Maria Tsien – Page 4 – Maria McClay

April 16, 1954December 9, 2021

S02 E14 – The Night the Dragon Walked (1954)

The New Adventures of China Smith

*Director*	Gene Fowler, Jr.
*Producer*	Bernard Tabakin
*Production Company*	National Telefilm Associates (NTA), New Albion Studios San Francisco
*Aired*	April 16th, 1954
*Cast*	Dan Duryea (China Smith), Ted Hecht (Min Su), Joan Morgan ( Marnee), Charles Lung (Mr. Ronald), William Sweeney (Justin Kobol), Maria Tsien (Jade Flower)

*Maria McClay as Jade Flower, being not particularly inclined to tell China Smith (Dan Duryea) anything at all.*

In this episode Maria plays the role of “Jade Flower”, a not entirely sober dancer in a seedy joint, who is said to have information on Mr. Ronald (Charles Lung) a person of interest, which China Smith (Dan Duryea) is looking for after being hired by the frightened son of a murdered Englishman, who fears he is next on the killer’s list.

Scenes Featuring Maria

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March 12, 1954December 14, 2021

Voice of Broadway: Woolie Donahue calls Landon, Fifth Avenue

Various Papers, March 12th, 13th, 1954

by Dorothy Kilgallen

Maria is mentioned briefly in a long gossip column. Apparently one Woolie Donahue’s is calling her at her residence at the Langdon on Fifth Avenue, trying to suggest perhaps that there was more to it, though Maria was still married to her first husband at the time. She is referred to as a model and tobacco heiress. The column with this particular blurb ran in a few newspapers for a couple of days at the time.