This is the third and final post on the remarkable story of the making of Lotus Blossom, the first theatrically-screened movie by Chinese Americans and which was filmed in Boyle Heights. Researched and written by Rudy Martinez, Boyle Heights Historical Society Advisory Board member, this post reveals a previously little-known aspect of the history of…
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Lotus Blossom: The First Chinese-American Film and Made in Boyle Heights, Part Two
This is the second part of Boyle Heights Historical Society Advisory Board member Rudy Martinez’s post on the filming of the first Chinese-American movie, Lotus Blossom, right here in Boyle Heights. – Paul R. Spitzzeri On the evening of July 14, 1921, as production on Lotus Blossom was nearing completion, a “Motion Picture Electrical Pageant”…
An Early Chinese Resident: An 1899 Booster Pamphlet for Boyle Heights, Part Two
The 1899 pamphlet put out by the Ninth Ward Improvement Association and introduced in the last post was intended to lure new residents and business owners by promoting (perhaps with some excess) the manifold benefits of living and working in the community. Consequently, photos of dozens of homes and biographical sketches of many of the…