The area also appeared in Anna Mae Wong's 1929 film Piccadilly, where, as the toughly alluring Shosho, Ms. Wong was said to embody the Limehouse Chinatown mystique.

De Gourmont also began a literary alliance with Joris-Karl Huysmans, to whom he dedicated his prose work Le Latin mystique ( Mystical Latin ).

Anonymity is directly related to the concept of obscurantism or pseudonymity, where an artist or group attempts to remain anonymous, for various reasons, not limited to: adding an element of mystique to themselves and / or their work, attempting to avoid what is known as the " cult of personality " or hero worship, where the charisma, good looks, wealth and / or other unrelated or mildly related aspects of the person ( s ) is the main reason for interest in their work, rather than the work itself ; also the ability to break into a field or area of interest normally dominated by males, such as James Tiptree, Jr, the famous science fiction author who was actually a woman named Alice Bradley Sheldon, as seems to also be the case with JT LeRoy.

However, a Miss ' Jane Wren ' was listed among the cast on the programmes as playing Tinker Bell: this was a joke which also helped with the mystique of the fairy character, as well as fooled HM Inspector of Taxes who sent Jane Wren a tax demand.

But two additional facts also add to the mystique.

) Schenck also says that " the mystique of the Fellowship " has helped it " gain entree into almost impossible places in the capital.

" Friedan also points out that Freud's unproven concept of " penis envy " had been used to label women who wanted careers as neurotic, and that the popularity of Freud's work and ideas elevated the " feminine mystique " of female fulfillment in housewifery into a " scientific religion " that most women were not educated enough to criticize.

Guests can also see the " Vault of the Secret Formula ," which is an interactive exhibit on the mystique of the Coca-Cola Secret Formula.

he is the son of mystique a mutant shape shifter who is also blue.

The mystique of sex, combined with marijuana and jazz, is intended to provide a design for living.

However, the mystique of the cavalry is such that the name has been introduced for what was always a mechanised force.

Apart from the racing market, most buyers of these boats purchase them for the mystique ; the combination of the racing and smuggling connections, plus the immense power, high top speeds, and sleek shape make these boats popular.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Brando was paid a record $ 3. 7 million ($ in today's funds ) plus 11. 75 % of the gross profits for 13 days work playing Jor-El in Superman, further adding to his mystique.

Part of the game's appeal was the use of special moves that could only be discovered by experimenting with the game controls, which created a sense of mystique and invited players to practice the game, although similar controller motions used for grappling maneuvers in the earlier Brian Jacks Uchi Mata were deemed too difficult.

" Garbo-watching " became a sport for photographers, the media, admirers, and curious New Yorkers, but she maintained her elusive mystique to the end.

Neither do I want to account for Bob Dylan's raspy mystique, the peculiar beauty of a rainbow trout in a riffle, or a thunderstorm's magnetic terror.

Time magazine wrote, " Brown leaves analysis of the surf-cult mystique to seagoing sociologists, but demonstrates quite spiritedly that some of the brave souls mistaken for beachniks are, in fact, converts to a difficult, dangerous and dazzling sport ".

He has generally refused to discuss their content, preferring to keep the words and their inspirations shrouded in mystique and allowing for fan interpretations.

Along with Spa-Francorchamps, it is rare in that the circuit in its modern form is one of the few with a lengthy history in the sport not considered to have lost much of its mystique or challenge in its adaptation for the modern, much more safety-conscious era of 21st century Formula One.

The stargate picks up heavily on this conception, emphasizing the " watery puddle " for the sake of an alien mystique.

Taken in by the Count's poise, sophistication, and mystique, Albert serves as a tool for the Count to immerse himself in Parisian society.

Friedan ends her book by promoting education and meaningful work as the ultimate method by which American women can avoid becoming trapped in the feminine mystique, calling for a drastic rethinking of what it means to be feminine, and offering several educational and occupational suggestions.

Perhaps it is for his attempts to popularize photography and to lessen its mystique that Diamond is best remembered.

* Sainte Rose de Lima, Scène mystique for soprano, female chorus and orchestra ( 1890s ); words by Félix Naquet

* 1993, La Barque mystique for ensemble

* 1993, La barque mystique, for five instruments

Salon. com cautiously praised Angel for merging the two genres-film noir and the superhero graphic-novel-that best showcase Angel's " wounded, night-crawling loner mystique ", but worried that Angel's new mission was overly sentimental: " Is the show going to turn into Touched by Angel?

It is far from the rarest of games for the Atari 2600, yet the mystique surrounding its history grants it a disproportionate amount of interest.

On Folds ' recent iTunes Originals compilation, he confesses that he had attempted to write a song about the abortion for quite some time, but he had trouble getting the song finished because it was too literal, but thanks to Darren Jessee's chorus, the song was given just enough mystique to be the hit that it was.

The cars used for these conversions were originally targeted at well-to-do retirees who wanted a large luxury vehicle ; however, with the " pimpmobile " conversions, the cars came to signify menace, mystique, and glamor.

Increasing his mystique, not a single word was ever published from Thrawn's point of view, despite Zahn's wide variety of narrators ( Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, Karrde, Mara Jade, and even minor characters like General Covell and Niles Ferrier ); instead, he is only observed by other characters, occasionally New Republic personnel but mostly his loyal second-in-command Captain Gilad Pellaeon.

Rohrer writes, " Many of these readers are disappointed that the novel fails to meet the expectations generated by the mystique it is shrouded in.

it is a mystique, and their private language is rich in the multivalent ambiguities of sexual reference so that they dwell in a sexualized universe of discourse.

Jazz, like sex, is a mystique.

such is the mystique of planning that people expect that fulfillment of the plan will follow automatically upon its announcement.

The theory did not require, though it unfortunately might acquire, a Hegelian mystique.

They were attracted by Lugosi's aura of camp menace, elegance and mystique.

The Emperor of Japan is defined as a symbol, not head, of state by the post-war constitution ( contrasting with the former divine status ) but is treated as an imperial head of state under diplomatic protocol ( even ranking above kings ) and retains Shinto mystique.

Bacon again resurrected his oddball mystique that year as a mentally-challenged houseguest in Digging to China, and as a disc jockey corrupted by payola in Telling Lies in America.

The Temple Mount had a mystique because it was above what was believed to be the ruins of the Temple of Solomon.

In 1981, Kathleen Wheeler contrasts the Crewe Manuscript note with the Preface: " Contrasting this relatively factual, literal, and dry account of the circumstances surrounding the birth of the poem with the actual published preface, one illustrates what the latter is not: it is not a literal, dry, factual account of this sort, but a highly literary piece of composition, providing the verse with a certain mystique.

The impact of these twin haircuts was immediate ; both Childeric and Theuderic, whose exceptionally long hair endowed them with royal mystique in the eyes of their countrymen, were rendered ineligible to hold the throne.

To add to the mystique, only her voice was heard and her shapely legs appeared on camera.

Adding to his mystique was the circulation among Iranians in the 1970s of an old Shia saying attributed to the Imam Musa al-Kadhem.

Rolling Stone lavished praise on the Band in this era, giving them more attention than perhaps any other group in the magazine's history ; Greil Marcus's articles in particular contributed greatly to the Band's mystique.

Part of the mystique of The Replacements was the fact that the audience never knew until the start of a concert if the band would be sober enough to play.

Periodic recognition of the relative insignificance of the revenues it could produce was tempered by the mystique which developed regarding the mission of the Portuguese to bring their civilization to the African territory.

In private, Raeder was prepared to admit that Tirpitz had made mistakes, but to do so publicly was anathema to him as would mean damaging the mystique of the " Tirpitz cult " that Raeder believed essential to maintain the prestige of the Navy.

Around the curved long sword the bushi built a mystique of fantastic dimensions, one that still influences Japanese culture today.

The tattered mystique of the Spice Islands finally vanished when France and Britain successfully smuggled seeds and plants to their own colonial dominions on Mauritius, Grenada and elsewhere, making spices the commonplace affordable commodity of today.