Take a gander at mod girls Angela Yu Chien (left) and Teresa Wong Tin Lai (right) outside the 55th Street Playhouse in New York City in this picture from their 1965 tour of the United States. Go ahead... click on it! Angela in particular is very sharply dressed. I
love her shoes.
And check out
this photo of Angela sporting a bold "A" pendant. How cool is that?!
The following article about their trip appeared in
Southern Screen No. 95 (January, 1966). You can view the original
here.
Shaw Stars in the States
Vivacious Shaw actresses Angela Yu Chien and Teresa Wong returned from America early December after a three-month swing through 13 states. The girls were members of a Hong Kong trade mission under the sponsorship of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries to help promote the Colony to the Americans.
Of their experiences in the New World the girls had this to say: "We were absolutely overwhelmed; everywhere we went were royally entertained. We met many Chinese-American friends." The actresses enjoyed every minute of their hectic trip, from modelling cheongsams in Seattle to watching a rodeo in Kansas City, from touring the fabulous New York World's Fair to watching the spectacular Niagara Falls.
I'll have more to share about both Angela and Teresa in the coming days. Let me just end this post with a little bit of trivia. The 55th Street Playhouse was owned by California native
Frank Lee, who also operated movie houses in Los Angeles and San Francisco. His son — Frank Lee, Jr. — currently runs three theaters in San Francisco, including the legendary
4-Star Theatre, one of the last venues in the U.S. to show new Hong Kong movies on a regular basis (although sadly, it's been less than regular in the past few years).
