‘THE CRIMSON CITY”
MYRNA LOY AS A CHINESE Durins the filming of “The Crimson City,” one of Warner Brothers' new .Muster pictures, it was decided to take a number of camera shots in Chinatown, Cos Angeles. The reason for this was that the picture is a melodrama of the Orient. When the sightseeing buses carrying the screen ace began arriving in Chinatown the inhabitants were all agog. They were told that many of the actors were rea, Chinese, and when they saw MyrrLoy with the almond eyes and erotic features, they believed it. To height; the effect. Miss Loy wore the garb of a Chinese slave girl. Urged by bis countrymen, one timid Celestial humbly approached Miss Loy and began a speech in his native tongue, telling of the high esteem his people had for her Miss Loy loked around bewildered. "What does he mean?” she asked. "Does he think Im Chinese
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 370, 2 June 1928, Page 16
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