HOLLYWOOD brought Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat and an impressive entourage, including an elephant parade, to Armenian Street, Penang, for the shooting of Anna and the King back in 1999.
Stripped of that fleeting glamour when the area was transformed into 19th century Siam, Armenian Street itself has a notable past worthy of the attention of movie-makers interested in local history.
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