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1/8 Friday night, a light thread on the most exclusive Chinese medical school, started by Americans 100 years ago. It’s a piece of US-China history I want my own kids to know. 
2/8 Like income inequality, China university resources are not as equal as in the US. There are top 2 universities (Peking U&Tsing Hua) that everyone agrees among top 2, with the rest vying for the third.
3/8 Peking Union Medical College协和. Each year it admits about 100 students, with 1-3 student from each of 31 provinces, except Beijing having a higher quota of 20. In 1993, My father said he would have gone crazy if I got in. He didn’t go crazy.
#BornthisDay July 10 1904 French #actress #StyleIcon, & first wife of Errol Flynn, Lili Damita. Known for movies Brewster's Millions, This Is the Night (Cary Grant), The Match King , Frisco Kid (James Cagney) & Friends & Lovers (von Stroheim).
#Vintagefashion #1920s #1930s
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#Vintagefashion #1920s #1930s
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Lili Damita in The Frisco Kid with Cagney, and the 1935 version of Brewsters Millions. The costumes for latter by Elsa Schiaparelli, Norman Hartnell, and Sophie Divine.
#vintagefashion #1930s
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#vintagefashion #1930s
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Lili Damita in Friends and Lovers - wardrobe & Art direction by Max Rée) 1931 and One Hour with You, 1932 wardrobe by Travis Banton, and in a sheepskin flying jacket & goggles.
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Ihr vermisst die #Jahresplaylist?
Keine Sorge, diese Woche gibt es eine Spezialausgabe über die 1920er. Viel tiefer ins Archiv kommt man nicht, es ist spannend. Was sollte auf keinen Fall fehlen?
Keine Sorge, diese Woche gibt es eine Spezialausgabe über die 1920er. Viel tiefer ins Archiv kommt man nicht, es ist spannend. Was sollte auf keinen Fall fehlen?
Die "Roaring 20s" sind vor allem die Zeit der "Tin Pan Alley". Die Songs selbst sind der Mittelpunkt und werden oft zigfach interpretiert. Die aufkommenden ersten Plattenstars sind also vor allem gute Interpreten/Sänger*innen.
Einer der großen Namen ist etwa Al Jolson, der in allen Hitlisten vorkommt - und heute kritisch beäugt wird, weil er als einer der bekanntesten Proponenten des "Blackfacing" berühmt wurde.
#BornthisDay 23 March c1905 #StyleIcon #actress one greatest stars 20thC #cinema, #JoanCrawford.
Winning Academy Award famous role #MildredPierce many other #filmnoir dramatic & comedic roles. Starred movies #1920s- 1970s #vintagefashion 1/8
Winning Academy Award famous role #MildredPierce many other #filmnoir dramatic & comedic roles. Starred movies #1920s- 1970s #vintagefashion 1/8
#BornthisDay 23 March c1905 #StyleIcon #actress #cinema, #JoanCrawford. Started as body double Norma Shearer, after winning lots Charleston competitions. Not afraid being seen as flapper "If you want to see the girl next door, go next door." #vintagefashion #1920s #1930s 2/8
#BornthisDay 23 March c1905 #StyleIcon #actress #cinema, #JoanCrawford. Her early roles endeared her to legion female fans to whom she epitomized independence & glamour they aspired to. #1920s #1930s #vintage #fashion #style 3/8
