Anna May Wong : From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend /

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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 pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong, China : Hong Kong University Press, 2012
Edition:[2nd ed.]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wong, Anna May, > 1905-1961.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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