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Movie Star HuDei "ButterFly" poster
Catalogue:
Vintage Arts:
Decorative Art:
Pre 1940 item# 103122 (stock# V2077)
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1930 Shanghai and More
Tel: 1.510.748.9989
$19
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This black and white movie advertisement poster features the most famous movie star of the time in Shanghai 1930. Her name is Butterfly Wu ("Hu Die" in putonghua
romanization), and she was a true screen phenomenon. Born in Shanghai to a Cantonese family in 1908 (some sources say
1906), and raised in northern China, Butterfly was fluent in Mandarin
and Cantonese, which proved a career boon when the Chinese motion pictures learned to talk.When Butterfly made her debut in 1924, thou ...click for details
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Air pilot pilot and welcome home lady poster
Catalogue:
Vintage Arts:
Decorative Art:
Pre 1940 item# 103113 (stock# V2076)
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1930 Shanghai and More
Tel: 1.510.748.9989
$19
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This intriguing poster features an airplane pilot sitting in an early version of the airplane, that displays the logo of "Around the world flight", and a lady holding flowers that gestures "welcome home". On the lower right corner, the imprints stated that this poster was distributed by the 5th Ave ZhengXing Art Company, located in Shanghai British Concession. In the 1920 - 1930's, Western countries had divided Shanghai into different concessions. British Concession being ...click for details
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