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The World of Suzie Wong (DVD, 2004)
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If you like those old early '60's romance movies with a slightly exotic flair this is a movie you will enjoy. I had read the book when I was in high school and watching this movie was a delight. Nancy Kwan made her debut in this movie, and this set the tone for the rest of her movies. She was by far the best performer in the movie. She put William Holden to shame. He is typical William Holden in this movie. His performance was nothing spectactular. It is interesting to see him now. It makes one wonder about the leading men in the early '60's. His portrayal of Robert Lomax is the same as it was in the his character in "Love is a Many Splendored Thing." The movie explores the "racial and ethnic" feelings of the era for a young Chinese bar girl and a middle aged want to be painter. Anyway, if you would like a "chick flick" girls night of movie watching, this is a good walk down memory lane and a look into the '60's movie mind set. I enjoyed being transported back to being a girl of 16 instead of being a woman of 60, if only for a little under two hours. It definately is an enjoyable watch!Read full review
Robert Lomax (William Holden) is an American architect and aspiring artist who moves to Hong Kong to try his hand at painting. He meets Mee Ling (Nancy Kwan), on the Star Ferry and she tries to have him arrested for stealing her purse. She looks to be a proper young woman of high character. The misunderstanding is resolved and both go their way. Lomax has little money so he moves into a flop-house kind of hotel in the Wan Chai district that doubles as a residence for the local prostitutes to take their customers from the bar downstairs. When Robert rents a room for a month, the owner is astounded, because most customers only rent for one or two hours. It doesn't take long for Lomax to figure out what is going on there, and when he sees Mee ling in a tight red dress, with a sailor, she tells him that her real name is Suzie Wong, and she admits that she is a prostitute. The next day Robert visits a local bank to set up an account. The bankers secretary (and daughter) Kay O'Neill, is immediately attracted to Robert. Robert is quite taken with Suzie, and asks her to model for him. He learns that she was forced to become a prostitute in order to survive at the tender age of ten. When he treats her like a lady, instead of a whore, she begins falling in love with him. He finds her appealing, but does his best to dissuade her. In the mean time, Kay is also chasing him. At a dinner party she hosts, Robert meets Ben Marlowe, someone he recognized as one of Suzie's customers, there with his wife. Ben is also quite taken with Suzie and offers to make her his mistress. Suzie accepts just to make Robert jealous, but when Ben's wife finds out about her, he confesses all and promises her that he will never see her again. He asks Robert to break the news to Suzie for him. In telling her, Robert can see that she is so hurt by rejection, that he finally tells her that he is in love with her. Suzie has never had the opportunity to be a child or live a normal life, so she plays these imitation games in her mind, pretending to be a lady. The racial inequality between these Westerners and the bar girls is constantly present. At first Robert and Suzie are very happy, but his paintings have failed to sell and he is now broke. It seems that Suzie disappears often and Robert finally follows her and discovers the infant son that she has been hiding from him. Robert accepts the child, but his financial situation worsens. When both Kay and Suzie offer to give him money and he is both devastated and humiliated. When Suzie pays his rent and offers to resume working as a prostitute, his pride can't handle it and he explodes and drives her away. Realizing his mistake, Robert goes searching for her but can't find her. Finally he finds her, but she is totally distraught because the baby has drowned in the annual flooding. He tells her how much he loves her and that he needs her, and the two are again together. This is a funny and often touchingly personal film.Read full review
Excellent movie. Nancy Quan (Suzie Wong ) made the picture. For her first movie she became a star in my book, I never tire of watching it. Nancy Quan is alive living in California age 79. She appeared in many movies. I also read the book. too bad the movie could not have been longer and included ending as written in the book. It still is one of my all time favorites. 5 stars for me.
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This is an old move I watched more than fifty years ago when I was in Hong Kong. This movie is about the old Hong Kong that was torn down some years ago to make way for progress. I am sure there are still a lot of people living in junks on the water and just as poor as they were all those years ago. There were a lot of clubs that were named some variation of Suzie Wong, such as the New Suzie Wong, the Old Suzie Wong and so on after this movie came out. I am sure all those clubs are long gone.
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Glad to receive a "brand new" DVD of the movie, "The World of Suzy Wong". I remember taking a date to the theater when it was released. Great way to relive my teen years.
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