Anna May Wong : from laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend /

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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. an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, 2012.
©2012
Edition:[2nd ed.].
Subjects:
Wong, Anna May, > 1905-1961.
Wong, Anna May, > 1905-1961
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Chinese American women > Biography.
Américaines d'origine chinoise > Biographies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Chinese American women
Motion picture actors and actresses
United States
Multi-User.
Electronic books.
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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