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Auction History Result #370 LIMEHOUSE BLUES 5 LCs '34 Anna May Wong Date Sold 9/18/2001Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 5 Original Vintage Lobby Cards (Measures 11" x 14") and includes the original mailing envelope (Learn More) Limehouse Blues, the 1934 Alexander Hall England interracial romance romantic love triangle Asian crime thriller (about a half Chinese half American from Chinatown, who goes to London and goes to the Limehouse District, where all the crime is, and he ruthlessly takes over, including a notorious nightclub, but when he falls for a "white" girl who is a pickpocket, that angers the Asian star singer of the nightclub) starring George Raft (he is half Chinese in this movie, and he wears "yellowface" makeup!), Jean Parker, Anna May Wong, Kent Taylor, and Montagu Love. Note that, as was common in early Hollywood, non-Asian actors were hired to play Asians, and they did this through the use of "yellowface" makeup (similar to "blackface" makeup that had been used for so long). Often, this was in movies that featured "interracial romances" between Asians and westerners, and those who participated in such romances were shunned and often they led to murders or suicides. Thankfully, these sorts of movies and the practice of actors performing in "yellowface" has almost completely been abandoned! Also note that "Limehouse" refers to a district in London. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: very good to fine. Each of the cards have a few pinholes in the borders and the mailing envelope has a few tiny tears in it. Learn More about condition grades 
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