林黛電影放映暨文物展 Linda Linda!

今天仍然是假期, 我又出山看世界.. :)

今日嘅目標係 "香港電影資料館" - "林黛電影放映暨文物展".

It's my day off again today, so I decide to leave my hobbit cave and see the world. :) Today's destination is the "Hong Kong Film Archive". There is an exhibition going on about a super movie star in the 50s and 60s era. Her name is Linda (Lin Dai).

She committed suicide at the age of 30, the prime of her life. When a beautiful public personality died at such a young age, people feel extra pity for her. Same is true for Diana or Monroe or James Dean.

She is most famous for the movie, Love without end (不了情).

Other than the movies she had made during her lifetime, my dad most enjoyed to comment about her allegedly 18 inch waist?!

You can see why my dad would idolize her in this video below. Please pay attention to her less than 20 inches waist!!!

The exhibition didn't allow me to take any pictures inside, so of course, being a master of sneaking pictures, I took quite a few pictures anyways. :)

This is her bedroom. The bed was so tiny (maybe only 4 feet wide x 5 feet long) it made me wonder whether husband and wife sleep together back in those days. :P I kept telling myself, this bed barely fit just 1 of me. :P But then again, one of me = > 2 of Linda anyways.. hahhaha... so in the end, this small bed makes much sense. :P

Her make up desk. The picture is angled because of me having to hide my camera in my hands :P I wasn't aiming! :P

Her coats and shoes and purses. Very classic look. :)

A closer look at her high heels! How can someone walk on such a thin heel!?!?! :D If I were wearing such high heels, the heels would break no more than 2 seconds :P hahah

This embroidered cheongsam (長衫) looks so classy and expensive!

Being a fan of black and white prints, this is one of my favorite cheongsam in the exhibit.

These are her pretty perfume bottles, jeweled cosmetic boxes and hand box-purse. :) She had such romantic and classy tastes.

This is another corner of her room which displays her daily used items, such as her sunglasses, mascara, bracelet and earrings, etc.

A closer look at the diamond bracelet inside the glass jewel box. wow. :)

A few more pieces of her cheongsam and dresses were displayed. The center display is her wedding gown which is so simple but appropriate for the occasion.

When I took this picture, I couldn't help but exclaimed to myself, "What a petite lady she was!" These clothes is a tight fit for a small lady about 5 feet in height, not more than 100 lbs in weight!! Such a heavenly creature!

There are more to see in the exhibit, but these are the pictures I managed to sneak. :) If you are a fan of late night old black and white movies (國/粵語長片), this is a lovely exhibit to spend an hour on a hot summer day.

Here is a discovery channel documentary about her. :) Enjoy, it's in English.

For more of the exhibit, there is this video produced by TRHK.com that you can view on youbube.