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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Professor Chung: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for your fulsome and enlightening update
on the Ahn family and the cinematic doings of the boys. When I was in Los
Angeles working at USC (late 1980s) I went to an elaborate hwangap for
Ralph. It was a who's who of the LA Korean American second generation and
their family plus a generous attendance of Koreans from the Consulate and some
of the Korean companies in town. It was a study in different
identities. Ralph's sister Susan gave a speech speech talking about their
youth together in LA and to the horrors of the Diplomatic contingent was rather
tough on the memory of her famous father who was absent during her teen
years. The venue was a Chinese restaurant in Panorama City bedecked with
beaded curtains and with the walls festooned with stills from Philip's
films. I should have taped the procedings. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MRobinson </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=hyeseung1107@hotmail.com href="mailto:hyeseung1107@hotmail.com">Hye
Seung Chung</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws
href="mailto:Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 18, 2005 2:10
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [KS] Fwd: Question</DIV>
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<P>Hello,</P>
<P>As fate would have it, I gave a talk on Philip Ahn today at the University
of Michigan (my Ph.D. dissertation was about him)! </P>
<P>I should point out that he had TWO brothers (Philson who pased away a
few years ago and Ralph, the youngest, who is still very much alive and active
as a part-time actor in such TV series as THE SHIELD). Both Philson and
Ralph appeared in a few films and television shows thanks to the connections
their brother had been able to make. Interestingly, Philson's role as
Wang Lung's neighbor in THE GOOD EARTH was bigger than Philip Ahn's bit role
as a Republican soldier. At that time, Philip was working at
Paramount in the production of GENERAL DIED AT DAWN and could spare only one
day to go over to the MGM lot to appear in THE GOOD EARTH.
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<P>Philip Ahn had an exceptionally long and prolific career and played diverse
roles. He played two important Korean characters in CHINA SKY
(Pearl S. Buck adaptation) and BATTLE HYMN (which is the best known Philip Ahn
film in South Korea). He also appeared as Anna May Wong's romantic
interest in the Paramount 'B' films DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI and KING OF
CHINATOWN. </P>
<P>You can learn more about these films/ Philip Ahn's roles by
reading my essays (abridged dissertation chapters) recently published in
EAST MAIN STREET: ASIAN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE, ed. by Shilpa Dave, LeiLani
Nishme and Tasha G. Oren (NYU Press) and HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF FILM, RADIO and
TELEVISION 25: 1 issue. </P>
<P>I'm glad to hear that there is interest in this pioneering yet
oft-forgotten actor (whose centennial coincides with the end of this
month).</P>
<P>Hye Seung Chung</P>
<P>Postdoctoral Fellow</P>
<P>University of Michigan</P>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "michael Robinson" <robime@indiana.edu>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Korean Studies Discussion List
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<DIV></DIV>>To: "Korean Studies Discussion List"
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [KS] Fwd: Question
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:04:37 -0500
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<DIV></DIV>>Thomas:
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<DIV></DIV>>re: The Ahn's acting careers
(?) aren't Philson and Philip one in
<DIV></DIV>>the same. I thought there were only two boys in the
family Philip
<DIV></DIV>>and Ralph.
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<DIV></DIV>>MRobinson
<DIV></DIV>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas duvernay"
<DIV></DIV>><bluelake@handong.edu>
<DIV></DIV>>To: "Korean Studies Discussion List"
<Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws>
<DIV></DIV>>Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:19 PM
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [KS] Fwd: Question
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<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>He could have been, as his acting career goes back to 1935
("A
<DIV></DIV>>>Scream in the Night"). He had a brother,
Philson, with an
<DIV></DIV>>>uncredited early role in "The Good Earth"
(1937). You can find
<DIV></DIV>>>their bios on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB):
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0014217/ (Philip's)
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>If you dig around on IMDB, you can find scores of people of
both
<DIV></DIV>>>Korean ancestry and/or Korean birth.
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Thomas
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<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>-- Original Message ----- From: "michael Robinson"
<DIV></DIV>>><robime@indiana.edu>
<DIV></DIV>>>To: "Korean Studies Discussion List"
<Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws>
<DIV></DIV>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:16 PM
<DIV></DIV>>>Subject: Re: [KS] Fwd: Question
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<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>>probably Philip Ahn, eldest son of Ahn Ch'angho as an
Asian heavy
<DIV></DIV>>>>in a replayed 1940s B film on TV.
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<DIV></DIV>>>>MRobinson
<DIV></DIV>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "joy kim"
<joykim@usc.edu>
<DIV></DIV>>>>To: <Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws>
<DIV></DIV>>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:27 PM
<DIV></DIV>>>>Subject: [KS] Fwd: Question
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<DIV></DIV>>>>>Dear List members,
<DIV></DIV>>>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>>>Can anyone answer this question?
<DIV></DIV>>>>>
<DIV></DIV>>>>>Joy Kim
<DIV></DIV>>>>>Curator, Korean Heritage Library
http://www.usc.edu/isd/korean
<DIV></DIV>>>>>University of Southern California
<DIV></DIV>>>>>University Park
<DIV></DIV>>>>>Los Angeles, CA90089-0154
<DIV></DIV>>>>>Tel: 213-740-2329 / Fax: 213-740-7437
<DIV></DIV>>>>>
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