| Edition |
[2nd ed.] |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 272 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Note |
Originally published: 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961.
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Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961. |
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Motion picture actors and actresses. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Chinese American women -- Biography.
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Chinese American women -- Biography. |
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Chinese American women. |
| Indexed Term |
Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hodges, Graham Russell Gao. Anna May Wong : From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, ©2012 9789888139637 |
| ISBN |
9789882208902 (electronic book) |
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9882208908 (electronic book) |
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9789888139637 |
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