The China Girl on the Margins of Film.
The article examines what is described as a "China Girl" in filmmaking. Particular focus is given to how China Girls (sometimes called China Doll, China Lady or girl head), an image of a young, attractive woman accompanied by color bars that appears for a few frames in the leader of a film, were use...
| Published in: | October no. 153; pp. 96 - 117 |
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Summer2015
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