This photo of Anna May Wong in Shanghai, taken during her 1936 trip to China, was just auctioned on eBay. I love Anna May, but I don't even try to collect her memorabilia, since it usually ends up priced way beyond my wallet's comfort level. Nevertheless, I now wish I made a bid for this particular piece — especially after I figured out the movie featured in the background advertisements: Song of Everlasting Regret (長恨歌), a 1936 melodrama starring "Wildcat" Wang Renmei as a divorced housewife who aspires to become a singer but ends up an exploited sing-song girl driven to murder.
I suppose this post is but my own small song of regret...
Shanghai film star Wang Renmei
Courtesy of the amazing Shanghai Memory website (only in Chinese)
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