Anna May Wong : from laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend / Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Author: Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, 2012.
Copyright Date: ©2012
Edition: [2nd ed.].
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 272 pages) : illustrations

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Contents

Preface to Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Illustrations; One: Childhood; Two: Seeking Stardom; Three: Europe; Four: Atlantic Crossings; Five: China; Six: In the Service of the Motherland; Seven: Becoming Chinese American; Epilogue; Filmography; Television Appearances; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Plates.

Summary

Anna May Wong was perhaps the best known Chinese American actresses during Hollywood's golden age, a free spirit and embodiment of the flapper era much like Louise Brooks. She starred in over fifty movies between 1919 and 1960, sharing the screen with such luminaries as Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Marlene Dietrich. Born in Los Angeles in 1905, Wong was the second daughter of six children born to a laundryman and his wife. Obsessed with film at a young age, she managed to secure a small part in a 1919 drama about the Boxer Rebellion. Her most famous film roles were in The Thief of Baghdad, Old Sa.

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9789882208902 (electronic bk.)
9882208908 (electronic bk.)
9789888139637

Note

Originally published: 2004.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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