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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 14, 2024 20:31:57 GMT
MGM certainly spent a lot of money on this film.
The Chinese festival looks like an MGM musical extravaganza of the era tweaked to have a "Chinese" feel.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:33:35 GMT
Back from the festival.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Jan 14, 2024 20:35:47 GMT
This is the second outrageous outfit. Adrian is responsible for this. I'll bet Edith Head would have done better.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:36:51 GMT
THE PAINTED VEIL '34 was Keye Luke's screen debut.
He would amass 231 credits in film and on TV, per the IMDb...his last film was Woody Allen's ALICE (1990).
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Post by Andrea Doria on Jan 14, 2024 20:37:53 GMT
MGM certainly spent a lot of money on this film.
The Chinese festival looks like an MGM musical extravaganza of the era tweaked to have a "Chinese" feel. I noticed all the close ups were of the same girl. I imagine all the rest were the usual Hollywood chorus girls.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 14, 2024 20:38:17 GMT
If Herbert Marshall has learned anything from his movie career, it's to not take his wife to live in the Orient.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:38:23 GMT
This is the second outrageous outfit. Adrian is responsible for this. I'll bet Edith Head would have done better. Wonder what Maugham thought about the sets and costuming.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 14, 2024 20:39:30 GMT
This is the second outrageous outfit. Adrian is responsible for this. I'll bet Edith Head would have done better. I agree, they feel off, even forced, to me.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:41:14 GMT
Which one will she end up with?
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:45:31 GMT
Originally, the couple's last name was Lane...but Maugham and his publishers were forced to change it to Fane, because Maugham knew a couple named Lane who decided to sue...
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 14, 2024 20:46:27 GMT
I'm sorry Ms. Garbo, but it is cheap and you treated your husband horribly.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:48:40 GMT
When they go to the Chinese mainland, they meet a General Yu.
He is played by Warner Oland, a Scandinavian actor who specialized in Asian roles.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:53:01 GMT
Welcome to the mainland.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:55:04 GMT
Beulah Bondi, who appeared in RAIN, was also cast in this movie.
But her scenes were cut...in retakes, her role was recast.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 14, 2024 20:56:34 GMT
Beulah Bondi, who appeared in RAIN, was also cast in this movie.
But her scenes were cut...in retakes, her role was recast.
Any idea why?
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