Terrific unknown information for me ... Thanks for your dedicated research Katie... So glad I saw you at Los Angeles Chinese museum dedication for AMW. The beat goes on... Victor. Panay Island Philippines.
Thank you also for sharing something about another author's work and giving us a glimpse of another really intriguing life story! Very interesting to find out how Merle had been able to "pass," and all the pressures placed upon her by Hollywood studios and then reactions from people within her community.
An excellent article. I look forward to reading Mr. Sen's book.
His comments make me want to read the book written by Higham and Moseley. I'm not a writer, but I think it would be easier to to obtain quality information shortly after someone's passing (first hand sources are still alive), as opposed to nearly a half century later. Not to say that hinders the quality of a book, because I'm currently reading Not Your China Doll, and it is wonderful.
Terrific unknown information for me ... Thanks for your dedicated research Katie... So glad I saw you at Los Angeles Chinese museum dedication for AMW. The beat goes on... Victor. Panay Island Philippines.
Thank you also for sharing something about another author's work and giving us a glimpse of another really intriguing life story! Very interesting to find out how Merle had been able to "pass," and all the pressures placed upon her by Hollywood studios and then reactions from people within her community.
An excellent article. I look forward to reading Mr. Sen's book.
His comments make me want to read the book written by Higham and Moseley. I'm not a writer, but I think it would be easier to to obtain quality information shortly after someone's passing (first hand sources are still alive), as opposed to nearly a half century later. Not to say that hinders the quality of a book, because I'm currently reading Not Your China Doll, and it is wonderful.
On a side note, I think this decades old LA Times article about someone who knew Ms. Oberon personally is very interesting: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-31-ca-14810-story.html