eMoviePoster.com
Auction History Result 5b1513 CRIMSON CITY glass slide 1928 Asian Myrna Loy sold as sex slave to elderly Mandarin, rare! Date Sold 9/26/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Glass Slide (measures 2 1/2" x 3" [6 x 8 cm]) (Learn More) Crimson City, the 1928 Archie Mayo silent Asian white slavery romantic love triangle interracial romantic melodrama ("Based on the story by Anthony Coldeway"; about a beautiful Asian girl who is supposed to be sold to a wealthy elderly Mandarin man, but she falls in love with a handsome young American, but they can't be together because they are of different races, so the Asian girl leaves her lover so he can marry his white girlfriend) starring Myrna Loy, John Miljan, Leila Hyams, Sojin, Matthew Betz, Richard Tucker, and Anna May Wong. Note that interracial romances were quite popular in the 1920s, and were considered "forbidden", so the interracial lovers almost never ended up together (and often, one or both of them died tragically). Also note that American-born Myrna Loy had become typecast in "exotic" (often Asian) roles at this time, and the producers of the movie felt she would be more acceptable in this part to audiences than the actual Asian Anna May Wong, who certainly would have been much more suitible for this part, and actually appeared in the movie in a minor role! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that glass slides were designed to be put in a special projector that would project the image onto a movie screen (they use exactly the same concept as 35mm slides). This slide is the kind that was in a cardboard holder, and normally we would have shown two images of it (one showing just the glass and the other showing the cardboard holder), but because the cardboard holder is missing, we only have the one image. Condition: good. The cardboard holder is missing entirely. One could "marry" this slide to a cardboard holder from a different movie, but of course, it would not be the correct holder. Learn More about condition grades 
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CST) |
|||||||||||||
