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Anna May Wongfrom laundryman's daugh...

Hodges, Graham Russell, (1946-)

Anna May Wongfrom laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Anna May WongGraham Russell Gao Hodges.
Reminder of title:	from laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend /
Author:	Hodges, Graham Russell,
Published:	Hong Kong, China :Hong Kong University Press,2012
Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 271 p.) :ill.
Notes:	Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:	Motion picture actors and actressesInterviews.United States
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9789882208902 (electronic bk.)

Anna May Wongfrom laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend /
Hodges, Graham Russell,1946-

Anna May Wongfrom laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend /[electronic resource] :Graham Russell Gao Hodges. - [2nd ed.] - Hong Kong, China :Hong Kong University Press,2012 - 1 online resource (xxvi, 271 p.) :ill.

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-264) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- List of illustrations -- 1. Childhood -- 2. Seeking stardom -- 3. Europe -- 4. Atlantic crossings -- 5. China -- 6. In the service of the motherland -- 7. Becoming Chinese American -- Epilogue -- Filmography -- Television appearances -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Anna May Wong is, undoubtedly, the most luminous Chinese American actress ever to grace the silver screen. Between 1919 and 1960 she starred in over fifty films and shared equal billing with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Marlene Dietrich, and Warner Oland. But her life, though glamorous, is almost the prototypical story of an immigrant's difficult path through America. Born in Los Angeles in 1905, she was the second daughter of eight children born to a laundryman and his wife. Growing up in LosAngeles fuelled her fascination with Hollywood, and in 1919 she secureda small part in her first film, The Red Lantern with Alla Nazimova. Her most famous film roles were in Toll of the Sea, Piccadilly, The Thiefof Bagdad, Daughter of the Dragon, and most importantly, Shanghai Express, opposite Dietrich. Anna May Wong was an international celebrity whose friendships with intellectuals and artistsincluded the famed Chinese actress Butterfly Wu, Walter Benjamin, Carl Van Vechten, Paul Robeson, Edward Steichen, and Mei Lan Fan. Even though Anna May Wong made many landmark films, discrimination against Asians in Hollywood insured that she was passed over for the lead role in the film version of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth. Apparently Wong was "too Asian" for the role. TheBritish Film Institute recently released a newly restored version of Wong's classic film Piccadilly and the world will, once again, thrill tothe artistry of this great actress. Graham Hodges' biography of Anna May Wong rediscovers one of Hollywood's most legendary actresses and is a must for film lovers.

ISBN: 9789882208902 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

235436
Wong, Anna May,
1905-1961.Subjects--Topical Terms:

437432
Motion picture actors and actresses
--United States--Interviews.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN2287.W56 / H64 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/028/092

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