Although the most photogenic aspect of the movie has to be this actress swanning about playing Garbo-as-a-vampire, my favorite part is this sweet little song that has stuck in my head for days now.
In the clip you get a brief glance of her broodiness as well as the lead heroine's Depeche Mode-like boyfriend and of singer Zhou Xuan herself in all her charm.
Most endearingly, the words appear as subtitles. I can only imagine how wonderful it must have been to see this in the theatre in its time with the audience singing along.
It should play on a double bill someday with Electric Shadows, which has a lovely scene in which the characters try to get into a sold out showing of Street Angel.
Malu tianshi (1937)
aka Street Angel
directed by Mu-Jih Yuan
aka Street Angel
directed by Mu-Jih Yuan
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