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2 unusual facts about Ling Po


Ling Po

Stalled in San Francisco on his return to China, Ling Po aids Wright and William Wesley Peters on working drawings for Wright's V. C. Morris Gift Shop design.

Ling Po left war-torn China to work in America, in 1945, under provisions of the Lend-Lease Act.



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Shaw Brothers Studio

During the late 1950s to early '60s productions of the Shaw Studio were dominated by actresses like Li Li-Hua, Ivy Ling Po, Linda Lin Dai, Betty Loh Ti and Li Ching in dramatic and romantic features. In particular, the Huangmei opera The Love Eterne, starring Ivy Ling Po and Betty Loh Ti based upon the Butterfly Lovers folk legend from the Jin Dynasty, is one of the highest grossing features of the Shaw Studio.