting and ambiguous folk horror movie inspired by a Scottish folk tale about a love triangle involving the queen of the fairies.

    My review: princeplanetmovies.blogspot.co

    #AvaGardner #MadelineSmith #JoannaLumley #RoddyMcDowall #folkhorror #70smovie #70smovies #1970smovie #1970smovies #horror #fairies #folktales

  9. Milton H Greene photographed actress Ava Gardner in his New York studio in 1954 for Look magazine as part of the cover story, “What is Sex Appeal?” This was the same year that Gardner received her only Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role in Mogambo

    #avagardner #miltonhgreene #miltongreene #lookmagazine #actress #hollywoodactress #fashionphotography #fashionphotographer #fashion #50sstyle #photography #photographer #oscarnominated #vintagehollywood #moviestar #filmstar #film #filmworld #kino #cinema #cinéma #whatissexappeal #beauty #beautifulwoman #sexappeal #coverstory

  10. Milton H Greene photographed actress Ava Gardner in his New York studio in 1954 for Look magazine as part of the cover story, “What is Sex Appeal?” This was the same year that Gardner received her only Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role in Mogambo

    #avagardner #miltonhgreene #miltongreene #lookmagazine #actress #hollywoodactress #fashionphotography #fashionphotographer #fashion #50sstyle #photography #photographer #oscarnominated #vintagehollywood #moviestar #filmstar #film #filmworld #kino #cinema #cinéma #whatissexappeal #beauty #beautifulwoman #sexappeal #coverstory

  11. Milton H Greene photographed actress Ava Gardner in his New York studio in 1954 for Look magazine as part of the cover story, “What is Sex Appeal?” This was the same year that Gardner received her only Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role in Mogambo

    #avagardner #miltonhgreene #miltongreene #lookmagazine #actress #hollywoodactress #fashionphotography #fashionphotographer #fashion #50sstyle #photography #photographer #oscarnominated #vintagehollywood #moviestar #filmstar #film #filmworld #kino #cinema #cinéma #whatissexappeal #beauty #beautifulwoman #sexappeal #coverstory

  12. Milton H Greene photographed actress Ava Gardner in his New York studio in 1954 for Look magazine as part of the cover story, “What is Sex Appeal?” This was the same year that Gardner received her only Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role in Mogambo

    #avagardner #miltonhgreene #miltongreene #lookmagazine #actress #hollywoodactress #fashionphotography #fashionphotographer #fashion #50sstyle #photography #photographer #oscarnominated #vintagehollywood #moviestar #filmstar #film #filmworld #kino #cinema #cinéma #whatissexappeal #beauty #beautifulwoman #sexappeal #coverstory