Grace Chang in the opening scene from Mambo Girl (1957).
Though in her US TV appearances, she often represented a pristine and essentialized East Asian femininity (in contrast to Wong’s “Dragon Lady” roles), her Sinophone films emphasized her as a modern fun-loving party girl. Just look at all the diamond, plaid, and checkerboard print in this clip, definitely a departure from the Mandarin print she donned in US media.
