Here's a little something to follow up on my recent post about Carrie Koo's career as a painter. This lovely centerfold appeared in Southern Screen No. 81 (November 1964), accompanied by the English text below. Carrie looks exceptionally classy, don't you think?
That Singing Rage: Carrie Ku Mei
Countless moviegoers and song lovers have been thrilled by her sweet voice over the airwaves, on records and in movies.
She is none other than Ku Chia-mi, the Soochow beauty better known by her professional name of Carrie Ku Mei. Her fans will be delighted to learn that this lovely singer has been assigned by Shaw Studio to play the female lead in the forthcoming Eastmancolour / Shawscope musical "The Lark".
Carrie had her first taste of fame in 1955 when she appeared in the Shaw picture "Love and Duty" with Chang Yang and Shih Ying. In it she sang the theme song "Where is Mother?" which made her famous overnight. Other outstanding numbers which Carrie Ku Mei has recorded include "The Lass from Mount Ali" and "Love Without End", two haunting melodies frequently heard throughout Southeast Asia.
Carrie Ku Mei has appeared in such Shaw productions as "Red Chamber Dream", "Comedy of Mismatches" and "Blue and Black". She went to Bangkok to promote her picture "The Fair Sex" and stayed in the Thai capital for four years, returning to Hong Kong in 1961.
This charming songstress has spent most of the last 15 years in southern China, so it's not surprising her Cantonese is as fluent as her Mandarin.
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