Nancy Kwan

#1

Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/12/04 at 10:56pm

She was very good in FLOWER DRUM SONG.
Why didn't she become a mega star?

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" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#2

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/12/04 at 10:59pm

What about her in THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG (the film w/William Holden)?

#3

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:00pm

Pearl Cream!

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#4

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:07pm

She probably didn't become a big star because at that time the opportunities in the US for Asian-Americans in show business were so limited.

Hey, wait a minute, they still are!

#5

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:09pm

Well that stinks!
Nancy was talented and sexy.

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" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#6

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:11pm

Speaking of Asians, what ever happened to that woman from Sayonara, who won as OSCAR and was never heard from again!!!

#7

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:23pm

I thought you were getting your figure skaters mixed up!

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"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

#8

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:24pm

Miyoshi Umeki

Give the girl an Oscar, and she's outta der!

#9

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:26pm

Loved her in FLOWER DRUM SONG.
My best friend found an L.P. of hers.
She was special.

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" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#10

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:51am

#11

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:58am

Rath - you beat me to it - Pearl Cream - that commercial always cracks me up!

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"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

#12

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:01am

Thank you - no one else seemed to acknowledge me!

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#13

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 8:23pm

That Sarah Jessica Parker Gap commercial has got Miss Kwan's rendition going through my mind a lot. Anyone else?

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" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#14

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 8:54pm

Anna May Wong was supposed to be in the FLOWER DRUM SONG film, but died of lung cancer.

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"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"

#15

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 8:55pm

What role? Not Nancy's I hope.

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" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#16

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 10:50pm

Miss Nancy Kwan

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#17

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 10:51pm

Miyoshi Umeki and Pat Suzuki (who played Nancy Kwan's role on Broadway)

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#18

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 10:54pm

Love Miyoshi and Nancy.
Did you see Pat on Broadway PJ?

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" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#19

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:15pm

NO! I did NOT see Flower Drum Song on Broadway!!

And contrary to popular belief, to paraphrase Margo Channing, I was NOT watching Our American Cousin the night Lincoln was shot!

*PalJoey throws a Prissy Queen Fit and skulks off to bed*

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#20

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:18pm

LOL!!!
Sorry, I just know that you have seen a lot of shows going back to your childhood. :)

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" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#21

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:40pm

I was not OLD enough to be taken to Flower Drum Song.

I was, however, taken to Las Vegas, where we stayed at the Rat Packy Sands Hotel and saw Debbie Reynolds and a titty show that left me cold, to my father's annoyance.

However, upon seeing the marquee at Caesar's Palace, my voice raised several octaves and I exclaimed, "Juliet Prowse? Juliet Prowse! JULIET PROWSE in SWEET CHARITY! Mommy, Dadddy, PLEAAAAAASE!!!"

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Updated On: 3/15/05 at 11:40 PM

#22

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:41pm

I love it! I saw her do 'If My Friends Could See Me Now' on tv once and she was real perfecto.
She used to take ballet class at Stanley Holden's in LA too.
So did your folks take you to SC PJ?

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" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#23

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:57pm

Yes. My mother had gone to see it on Broadway with her Tuesday evening theatre group (Sally, Gert, Harriet, Estelle, and Dotty). She said they all loved Gwen Verdon.

I sniffed and said, "Gwen Verdon? Please. Isn't she a bit LONG in the TOOTH to play a hooker?"

My father slammed his Crown Royal down onto the nightclub table and said, "That's IT! The kid's going BACK to Little League!"

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Updated On: 3/16/05 at 11:57 PM

#24

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/16/05 at 12:01am

oh, PalJoey! I just woke my neighbors laughing out LOUD at that!

Brilliant!

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#25

re: Nancy Kwan

Posted: 3/16/05 at 12:07am

You laugh. But I preferred to spend my Saturdays lip-synching to musicals, not running around chasing after baseballs.

"A baseball diamond is HARDLY a girl's best friend," I told my father, who was not ordinarily a violent man.

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Updated On: 3/16/05 at 12:07 AM