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Can we all take a minute to appreciate this gorgeous photo of Sessue Hayakawa?
Born in Japan in 1886, Hayakawa became one of Hollywood’s first sex symbols, playing romantic leads throughout the 1910s and ‘20s
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Sessue Hayakawa photographed by Fred Hartsook, 1918
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can't believe modern Hollywood is so iffy about letting asian men be sexy leads when the FIRST MALE HOLLYWOOD SEX SYMBOL was Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese man
diversity isn't some recent gift bestowed upon us. we're actually being robbed and erased worse than in the !! 1910s !!
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While you may know him from THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI ('57), Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa was one of the biggest stars of the silent era and many historians credit him as Hollywood's first sex symbol. #APAHM
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With Fred Astaire getting a biopic, I am ready for biopics on Sessue Hayakawa, Anna May Wong, and Merle Oberon
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Tomorrow night, we kick off our series Asian Americans in Classic Hollywood with THE DRAGON PAINTER ('19) at 8pm ET starring Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki. This is one of his few surviving films he produced to showcase Japanese culture. #APAHM
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THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
The movie had it's London Premiere on this day 1957.
Alec Guinness William Holden
Jack Hawkins Sessue Hayakawa
James Donald Andre Morell
#DavidLean
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The Bridge on the River Kwai premiered in London on this day, 2 October 1957.
Directed by David Lean and starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, and Sessue Hayakawa.
The film won seven Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Alec Guinness).
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Sessue Hayakawa predates Valentino as the prototype for the “dark and brooding” Hollywood sex symbol. Even though he was once one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, his legacy is omitted in whitewashed retelling of Hollywood history. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sessue_Ha
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The 1st Asian to be nominated for an Oscar was Sessue Hayakawa in David Lean's 'A Bridge Over the River Kwai' in 1958. However, Hayakawa was also America's 1st Silver Screen Sex Symbol, the highest paid Hollywood actor during his decade long reign & as founder of Haworth Studio
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Dec. 14/1957 - The movie The Bridge On The River Kwai is released. Starred: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins & Sessue Hayakawa.
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Two performers, Anna May Wong and Sessue Hayakawa, “were able to carve out careers in which they had some autonomy by playing to some of the types”—Dr. Elaine Chang #ImagesMatter
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Today at #GCM39 | Programme - At 20:30 we’ll start the week with the drama Where Lights Are Low (US 1921) directed by Colin Campbell and starring the Japanese star of silent Hollywood Sessue Hayakawa #39LimitedEdition #PordenoneSilent buff.ly/3nelM2N
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Sessue Hayakawa in a publicity photo for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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Portrait of Kintaro Hayakawa, known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s.
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.... Jugando como quarterback fue penalizado por usar técnicas marciales y cuando estalló la WWII se unió a la resistencia francesa. Si de joven su rostro no te suena, de mayor si lo hará ya que se trata de Sessue Hayakawa que interpreto al Coronel Saito
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Tonight's #film screening is a showcase of the Sessue Hayakawa as a sex symbol.
He was the 1st actor of #Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in the US. His smashing of racial barriers in #Hollywood and impact on #cinema #history remain undervalued.
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The thousand faces of Sessue Hayakawa (1889-1973)
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