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Tom Shane's avatar

My recollection is that there is an ending to it that was snipped out-Alfred Hitchcock tapped Anna May on the shoulder, and clobbers her with a cream pie in the face.

That might have put her career on another trajectory. Then, again, maybe not.🤔🤣

Well done. Your essays are always fun to read. I think for anyone interested in American history or culture. As the used to say about Sinatra, “It’s Anna May Wong’s world; we just live in it.”

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Katie Gee Salisbury's avatar

That's right. Graham Hodges mentions that scene in his book on AMW. He says it was cut and later used in another film, though he doesn't say which film. It would be neat to see!

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Tom Shane's avatar

I just went and read it, and the footnote. In the revised edition. Perhaps GRGH was channeling his inner Orson Welles.

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