Portrait in Black (Gordon, 1960): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.30pm
This 35mm screening (also being shown on October 6th) is part of the Anna May Wong season at BFI Southbank. Full details here. Tonight's prersentation will feature an introduction by Professor Yiman Wang, University of California, Santa Cruz.
BFI introduction:
A pair of lovers conspire to murder the woman’s husband in this
colourful thriller. Invariably cast as a middle-aged maid in wealthy
white families, Wong remains a formidable presence in this Lana Turner
vehicle despite fleeting screen time. Shot on location in San Francisco,
this Eastmancolor film is Wong’s big-screen swan song and the only
colour feature she appeared in after The Toll of the Sea.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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