Clark Gable and Li Lihua, ca. 1954
Clark Gable traveled to Hong Kong in November, 1954 to shoot location scenes for Soldier of Fortune (1955), in which he plays an expatriate Chicago gangster living in Hong Kong who helps an American woman save her photojournalist husband held captive in Communist China.
I don't know the circumstances of his meeting with Li Lihua, but she must have made quite an impression on him. According to Dorothy Kilgallen in her "Around New York" gossip column, "Clark Gable... still exchanges pash notes with Miss Li Li-hua..." (June 30, 1955).
BTW, Soldier of Fortune did feature an up-and-coming Hong Kong star in a small role... none other than the lovely Grace Chang!
Don't be a dirty old man, Clark... watch your hand!
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