Occidental Woman (in an Oriental Mood for Love)

The past few days I've been doing some research about Chinese American actress Soo Yong. One of her early film roles was playing Mae West's maid in Klondike Annie (1936). I'll have more to say later about Soo Yong (who seems to be yet another case of a great talent underused by Hollywood), but right now I'd just like to share this clip from Klondike Annie that I found on YouTube. I've known about Mae West of course, but I never saw her in action before. Here she is, decked out in Orientalist glam, playing the blues. How cool is that?!



And if that got you going, here's another tasty number from the film.