#maylia

[filmnoirfoundation]

Two rare noir playing tonight at NOIR CITY Hollywood, both screening in 35mm, 7:30pm at American Cinematheque: TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH & WHIPLASH. Introduction by Alan K. Rode.

Full festival info and tix: https://bit.ly/3pJBmcV

7:30

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (1948)

Screenplay by Jay Richard Kennedy

Directed by Robert Stevenson

One of the first post-war movies that attempted to deal seriously with the burgeoning narcotics trade in defiance of a Production Code that forbade nearly any mention of the subject! In true “docu-noir” style, Treasury agent Dick Powell trots the globe trying to pin down the leader of a diabolical heroin ring with a series of surprising occurrences culminating in a stunning denouement. Directed by Robert Stevenson, this fascinating period suspenser is almost never screened theatrically. Don’t miss this one!

FORMAT: 35mm

9:40

WHIPLASH (1948)

Screenplay by Maurice Geraghty and Harriet Frank Jr.

Directed by Lewis Seiler

Blend OUT OF THE PAST with BODY AND SOUL and what do you get? An artist who falls for a mystery woman, pursues her to the Big Apple, and ends up fighting for the middleweight championship! A contentious Dane Clark is artist/boxer Mike Angelo, Alexis Smith is his sexy siren, Eve Arden the sassy girlfriend, Douglas Kennedy the scar-faced gunsel, and best of all, Zachary Scott is the sadistic wheelchair-bound fight manager! “Whiplash” is what you’ll get keeping up with the breakneck plot pacing culminating in a smashing finale!

FORMAT: 35mm

[joocin-thebox]

thinking abt my oc aus where its like "ur a monster and i have to kill you" but the difference is in the vampire au, ophelia barely has the nerve to kill maye bc they bonded and were friends bound to be lovers but shes a vamp so we gotta kill her, but in the haunted werewolf, even tho maye didnt know it was ophelia the first time she attacked her, she still went aftwr her knowing it was her friend/lover and fully intended to kill her still

the whole thing just tells me that maye absolutely values her family over ophelia but ophelia cant say the same and thats why i love them so much and thats why they will never be happy thank you

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Maylia Fong (Singapore, To the Ends of the Earth)—I’m so so so into her brand of old Hollywood glamor Idk where even to Begin to describe ittttt

Elsa Lanchester (The Bride of Frankenstein, Bell Book & Candle)—we love cleft chin rep for women! gorgeous but in a way that made her stand out, and she should have been a leading lady much more than she ended up being. her turn in bride of frankenstein is iconic

This is round 2 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Maylia Fong:

Elsa Lanchester:

The ultimate vintage weird girl crush!! Her performance in Bride of Frankenstein is captivating and iconic and mostly done with eyes (although she doubles as Mary Shelley at the start, which is also very sexy of her). Also she’s in a film where she tries to assassinate Hitler (it’s not great but she’s great in it, and that’s frankly iconic). Also the first few sentences of the ‘early life’ section of her Wikipedia are fascinating: Her parents were bohemian socialists who rejected traditional Edwardian marriage, and her brother owned a puppet company. Coming from that of course she was gonna be an icon.

“I found it rather glamorous to be a bastard.” -Elsa Lanchester

She is just so pretty??? Her eyes and face structure is both very beautiful, but also lends to her expressions

she's always so delightful and funny in every role she turns up in <3 I love her in witness for the prosecution, I love her in the inspector general, i love her in bride of frankenstein! funny astute adept always! (and neil gaiman's personal hot woman crush)

[diioonysus]

eyes of the past

[oldvintageglamour]

Maylia Fong getting ready for production of ''To the Ends of the Earth'', 1948 😍😍😍

[catariasteele]

i drew these with my mouse bc apparently im that willing to commit to procrastinating on my assignments

anyway, fantrolls drawn in ms paint

[brightgnosis]

Maylia Fong; 1925 to 2016

Born Gloria Suie Chin in Detroit, Michigan, nothing is documented about her life prior to acting other than the fact that she was a Restaurantess, owning a series of Restaurants called Ah Fong with her Fiancé (and eventual Husband) Benson Fong. Details are often either vague or contradictory, however, about whether or not the original restaurant was established before or after her discovery by Columbia Pictures, and her introduction to Mr. Fong.

Regardless, her debut was the 1947 romantic Noir film Singapore, in which she portrayed the character Ming Ling alongside top names like Fred MacMurray and Ava Gardner; her Husband was likewise an accomplished actor in his own right, staring in works such as The Shanghai Cobra and Five Gates to Hell, and continuing to work in various Hollywood productions well up to his death in 1987.

Unlike her Husband, Maylia retired after only a handful of movies, returning to private life as a Restaurantess early on to focus on her and Benson’s family and businesses after her 1953 film Return to Paradise. She died in her sleep of natural causes in 2016, in her home in Costa Mesa, California, in the United States, at the age of 90.

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[vintage-every-day]

Maylia getting ready for a scene in 1947.

[yespumpkindoodlesthings]

I was scrolling through Pinterest, searching middy haircuts, like you do, and gasped.

Y’all, this is Maylia Fong, a Chinese-American actress at Paramount from 1947 to 1953. She was in films with Ava Gardner, Betty Grable, and Dick Powell. Maylia retired from movies to raise her 5 kids and run a chain of restaurants in LA called Ah Fong with her husband, Benson, also an actor.

[vintagewoc]

maylia (1948)

[mudwerks]

This striking image, which appeared in Esquire magazine in April 1948, shows Maylia, an actress who played Eastern beauties onscreen but was born in Detroit, Michigan as Gloria Chin. Paramount Studios promoted her as “the first Chinese starlet since Anna May Wong,” and indeed she was—Chinese-American, that is, just like Wong. But in the end Maylia appeared in only six films. In fact she was one of the only Asian actresses appearing in films at all during the the mid-century period. After two years of decent roles from 1947 to 1949, followed by uncredited bits in ’51 and ’53, she left show business to have a family.

[joocin-thebox]

writing exercise :) yet again

"But tell me you love this." Ophelia held onto Maye's hand tightly. "Tell me you're not miserable. Please." Her voice barely more than a desperate whisper.

Maye stared at Ophelia's hands around her own. The silent plea in her gray eyes. It felt like she could see more than she ever let onto. Maye inhaled, contemplative at first.

"I do not." Maye kept her voice low.

Ophelia's silence went well with the creeping fog.

This beach would never be the same anymore. The memories were overwhelming.

The smell of the sea was making Maye homesick despite standing on the beach she grew up on. Being back here didn't make her feel better.

"Why?" Ophelia's hands loosened their grip. She knew there was no begging her to stay. "We finally have what we've always wanted. What you promised me. You said we'd marry and live by the beach-"

"I wanted that for you." Maye considered pulling away, but losing Ophelia's warmth would have torn her heart out all the same.

"I know. But..." Ophelia held her breath. Almost as if she didn't want to accept this reality. "Didn't some part of you want that too? Any part of you?"

Maye stared at their hands. Their scars from past hardships and battles now finally fading with the time they've taken off. Ophelia's hands especially, since she's taken leave from the navy. And while she had enjoyed the time spent with Ophelia over the month, Maye couldn't shake the feeling that it was wrong.

"Peut être," Maye started quietly. "Dans le passé. My home is with my crew. You said you were fine with us being married and apart."

Ophelia didn't give the notion a second thought. "I lied. You know I lied. You're not stupid. I hate when you're not around, but I loved seeing how happy you were when you were with your crew. I know they made you happy, but I want to make you happy too."

"You do make me happy,"

"Compared to your love for being on the sea, I don't think I do. Not enough to make you stay."

"I'm loyal to you. I can love you and the seas. I'll always come back to you. You don't have to stay in one place. There's no one saying you can't be a pirate." Maye tried to reason with her, but Ophelia was the one to pull away then. Quickly.

"I hunt pirates for money. I think my face and name alone is enough to keep me off the seas unprotected. Pirates are all paranoid and distrustful. If I paraded around as one of them, I'd never have half the respect you have. I'd be a washed up bounty hunter, joining the ones I couldn't beat."

"You are fearsome enough. They know your strength."

"My expertise is on land."

"You are smart, you could figure it out."

"You don't understand, Mary. When word gets out I've left the protection and backup of the navy, I will become hunted. I may be feared, but I have no allies. Even the navy will be against me. Do you understand how much would be at stake for me to join you? To compete with you?"

"It's no competition."

"Why can't you just stay here, with me?" Ophelia begged once more. "Neither of us will be doing anything that would put us in danger. We could finally go back to living peacefully."

"I don't need peace anymore. I love the thrill of adventure. I've had enough peace. Peace is just what comes before trouble."

"So you would rather run to trouble? Like a fool?"

"It is better than waiting for it to catch me unaware."

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Marilyn Monroe (How to Marry a Millionaire, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Some Like It Hot)— Ngl I thought you all were lying about sexual attraction until I saw Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Maylia Fong (Singapore, To the Ends of the Earth)—I’m so so so into her brand of old Hollywood glamor Idk where even to Begin to describe ittttt

This is round 3 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Maylia Fong:

Marilyn Monroe:

She's amazing!!! A classic bombshell, as well as a strong women who overcame so many obstacles. She also advocated for others, like Ella Fitzgerald.

That fucking saxophone that cuts in whenever she appears on screen in Some Like it Hot

I mean, it's Marilyn Monroe. She's adorable. She's gorgeous. She funny. She's the total package

She's the original American sex symbol, an iconic beautiful woman with eyes you could get lost in, legs for days, gorgeous hair, and a cute tummy. Her voice! Just listen to her voice!!!!!

She is considered one of THE sex symbols of the 1960s and one of the greatest actresses of all time! She HAS to be on this list!

no vintage movie woman is more iconically hot

People are most familiar with pictures of her in the white dress or the Happy Birthday Mr President one, but imo she is at her most beautiful and looks most comfortable when she is photographed by women like Eve Arnold

It’s Marilyn Monroe. If Aphrodite was an actual person, she’d be Marilyn. Do I really need to say more?

What can I say that hasn't been said? Marilyn's legacy is so much bigger than she was in life. She's a defining symbol of 50s and 60s Hollywood sex and it's obvious why. She was absolutely stunning and the camera loved her.

[aozoramusume]

Chinese American actress Maylia (also known as Gloria Fong), 1940s

[diioonysus]

beautiful women of the past (imo) ii