On October 24, the United States will issue a coin with the first US president George Washington printed on the front, and a Chinese woman on the back.
Her name is Huang Liushuang (Anna May Wong), and she is the first Asian to appear in the US currency. There are many "firsts" in Huang Liushuang.
She is the first oriental beauty to go to the world, the first person to let the world stage perceive the "Chinese style", and the first Chinese actress to leave her name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...
90 years ago, the weak Huang Liushuang endured humiliation and entered the world of Hollywood in the "anti-Chinese" atmosphere.
However, her life was full of criticism, bitterness and tears.
333reversely in the "anti-Chinese" trend
became a popular Hollywood star
Hong Liushuang is from Taishan, Guangdong Province. She was born in Los Angeles in 1905. Her father runs a laundry shop in Chinatown to make a living.
She has loved movies since she was a child. By chance at the age of 14, she acted as an insignificant supporting role in the movie "Red Light". In the following years, she often played a supporting role in the movie.
frequently plays supporting roles, which failed to make Huang Liushuang famous, but she became familiar with her face in Hollywood. Whenever there are Chinese characters in the movie, some big shots think of her.
In 1924, a good opportunity came and she was invited to play an important role in " Baghdad Thieves ".
She seemed to have been waiting to show her skills for a long time. Chuchu's moving performance was very eye-catching and famous in the European and American world.
Huang Liushuang attracted attention with this movie. In addition to her acting skills, there are two important factors: one is that she is dressed erotic, almost naked, and only wrapped in a little cloth on her chest and buttocks. "Becoming famous once you leave" was also a real phenomenon in the film industry in that era. The second is to play with the famous actor Douglas Van Punk , taking advantage of the opportunity to increase his value.
● Stills from Huang Liushuang's "Baghdad Thieves", naked outfits allowed her to undergo moral and ethical criticism in China
Since then, Huang Liushuang has been making appointments and has repeatedly played key roles, and her sexy style has been continued, and she has become a popular star.
In 1928, she left the United States and went to Europe to participate in "Song" in Germany and "Chinatown Bursiness Dream" in the UK. These films further enhanced her international popularity, making her the most popular, and even became a guest of honor at the British royal banquet.
3 After traveling to Europe for three years, Huang Liushuang made a comeback to the United States. Her success in Europe made her even more popular in the United States, and her performance invitations flew like snowflakes. She performed 167 stage plays on Broadway, New York, and then filmed a series of well-known and popular films, such as "Dragon Girl" and " Shanghai Express ".
● Huang Liushuang's appearance in "Dragon Girl"
It has to be said that Huang Liushuang's road to becoming famous is full of hardships.
3 The early 20th century was the period when the "anti-China" trend in the United States was the strongest, and she was discriminated against everywhere in Hollywood.
For example, the Chinese in the movie are always barbaric and unreasonable. The role she plays is always "bad women", and the ending is tragic, either killed or committed suicide. Even she herself joked helplessly: "Death pity has become my unique skill."
For example, in the film where she plays the leading role, her reward is not as good as a white supporting role.
"bad woman" professional user
was scolded by the motherland media as a "traitor"
According to the theory, as the first Hollywood Chinese actress, Huang Liushuang is the pride of all Chinese people. The Chinese media should appreciate her, but strangely, the Chinese media at that time condemned her much more than praise her.
For a long time, Huang Liushuang's image in China was "traitor".
The Ta Kung Pao commented on Huang Liushuang on February 6, 1931, which is more representative: "Huang Liushuang, who is ashamed of being a Chinese and insulting Chinese... is also famous for her habitual acting of films that practice Chinese. It can be seen that although Liuxiang can last forever, her stinking remains worth ten thousand years."
The famous journalist Zou Taofen also accused her of committing "an unforgivable sin of destroying her own nation."
The reason why Huang Liushuang caused her disgust was the roles of "bad women" she performed. Public opinion believes that her performance is suspected of "demonizing" China.
● Sexy and seductive Huang Liushuang
We might as well take out her representative work to take a look.
"Baghdad Thieves": Playing the low-identified Mongolian female slave, female spy, and the second villain. Mr. Zou Taofen sarcastically said to this role: "But she is sent to be a naked slave who kowtows with her hips raised."
"Chinatown Fun Dream": A low-key Chinese dancer, a calculating little woman, using pornography to manipulate Chinese lovers and British bosses.
"Dragon Girl": Ling Mei played by Huang Liushuang is cruel and cunning, and is a dangerous person with a temptation.
"Shanghai Express": Playing the prostitute Huifei, lacking personality and vitality, being raped by warlords, and then killed people. Moreover, most of the Chinese in the film are foolish people.
These characters played by Huang Liushuang are either humble prostitutes or slaves, or vicious women and murderers with a heartfelt heart. They are all negative images full of humiliation.
Most of the more than 50 movies she filmed in her life, and most of them were like this.
● Stills from Huang Liushuang's 1929 work "The Chinatown Fun Dream". She plays a nightclub dancer with a bold appearance
For the world-renowned Huang Liushuang, the Chinese public does not regard her as an actor, but as an image ambassador representing China. Therefore, her role as a cunning and vicious character has become an ugliness and insult to her nation, so it is no wonder that she is denounced as "traitorous".
In addition, Huang Liushuang often dresses in revealing clothes and vulgar pictures when performing, and even betrays her lust and poses to please the Westerners in the film. Such a "lustful" image is really hard for the people of the motherland to accept.
The outfits that she claimed to be "Chinese clothing" in her early films are mixed with the style of Thailand, India and other places, and are also constantly criticized.
supports the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the image is "black to white"
Chinese people "turn to fans"
In fact, Huang Liushuang is just a scapegoat of the times, and she is unable to resist racial discrimination in the United States.
If she wants to gain a place in Hollywood, she can only succumb to the Chinese characters created by Westerners. And this cannot be understood by the people of the motherland.
● Stills from "Lyme House Blues" in 1934, Huang Liushuang wore a floor-mopping cheongsam, with a strong aura, and a very queen-like
For this, she herself was also in pain, and she could be said to be seeking to survive in the cracks.
However, Huang Liushuang is also working hard to try to make some changes.
First of all, when she took on the film, she chose the scripts and often refused to participate in the films that were suspected of insulting China.
In 1935, he tried to play the positive role of Chinese female in "The Earth", but in the end he failed.
Sometimes she also makes modifications to the script. For example, when filming "The King of Chinatown", she made a suggestion to the producer: cancel the statements such as "Battle House" (referring to the godfather) ; "Wiping the nose" is not Chinese etiquette, and it is replaced by kissing; the film should eliminate the concept of Chinese people that "either drunk or stupid" is either stupid.
Finally, the producers agreed to it one by one.
● Huang Liushuang wore a cheongsam purchased from China, which was elegant and gentle, fully demonstrating the softness of oriental women
Next, close to the motherland.
In February 1936, Huang Liushuang returned to China to visit relatives and visited cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Pei , and Tianjin. During this period, she had extensive contact with Chinese performing artists and Chinese media, and explained the role she played:
"That's not my choice. Even if I don't play those roles, there will be other white actors to play them. And I will lose the only chance of 'Chinese playing Chinese', and I will not have the chance to maintain the minimum image of Chinese; instead of letting them play them, it's better for me to play them."
She took the initiative to learn Mandarin (She originally only knew Cantonese) , expressing her attachment to the media for her homeland:
"Now I am here, I have known the land of the motherland and the lovely people, and discovered the 'love of a mother's love'. From now on, I have confirmed that I am a Chinese woman. Before that, I was just an Eastern daughter growing up in Los Angeles."
Huang Liushuang's visit was immediate, and there were more praises to her in the media.
● Huang Liushuang and the famous movie star Hu Die
, support the war of resistance.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Huang Liushuang actively participated in the aid activities in China and delivered speeches many times, calling on the American people to support China's anti-Japanese war and help Chinese refugees; take out their clothes and jewelry for auction, and don't leave a penny of the money they earned to China in 1939.
These activities of Huang Liushuang have truly reversed her image and were recognized by domestic media. Negative comments about Huang Liushuang have basically disappeared, and what has been replaced is called "patriot" and "daughter of China".
● Huang Liushuang's bangs are very classic and are still imitated today. They are still imitated
deep into the gay vortex
End of loneliness in search of love
In 1942, after filming "Bombing Myanmar" and "Hidden in Chongqing ", as she grew older and the rise of television, Huang Liushuang faded out of the film circle.
While his career is gradually fading, Huang Liushuang has not found a satisfactory destination in terms of love life.
When she made her mark in Hollywood, her father planned to find a family for her and marry her out early. Huang Liushuang, who had already seen the world of flowers, certainly did not agree.
Huang Liushuang has always hoped to be accepted by mainstream American society. At the age of 16, she fell in love with Mickey Neran, a film producer who was much older than her.
Nilan was a famous playboy. He had a family at that time. He would not devote his true love to Huang Liushuang except to play with her. Her other boyfriend is photographer Charles Rossell, and their relationship ended in vain.
Huang Liushuang admitted that it is difficult for him to fall in love with Chinese men.At that time, in the Chinese circle in the United States, those with low education and hardworking level naturally had no blessing to marry popular stars. And those elite Chinese have entered the mainstream white society and often look down on her as a celebrity.
What's more strange is that in 1932, Huang Liushuang once fell into a homosexual whirlpool.
She has known German actress Marlene Dietli for many years and has worked closely together when filming "Shanghai Express". The photos published in the media show that they behave intimately, and Dietley is an open bisexual , which has led to rumors that they are homosexual.
● Huang Liushuang is with Marlene Dietley
Huang Liushuang has never stopped looking for the person she likes, but she has never truly received the favor of the God of Love. In despair, she said painfully: "Chinese men dislike me for being an actor, and American laws prohibit me from marrying white people."
The gap in career and emotional loneliness made her feel depressed, accompanied by strong alcohol all day long, causing illness.
961, Huang Liushuang died of cirrhosis at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 56.
Famous name will always stay in Hollywood
Today I miss movie lovers
Hong Liushuang has starred in more than 50 movies in Hollywood, and this glorious record has not yet been reached.
Most of her works have been eroded by time and can no longer be watched, but the surviving films still showcase her unique acting skills well.
Huang Liushuang interprets the experiences of women at the bottom with the vivid and delicate unique to oriental people. Her big eyes are full of fear and conveys endless psychological information.
More importantly, during the performance, her hairstyle, clothing and movements all express the Chinese tradition, so it has attracted much attention from the Western world.
An American audience once commented on her and said:
"Huang Liushuang may be one of the most beautiful women in the history of film. She should have become a superstar, but racism hurt her and made her unfairly treated in Hollywood. In the film, she can make wonderful performances and control facial expressions and body movements just right."
Due to her significant contribution to the film, Huang Liushuang was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 1708 Teng Street.
Since the age of 14, Huang Liushuang has tried her best to surpass her era, but she is surrounded by the net of the times until her death. After
died, her value was discovered again, and she truly surpassed her era. Her name and image travel through time and space, and are still grateful to people. Text/Bingge
