Piccadilly Revisited - Anna May Wong

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Fans of the Chinese-American actress, Anna May Wong (1905-1961) will be pleased to know that her silent movie entitled "PICCADILLY" (1929) will be screened by Chinatown Arts Space as 'Piccadilly Revisited' on 12th September 2009 as part of The Mayor's Thames Festival 2009. For more details, visit:
http://www.thamesfestival.org/weekend/detail/piccadilly_revisited/

I am looking forward to the above-mentioned event.

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Ooops ... sorry folks, the above post should be in the CULTURE section.

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Thanks to Dimsum Admin to moving my post to the Culture section.

To those readers in this Forum who do not know who is Anna May Wong, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_May_Wong (the contents therein are self-explanatory).

Saw a clip in Youtube (entitled 'Discovering Anna May Wong') and thought it might be of interest to readers. Log onto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7famM6ABrg

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Thanks to 'firstofakind' who has posted eleven video clips of Anna May Wong's silent movie,'Piccadilly' (1929), in Youtube recently vide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AagRV7CpVCM&feature=PlayList&p=6A3222AE A0E78927&index=0
(which will lead you to all the episodes.)

ENJOY the movie here if you are unable to attend the screening on 12th September 2009 in London.

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Recently there has been a re-surrection of the work and life of Anna May Wong (1905-1961) with the forthcoming screening of the British silent film "Piccadilly" (1929), starring Anna may Wong, by Chinatown Arts Space as part of 'The Mayor's Thames Festival 2009'. The screening (as 'Piccadilly Revisited') will take palace on 12th September 2009 at 8.15 p.m. It is an outdoor event and is free. For more details visit: www.chinatownartsspace.com

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Recently there has been a re-surrection of the work and life of Anna May Wong (1905-1961) with the forthcoming screening of the British silent film "Piccadilly" (1929), starring Anna may Wong, by Chinatown Arts Space as part of 'The Mayor's Thames Festival 2009'. The screening (as 'Piccadilly Revisited') will take place on 12th September 2009 at 8.15 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. It is an outdoor event and is free. For more details visit: www.chinatownartsspace.com

sklee · Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 2 Location: London

Thanks for the informative posts (with links), sunnyoyk.

Must confess I have not heard of Anna May Wong (AMW) until now. Have since done some research about her life and work, and must admit I am very impressed with her talent and work. So much so, I have now become her belated fan.

Thanks to Chinatown Arts Space, will go and see 'Piccadilly Re-visited' on 12.09.09.

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

"Anna May Wong Did It Right"
By Richard Corliss
29th January 2005
(Times Magazine)
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'... In the quarter-century of Hollywood feature films before 1940, only two non-white actors had been regularly cast in starring roles. One, Sessue Hayakawa from Japan, was a stalwart heartthrob in the late teens. The other was all American: born in California, a native English speaker, and with a sensual, intelligent allure that even the studio bosses could not ignore. She was Anna May Wong, whose centenary we celebrate this month...' (To continue reading this well written article, visit: http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,1022536,00.h tml ).

Hope the above article is of interest to readers in this Forum.

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

The British silent film 'Piccadilly' (1929) starring Anna May Wong will be screened tonight (12.09.09) in London as part of 'The Mayor's Thames Festival 09'.

The screening of this film is presented by Chinatown Arts Space as 'Piccadilly Revisited' - a free outdoor film and music performance event. For more details, visit: http://www.chinatownartsspace.com/

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sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Saw this and thought it might be of interest to readers in this Forum. Log onto:
http://www.chinatownartsspace.com/news-0910-picadilly-revisited.html

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Piccadilly Revisited - A performance celebrating the life of 'Anna May Wong'
(Presented by: Chinatown Arts Space)

7.45 p.m., Tuesday 30th March and Wednesday 31st March 2010 at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD.

For more details, visit: www.chinatownartsspace.com

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Saw this and thought it might be of interest to readers in this Forum. Log onto:
http://www.roh.org.uk/whatson/production.aspx?pid=13551

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Will be going to see 'Piccadilly Revisted' on 30th March 2010 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
London. Hope readers of this Forum, who are fans of 'Anna May Wong', will be there too.

sunnyoyk · Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 280 Location: London

Heard this interview on Radio BBC London on 29.03.10 about 'Piccadilly Revisted', and thought it might be of interest to readers in this Forum. Log onto: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0070h6g/Robert_Elms_29_03_2010/
(N.B. The interview starts from 1:06.05)

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