It is about time that some of the Occidental Kleig kings spent a little, it to obtain the historical and divisional background of the Chinese. But they could, at least, learn something Perhaps some enterprising director did stop here ange and found out that riesha coolies are, after all, about as picturesque as a hybrid Airedale up. And the streets are not full of beautiful slant-eyed maidens radiant silks. Neither does every China at that time was represented by a Mandarin coat and a long-stemmed opium pipe.
Barthelmess was well supply both and was just about as off with them as he is with his Smitht Jand Wesson 32 Special in the underworld of Chicago. Poor little Lillian, aged fourteen or zo, had a drunken father who used to clout her ocsonally for no reason at all. Lillian rebelled one day and wander-fed up into our Mandarin's apart fo opt her there (every-enows that the intentions' of [Richard are always strictly honor fable) and dressed her in what Hollywood: fondly imagined every Chinese girl should wear. After Richard got through with her she resembled a weird mixture of geisha and Anna May Wong, Hollywood's up and coming Chinese star. After that he sat about and othaked opium all day long and looked -at Lillian. Ore day her father came round to Jelaim his lost property and he beat her until she died. - Richard put on!
very good Chinese burin perfume out of a French all over little Lillian and Chinese carry an opium pipe two feet ahead of his mouth all day, Why change fiction for trath when fiction brings in box office receipts?
But, I wonder how many movie directors have been round to see the Chinese motion picture studios in Shanghai. Mr. Chang, the director and manager, of the Star Studio states that foreign visitors are few and that no one has honoured his studio with editorial attention fore. There is a place where even M.G.M. might take lessons.
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