A Cigarette that Bears a Lipstick’s Traces

the woman who inspired one of the most famous love songs ever written

Anna May Wong, circa 1933

Anna May Wong had many lovers. She was a movie star, after all, and a legendary beauty at that. Her slim-cut figure and graceful gait seduced more than a few in her day, sometimes without her even trying. British composer Constant Lambert, who first set eyes on the actress as…