Sunday, May 2, 2010

Scooter Girls: Essie Lin Chia and Shu Pei-Pei


December calendar girls Essie Lin Chia (at the handlebars) and Shu Pei-Pei from Southern Screen's 1967 annual special, the extra thick issue that Shaw Brothers published every January to promote its talent and the year's coming attractions. These two bright young actresses would star together in Spring Blossoms (1968) and A Taste of Cold Steel (1970).

7 comments:

dleedlee said...

Scooter Girls are always 'Go' with me! :)

ewaffle said...

Essie Lin Chia was a total knockout then. Just gorgeous.

Eddy said...

Nice photo. Wishing there was a movie called The Scooter Girl Gang!

oldflames said...

What a pity that Essie and Shu Pei Pei, both have such a short career span with Shaw Bros.

To think of it, they have just disappeared without any trace.

duriandave said...

-- Dennis, I'm keeping my eye out for more. ;)

-- Ed, I totally agree. :)

-- Eddy, LOL... me too!

-- Oldflames, it seems the career span of most Shaw starlets was pretty short, especially for those who never made it to the top.

lightning in a bottle said...

nice pic! too bad the whole scooter wasn't photographed.

boys and their motorcycles, girls and their scooters...

duriandave said...

Ling, yeah it's a bit of a tease not being able to see the whole scooter. ;)