Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 – February 2, 1961) was the first Chinese American actress to achieve stardom in a career that spanned both silent films and talkies, the stage, radio and television,^[1] even hosting her own television show at one point.^[2] This is all the more remarkable considering the racist times in which she worked. Many Asian actresses have been acclaimed since, under less adverse conditions, but none have reached Wong's level.^[3] Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... The term fashion usually applies to a prevailing mode of expression, but quite often applies to a personal mode of expression that may or may not adhere to prevailing ideals. ... The performing arts include theater, motion pictures, drama, comedy, music, dance, opera, magic and the marching arts, such as brass bands, etc. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... Stardom is a Canadian film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Jessica Paré and Dan Aykroyd. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...

Some of her more notable silent films include a leading role in The Toll of the Sea, one of the first color films; The Thief of Bagdad which starred Douglas Fairbanks, and Piccadilly.^[1] She was also featured in some notable talkies, including Shanghai Express, which co-starred Marlene Dietrich, and Daughter of the Dragon, in which she starred opposite an Asian leading man, Sessue Hayakawa. The Toll of the Sea was a motion picture produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, and released by Metro Pictures in 1922. ... The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 swashbuckler film which tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph. ... Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black Pirate (1926). ... Piccadilly (1929) is a silent British film directed by Ewald André Dupont, written by Arnold Bennett and starring Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray and Jameson Thomas. ... VHS cover of Shanghai Express Shanghai Express is a 1932 movie of the Pre-Code era starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. ... Marlene Dietrich IPA: ; (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born American actress, singer, and entertainer. ... Daughter of the Dragon is a 1931 movie directed by Lloyd Corrigan and starring Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy, Sessue Hayakawa as Ah Kee and Warner Oland as Dr. Fu Manchu. ... Sessue Hayakawa (早川雪洲 Hayakawa Sessue, June 10, 1889 - November 23, 1973) was a Japanese actor in American films, including two in the U.S. National Film Registry: The Cheat in 1915 The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting...

Early in her career, she was seen as a sex symbol, a feat other Asian actresses would not match for decades.^[1] Marilyn Monroe, one of the most iconic and famous female sex symbols of all time. ...

Biography

Early life

She was born Wong Liu Tsong (Chinese: 黃柳霜; pinyin: Huáng Liushuang, English: Frosted Yellow Willows).^[4] It can also be interpreted as Wong Lew Song, translating in English as, literally, "Second-Daughter Yellow Butterfly." Her parents gave her the "English" name Anna May. Wong was born on Flower Street, an integrated, mainly Irish and German community one block north of Chinatown, in Los Angeles, California. Wong was the daughter of Wong Sam Sing and his wife, Lee Gon Toy. Her parents were second generation Chinese Americans, although by the laws of the time, they were still not regarded as American citizens. ^[5]Her father ran a laundromat called "Sam Kee Laundry."^[6] Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... This article is about sections of an urban area associated with a large number of Chinese residents or commercial activities. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... A laundromat in California powered by solar panels on the roof. ...

In her early childhood, the family moved to a neighborhood on Figueroa Street having a more Mexican and Italian mix. There were now two hills between the new home and Chinatown; this helped influence Wong to assimilate further into American culture. Mexican may have several meanings. ... Assimilation, from Latin assimilatio meaning to render similar, is used to describe various phenomena: The process of assimilating new ideas into a schema (cognitive structure). ... This article very generally discusses the customs and culture of the United States; for the culture of the United States, see arts and entertainment in the United States. ...

Around the time of her childhood, filming for "flickers" began relocating from New York City to the Los Angeles area. Movies were being shot constantly in and around Wong's neighborhood and she soon began going to the Nickeoldeons. She would skip Chinese school and use the tip money she got from delivering her father's dry cleaning to see the films. Her favorite stars were Pearl White and Ruth Roland. Her father was very traditional and not happy with her movie obsession. He felt it interfered with her studies and when he found out she had skipped school for the nickelodeon, he would spank her with a bamboo stick. Despite this, Wong decided to pursue a career in film. At nine years of age, she walked up and begged filmmakers for parts, earning her the name "Curious Chinese Child." For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Nickelodeon is an early 20th century form of small, neighborhood movie theaters in which admission was obtained for a nickel. ... A student practices writing Chinese characters In Western countries like the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, a Chinese school is a school established explicitly for the purpose of teaching the Chinese language (of the various Chinese dialects, nowadays Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese Chinese is almost always the... For other uses, see Tip (disambiguation). ... Pearl Fay White, born March 4, 1889 in Green Ridge, Missouri, United States - died August 4, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, was a singer and star of silent film. ... Ruth Roland (August 26, 1892 - September 22, 1937) was an American stage and film actress and film producer. ... For other uses, see Bamboo (disambiguation). ...

Wong kept the family's last name and adopted her English name for her stage name.^[7] A stage name, also called a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musicians, djs, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ...

Early career

In 1919, with the help of a friend of her father (who was not told) who had movie connections, Wong landed a role in Alla Nazimova's 1919 silent film The Red Lantern. Wong had an uncredited role as an extra who carries a lantern.^[8] She worked steadily for the next two years as an extra in various movies, including Priscilla Dean and Colleen Moore pictures. Her father was not pleased and only reluctantly let her pursue her new career. He demanded that she always have an adult guardian at the studio and that she be locked in her dressing room between scenes if there were no other Asians in the cast. She initially tried to keep up both her film career and schooling, but found it too hard and dropped out of Los Angeles High School to pursue acting full time. Alla Nazimova, born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon (May 22, 1879 – July 14, 1945) was an American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer. ... Priscilla Dean (November 25, 1896 - December 27, 1987) was an American actress popular in movies as well as in theatre. ... Colleen Moore, born Kathleen Morrison (August 19, 1900 – January 25, 1988) was an American film actress, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent film era. ... Los Angeles High School, founded in 1873, is the oldest public high school in the Southern California Region and in the Los Angeles Unified School District. ...

It took until the age of 16, in 1921, to receive her first screen credit for the film Bits of Life, in which she played Lon Chaney, Sr.'s wife Toy Ling. In 1922, at the age of 17, she received her first leading role, in the early Technicolor movie The Toll of the Sea. It was the seventh color film overall and the first to be shot entirely in color, in the two strip process.^[8] The story was based very loosely on Madama Butterfly. Wong was praised for her subtle acting (much like Mary Pickford, which was contrary to the standard acting methods of the time). Lon Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930), nicknamed The Man of a Thousand Faces, was an American actor during the age of silent films. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ... The Toll of the Sea was a motion picture produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, and released by Metro Pictures in 1922. ... Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. ... Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists in 1919. ...

Wong's role in The Toll of the Sea should by all accounts have been her breakthrough role. However due to her ethnicity and the lack of more than one leading Asian man, she was blocked from leading lady status. She spent the next few years in supporting roles in such films as Lilies of the Field, Thundering Dawn and Drifting.

Nonetheless, along with praise for her beauty and image, her celebrity grew as she was recognized as a fashion icon.

Carl van Vechten photo portrait of Anna May Wong, September 22, 1935

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Stardom

Finally, at age 19, she was cast as a Mongol slave in the Douglas Fairbanks picture, The Thief of Bagdad. Directed by Raoul Walsh for United Artists, the film took five weeks to shoot. Although Wong had only a supporting role, her brief appearances on screen caught the attention of audiences and critics alike.^[8] The film grossed more then $2 million and helped introduce Wong to the public, albeit in a stereotypical 'Dragon Lady' role. Honorary guard of Mongolia. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: slave Slave may refer to: Slavery, where people are owned by others, and live to serve their owners without pay Slave (BDSM), a form of sexual and consenual submission Slave clock, in technology, a clock or timer that synchrnonizes to a master clock... Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black Pirate (1926). ... This is about the 1924 film starring Douglas Fairbanks. ... This article is about the film studio. ...

For four years, Wong was again cast in nothing but bit parts. Her only notable roles during this time are 1927's Mr. Wu (in which the yellowface practise cost her the lead), and The Silk Bouquet which was released by Fairmont Pictures in 1926. In 1927, the latter's title was changed to The Dragon Horse. The film is now lost and all that is known is that it was a race movie and most likely had an all-Chinese cast.^[1] Katherine Hepburn in Dragon Seed Yellowface is the practice in cinema, theatre, and television where East Asian characters are portrayed by white actors, often while wearing heavy makeup in order to approximate Asian or Oriental facial characteristics. ... Poster for Micheauxs film The Exile (1931) The race movie or race film was a film genre which existed in the United States between about 1915 and 1947. ...

Move to Europe

Tired of being relegated to supporting roles due to her ethnicity, Wong had had enough and traveled to Europe in 1928. She was one of the first stars to do so; later, she was followed by Louise Brooks, Josephine Baker and Paul Robeson.^[9] She performed on stage before heading to England. Louise Brooks (14 November 1906 – 8 August 1985) was an American dancer, showgirl, and silent film actress. ... For the first female director of Public Health, see Sara Josephine Baker. ... Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, fellow traveler, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin Peace Prize laureate. ...

In 1929, Wong made what is today considered her finest movie, Piccadilly. Most critics agree it was one of the best silents ever made.It was also the film in which Wong gave her finest and most liberated performance. Wong received the most attention, even though Gilda Gray was given top billing.^[9] Piccadilly (1929) is a silent British film directed by Ewald André Dupont, written by Arnold Bennett and starring Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray and Jameson Thomas. ... Gilda Gray (October 24, 1901 - December 22, 1959) was a Polish-American actress/dancer who became famous in the US for making the dance called the shimmy famous in the 1920s in movies and theater productions in the 1920s in the US. Gilda Gray was born Marianna Winchalaska (or...

Wong's first talkie came in 1930 with The Flame of Love. She recorded the film in French, English, and German; an incredible feat considering most silent stars never made the transition, let alone in three languages.^[10] Greta Garbo would later do a similar thing with her first talkie. Wong's talkies, particularly the German versions, received rave reviews.^[11] A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ... Greta redirects here. ...

Return to Hollywood

American studios were looking for fresh European talent. Ironically, Wong caught their eye and she was offered a contract with Paramount Studios in 1930. Wong was enticed by the promise of lead roles and top billing, and she returned to the U.S., where she performed on Broadway for 167 performances of On the Spot. The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1988 to 1989. ...

Her first leading film role was in Daughter of the Dragon, a Fu Manchu picture. She was back in a stereotyped role, but played it well. She starred for the only time alongside the sole other significant Asian actor of the era, Sessue Hayakawa. Daughter of the Dragon is a 1931 movie directed by Lloyd Corrigan and starring Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy, Sessue Hayakawa as Ah Kee and Warner Oland as Dr. Fu Manchu. ... This article is about the fictional literature character. ...

In 1932, Wong again played a smaller part in Shanghai Express alongside Marlene Dietrich.^[12] Though Dietrich was the star, most critics agree Wong stole the show despite her few scenes. This has become one of Wong's better remembered roles for which she received $6,000, while Dietrich's salary was more than $78,000. Wong soon became disenchanted when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer deemed her "too Chinese to play a Chinese" in the film The Son-Daughter; Helen Hayes was eventually given the role. VHS cover of Shanghai Express Shanghai Express is a 1932 movie of the Pre-Code era starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. ... Marlene Dietrich IPA: ; (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born American actress, singer, and entertainer. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. ...

Annoyed, Wong returned to Britain to make four films. Returning to Hollywood in 1934, she made The Java Head which is another critical favorite. However, onscreen, Wong and her white husband never kiss.^[12]

In 1937, Wong suffered her ultimate insult. Casting began for the movie The Good Earth, in which the director wished to recruit an all-Asian cast. Wong was up for the role of O-Lan, and screen tested several times for MGM, but each time she was dismissed as "not the right type of Asian."^[13] The Chinese government also advised the studio against casting her, due to their displeasure with her image.^[13] Luise Rainer was eventually cast, and won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance. The Good Earth (1937) is a movie based on the 1931 book of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck about Chinese peasants who try to survive a locust invasion. ... Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910 in either Düsseldorf, Germany or Vienna, Austria) is a two-time Academy Award-winning film actress. ...

To finish out her contract, Wong made a string of forgettable movies, but for once her roles were not stereotypical. In Daughter of Shanghai (1937), she played the Asian-American female lead, as well as in Dangerous to Know (1938). She also appeared in major roles in King of Chinatown (1939) and Island of Lost Men (1939).

Carl van Vechten photo portrait of Anna May Wong, April 25, 1939

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Later years

Wong's career as a leading lady ended during World War II.^[10] She starred in Bombs over Burma (1942) and The Lady from Chungking (1943), both anti-Japanese propaganda. The films were made by the lowest-of-the-low, poverty row studios, Producers Releasing Corp. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... US Office for War Information, propaganda message: working less helps our enemies Anti-Japanese propaganda was used to dehumanize, antagonize, and create fear of the Japanese people and Japanese nation. ... Poverty Row is a slang term used in Hollywood from the late silent period through the mid-fifties to refer to a variety of mostly short-lived small studios, many clustered in the area of Los Angeles, USA known as Gower Gulch, near the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower...

When the yellowface practice became prevalent among studios, Wong gave up on films for most the 1940s. She wrote a cookbook titled New Chinese Recipes in 1942, one of the first Chinese cookbooks printed in the U.S. The proceeds from the cookbook were dedicated to United China Relief. Katherine Hepburn in Dragon Seed Yellowface is the practice in cinema, theatre, and television where East Asian characters are portrayed by white actors, often while wearing heavy makeup in order to approximate Asian or Oriental facial characteristics. ...

In 1949, Wong finally returned in a B movie called Impact. In 1956, she got a long-forgotten chance to play a role she had previously lost out on in Hollywood, as the Asian blackmailer in Somerset Maugham's The Letter. The director was William Wyler, the same man who had rejected her when he made the 1940 film version. She was set to return to Hollywood, with the large role of Auntie Liang in Hunter's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song; however she died before both films began production.^[14] Her final film appearance was in the Lana Turner film, Portrait in Black in 1960. The King of the Bs, Roger Corman, produced and directed The Raven (1963) for American International Pictures. ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ... William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. ... The Letter is a 1940 film noir which tells the story of a woman who murders her lover, and then must face his widow and her husband. ... Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), with Irving Berlin (middle) and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions at the St. ... Flower Drum Song is a 1961 film adaptation of the 1958 Broadway musical play Flower Drum Song, written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The film and stage play were based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Chinese American author C.Y. Lee. ... Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an Academy award-nominated American film actress. ... Portrait in Black (1960) is a thriller released by Universal International. ...

Business ventures

Wong and the public alike figured after The Thief of Baghdad that this was the start of something big for her as an actress.^[11] In March 1924, newly aged 19, she signed a deal creating Anna May Wong Productions hoping to raise financing for films about Chinese myths. Unfortunately her new partner, a man named Forrest B. Creighton, was not true to his word and after a few lawsuits the company was dissolved. Wong was the first Asian female to attempt her own production company and at the time only the second Asian to do so (Sessue Hayakawa had founded one a few years before; only his did not fold).^[11] Chinese mythology is a collection of cultural history, folktales, and religions that have been passed down in oral or written form. ...

Wong later invested in real estate and owned a number of properties in Hollywood. ^[15]

Salary

Wong was given star treatment in the credits but not in her paycheck. She would often receive high billing but little importance in the film. Even when she was a star she was often paid way less than not only her counterparts, but her supporting actors as well. In Daughter of the Dragon she made $6,000 to Hayakawa's $10,000 and Oland's $12,000 (who is only in the film for 23 minutes). For Shanghai Express, she made $6,000, while Dietrich made $78,166. In her paltry PRC deal she made $4,500 for two films; all of which she donated to the China War Relief.^[14]

Other performance work

Stage and Broadway

Wong's talent spread beyond the big screen. In 1929 and 1930 she starred in plays in London including The Circle of Chalk with the young Laurence Olivier, Vienna in the title role of "Tschun Tschi", and in New York on Broadway with the drama On the Spot. The show ran for 167 performances and she would later film the play as Dangerous to Know.^[10] During her return to Hollywood in 1930 Wong turned constantly to the stage and cabaret for a creative outlet. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, (IPA: ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... This article is about the state. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Dangerous to Know is a 1938 crime film starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony Quinn. ...

Singer and cabaret

Wong was also a singer. Her cabaret act, which included songs in Cantonese, French, English, German, Danish, Swedish and other languages, took her from the U.S. to Europe and Australia through the 1930s and 1940s.^[10] Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ...

Television

From August 27 to November 21, 1951, she starred in her own television series, The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong (using her birth name for the title character), for the Dumont Television Network. In the show she played a detective in a role written specifically for her, which made her the first and only Asian female to ever do so.^[10] is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The DuMont Television Network was the worlds first commercial television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946. ...

In 1957, she hosted a show for ABC entitled Bold Journey which featured clips from her trips to China in the 1930s. Wong also did guest spots on The Barbara Stanwyck Show and Adventures in Paradise.^[14] Look up ABC in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Barbara Stanwyck Show was an anthology dramatic television series which ran on NBC in 1960 and 1961. ... Adventures in Paradise was an ABC television series which ran from 1959 until 1961. ...

Radio

Wong performed on radio several times. In 1939 on Orson Welles' The Campbell Playhouse, she played "Peony" in The Patriot alongside Ray Collins and Everett Sloane. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... The Campbell Playhouse was a sponsored continuation of the Mercury Theater on the Air, a direct result of the instant publicity from the War of the Worlds panic. ... Movie, stage and radio actor Ray Collins (December 10, 1889 - July 11, 1965) made his screen debut as Boss Jim Gettys in Citizen Kane and was one of the voices in Orson Welles infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast. ... Sloane in The Enforcer Everett Sloane (October 1, 1909 – August 6, 1965) was an American television and film actor, songwriter, and theatre director. ...

Image

During her career in silents Wong was seen as an "exotic sex symbol." Unlike her male counterparts (Sessue Hayakawa, Rudolph Valentino) there were few actresses who fulfilled such a role beyond a vamp image. Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Convicted spy Mata Hari made her name synonymous with femme fatale during WWI. A femme fatale (plural: femmes fatales) is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. ...

To Americans Wong always appeared "foreign born," although she had indeed been born and raised in California (though by the laws of that era she was not a citizen). Wong tried to counter this by wearing flapper-styled outfits and speaking in flapper slang.^[11] Annoyed Wong said in an interview: For other uses, see Flapper (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Slang (disambiguation). ...

"A lot of people, when they first meet me, are surprised that I speak and write English without difficulty. But why shouldn't I? I was born right here in Los Angeles and went to the public schools here. I speak English without any accent at all. But my parents complain that the same cannot be said of my Chinese. Although I have gone to Chinese schools, and always talk to my father and mother in our native tongue, it is said that I speak Chinese with an English accent!"

Wong had big eyes and reached 5 ft 7 in, but the very features that made her beautiful to Caucasian audiences were seen as "odd" and unattractive to Asians. Her actions to seem 'more American' also did not help as Chinese women of the time were supposed to be demure housewives.^[11] For the peoples actually from the Caucasus, see Peoples of the Caucasus. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Two homemakers. ...

In both America and Europe she was seen as a fashion icon and was most welcomed into high society. Usually in a positive light, she was a constant reference in gossip columns. In 1934, the Mayfair Mannequin Society of New York voted her (to much protest) "The World's best-dressed woman," and in 1938 Look Magazine named her "The World's most beautiful Chinese girl."^[10] In France everything Wong did, said, and wore was copied immediately. --76. ... Upper class is a concept in sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. ... Look was a weekly, general-interest magazine published in the United States from 1937 to 1971, with more of an emphasis on photographs than articles. ...

Other celebrity milestones

Wong was the first person to put a rivet in the Grauman's Chinese Theatre.^[5] This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

On July 2, 1928, Time Magazine wrote: "...next month, Dr. Tien Lai Huang, the 'Chinese Lindbergh', hopes to take off for Hong Kong with a passenger, Anna May Wong, cinema star and daughter of a Los Angeles laundryman."^[10] is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “TIME” redirects here. ... Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 – 26 August 1974), known as Lucky Lindy and The Lone Eagle, was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris in 1927 in the Spirit of St. ...

She worked with and was friends with several major stars of the day including: Greta Garbo, Leni Riefenstahl, Marlene Dietrich, Ramon Navarro, Sessue Hayakawa, Douglas Fairbanks, Lon Chaney, Alla Nazimova and Frances Marion.^[10][8] Greta redirects here. ... Helene Bertha Amalie Leni Riefenstahl (August 22, 1902 – September 8, 2003) was a German film director, dancer and actress, and widely noted for her aesthetics and advances in film technique. ... Marlene Dietrich IPA: ; (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born American actress, singer, and entertainer. ... Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black Pirate (1926). ... There were two famous American actors named Lon Chaney, both known for their work in horror movies. ... Alla Nazimova, born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon (May 22, 1879 – July 14, 1945) was an American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer. ... Frances Marion Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 - May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos Born Marion Benson Owens in San Francisco, California, she worked as a journalist and served...

Carl Van Vechten photo portrait of Anna May Wong, in costume for the opera Turandot at Westport, August 11, 1937

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Racism and racial barriers

Barriers in personal life

Wong was in a unique position due to her ethnicity yet American birth, and her fame in the English-speaking world. Personally and professionally Wong was affected by several anti-Asian laws that went into place around the time of her birth. Although Wong's parents had immigrated from China, she had in fact been born in the United States which by any other race would have made her a citizen; but under these various acts as well as being unable to gain U.S. citizenship, she was not allowed to marry anyone who was not Chinese, own land, or anything else a white American citizen would be able to do. These laws were not repealed until 1947.^[10] Chinese immigration to the United States has come in many waves. ...

To make matters worse, the community from which she came, frowned upon her lifestyle and regarded acting as being on par with prostitution. She was expected to be a demure housewife, married to a Chinese man and would have had to give her career up; something she could not fathom.^[10] Whore redirects here. ...

Barriers in career

More so than her male counterpart Sessue Hayakawa, Wong's career greatly suffered because of the anti-miscegenation laws that existed all over the U.S. at the time.^[10] These laws meant Wong could not share an onscreen kiss with any actor in yellowface;^[16] and since there were no other leading Asian men in the silent era beyond Hayakawa, mostly white actors would play in yellowface even in a movie that would need a cast of all Asians. Consequently, unless "profitable" Asian leading men could be found, Wong could not be a leading lady or a true vamp, especially after the Hays Code came into practise.^[10] Frederick Douglass with his second wife Helen Pitts Douglass (sitting) who was white, a famous 19th century American example of miscegenation. ... Katherine Hepburn in Dragon Seed Yellowface is the practice in cinema, theatre, and television where East Asian characters are portrayed by white actors, often while wearing heavy makeup in order to approximate Asian or Oriental facial characteristics. ... Convicted spy Mata Hari made her name synonymous with femme fatale during WWI. A femme fatale (plural: femmes fatales) is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. ...

Due to perceptions of her being "foreign," Anna was constantly cast as an exotic vamp with many of her characters being "vamps out for revenge." Eventually Wong grew tired of her race being portrayed as "sneaky" and "evil," and did her best to fight such stereotypes by teaching co-stars how to act more Asian and less stereotypical.^[10]

Reception amongst Asians

Chinese in America

Many Chinese-Americans thought of themselves as "Chinese living in America" mainly due to the anti-Chinese attitude of the American culture. Wong was seen as "too American" to many Asians; which was not helped by her attempt to be seen as American and not a Chinese stereotype in her films. In her memoir Wong referred to herself as "Americanized Chinese," an attitude she had carried since the 1920s.

Reception in Asia

Wong arrived in China in 1936 to be welcomed with open arms by the cultural elite of Beijing and Shanghai. This was the country to which she legally belonged, but Wong was otherwise given a mixed reception and had to abandon a trip to her parents' ancestral village when her progress was blocked by a crowd of protesters. Someone in the crowd denounced her with "Down with Huang Liu Tsong – the stooge that disgraces China. Don't let her go ashore."

While she had many fans she also had many critics who painted her as "not Asian enough."^[17]

When casting for the 1937 movie The Good Earth, Wong was considered for the role of O-Lan. Not only did she face racism from MGM, but the Chinese Government advised against casting her as well, and officials commented: "very bad... whenever she appears in a movie, the newspapers print her picture with the caption 'Anna May again loses face for China.' " The Good Earth (1937) is a movie based on the 1931 book of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck about Chinese peasants who try to survive a locust invasion. ...

When Shanghai Express played in Shanghai a local newspaper called Wong "the female traitor to China," and a journal in Tianjin carried the headline: "Paramount Uses Anna May Wong to Embarrass China Again."^[13] VHS cover of Shanghai Express Shanghai Express is a 1932 movie of the Pre-Code era starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ...   (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of the four municipalities of China. ...

Said of her sexuality, "Her role as a sexually available Chinese woman, would eventually earn her resentful criticism in China."^[11] Wong was stung by the attacks from her "homeland." "It's a pretty sad situation," she said, "to be rejected by the Chinese because I am too American."^[11]

Reception in the United States

Wong ended up playing bit parts in many of her American films, though had she been white she would have been given leading lady status. When MGM was casting for The Good Earth (1937), she was passed over for the lead female role of O-lan because Paul Muni, an actor of European descent, was to play O-lan's husband, Wang Lung. Even though Muni was to wear heavy makeup to look Asian, industry regulations prevented her from playing romantic roles opposite actors of different ethnicity. Instead, the role Wong hoped for went to Luise Rainer. MGM offered Wong the part of Lotus, but Wong refused to be the sole Chinese American playing the only negative character, stating: Leading lady is an informal term for the actress who plays a secondary lead or supporting role, usually a love interest, to the leading actor in a film or play. ... The Good Earth (1937) is a movie based on the 1931 book of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck about Chinese peasants who try to survive a locust invasion. ... Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor. ... Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910 in either Düsseldorf, Germany or Vienna, Austria) is a two-time Academy Award-winning film actress. ...

"...I won't play the part. If you let me play O-lan, I'll be very glad. But you're asking me – with Chinese blood – to do the only unsympathetic role in the picture featuring an all-American cast portraying Chinese characters."

Sadly it was a story repeated many times in Wong's career including films such as Mr. Wu. The hypocrisy of the studio system was demonstrated when the red-headed, white, Myrna Loy was seen as the "go to girl" for Asian films; even having Wong cast in a few small parts for Loy's films. Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. ...

Though she wasn't always typecast as a villain she did have several roles of the "vamp out for revenge" nature. In American films it was hard for her to break past such roles due to stereotyping and the lack of Asian leading men during most of her career. However, compared to other ethnic actresses of her day (there were virtually no other Asian actresses until the end of the century) she had luck of sorts: Wong was able to play comedy, drama, sex symbol, and even lead in several movies.

Because of the restrictive regulations introduced by the Hays Code, Hollywood was running out of parts for Wong. David Schwartz, the chief curator of the Museum of the Moving Image, notes, "She built up a level of stardom in Hollywood, but Hollywood didn’t know what to do with her."^[18]

By her final role in the 1960 Lana Turner film, Portrait in Black, Wong still found herself stereotyped. One press release explained her long absence from films with a supposed proverb, which they claimed was passed down to Wong by her mother: "Don't be photographed too much or you'll lose your soul." When asked in person about the quote, Wong's answer showed her weariness with the stereotyping: "I was so tired of the parts I had to play."^[5] Unfortunately, when she died soon after, this quote was inserted into many obituaries making her "foreignness" follow her into death.^[10] Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an Academy award-nominated American film actress. ... Portrait in Black (1960) is a thriller released by Universal International. ...

Reception in Europe

In 1928, tired of the typecasting and lack of roles that should have been hers, Wong fled to Europe.^[2] Upon her arrival she told a reporter, "I was so tired of the parts I had to play. Why is it that the screen Chinese is always the villain? And so crude a villain – murderous, treacherous, a snake in the grass."

In Europe she was a sensation starring in several noteable films such as Schmutziges Geld (Show Life), and Großstadtschmetterling (City Butterfly).

In her first stage performance in the UK she was criticized for her "too American" (much akin to a "valley girl") accent.^[3] Wong sought vocal tutoring at Cambridge University and acquired an "upper crust" American accent. By the time she made it to Britain she had filmed The Flame of Love and one of her best known films, Piccadilly.^[2] Critics loved her in the film; but once again racism reared its ugly head when the kiss between Wong and her white love interest was cut by the censors for its U.S. screening.^[19] For other uses, see Valley girl (disambiguation). ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Piccadilly (1929) is a silent British film directed by Ewald André Dupont, written by Arnold Bennett and starring Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray and Jameson Thomas. ...

Personal life

Wong was a cousin of cinematographer James Wong Howe, and had a younger sister named Mary Liu Heung Wong who was a bit actress. Tragically Mary Liu hung herself in the family garage in 1940.^[13] James Wong Howe (黃宗霑; pinyin: Huáng Zōngzhān) (August 28, 1899 - July 12, 1976) is considered one of the greatest cinematographers in movie history. ...

During her stay in Europe Wong learned to speak both French and German. She already spoke Chinese and English making her a polyglot.^[8] German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngwén) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: Hànyǔ, Huáyǔ, or Zhōngwén) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Polyglot has several meanings: Look up Polyglot on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The property of speaking multiple languages A polyglot is a person that can speak many languages A polyglot is a book that contains the same text in more than one language, usually a bible such as the first...

As an adult, her religion was Christian Science,^[20] and she loved reading on a variety of topics including Asian history, Lao Tzu, and Shakespeare. Her hobbies including golfing, horse riding and skiing. Wong smoked, was an alcoholic and suffered from depression. Christian Science is a religious teaching regarding the efficacy of spiritual healing according to the interpretation of the Bible by Mary Baker Eddy, in her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (first published in 1875). ... Lao Zi (also spelled Laozi, Lao Tzu, or Lao Tse) was a famous Chinese philosopher who is believed to have lived in approximately the 4th century BC, during the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Periods. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ...

Relationships

In 1941 Wong, 36, told Time: "I've come to the conclusion that everybody should marry, including me."^[10] Wong never married, largely because of the Chinese custom of the time for a wife to stay at home, coupled with the anti-miscegenation laws, though she reportedly was a mistress of several high profile men: director Marshall Neilan (who was 14 years older than her, when Wong was 15), director Tod Browning (23 years older than Wong, when she was 16) and Pickford's favorite cinematographer Charles Rosher (nearly 20 years older, when Wong was 20).^[13] Frederick Douglass with his second wife Helen Pitts Douglass (sitting) who was white, a famous 19th century American example of miscegenation. ... Marshall Neilan, 1920 Marshall Ambrose Neilan (April 11, 1891 - October 27, 1958) was an important pioneer motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer. ... Charles Albert Browning, Jr. ... Cameraman redirects here. ...

While working in Hollywood, British writer and broadcasting executive Eric Maschwitz was also romantically linked to her, and the lyrics of These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) are evocative of his longing for her after they parted and he returned to England. The tabloids constantly questioned her about her love life; but Wong would never answer the queries, just smiling and saying, "it's not true."^[13] Eric Maschwitz (1901-1969) (sometimes credited as Holt Marvell) was a British entertainer, writer and broadcaster. ... These Foolish Things is a 1973 album by Bryan Ferry. ...

Death

On February 3, 1961, Wong died of a heart attack in Santa Monica, California, after a long struggle against cirrhosis of the liver. She was 56 years old. is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Heart attack redirects here. ... Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrotic scar tissue as well as regenerative nodules, leading to progressive loss of liver function. ...

Her cremated remains were interred in her mother's gravesite at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, where they still lie, anonymous and unmarked nearly 47 years after her passing.^[21]

Even in death Wong's stereotypes followed her. From her Time obituary: “TIME” redirects here. ...

Feb. 10, 1961: Died. Anna May Wong, 54 [actually 56], Los Angeles-born daughter of a local laundryman, who became a film star over her father's objections that "every time your picture is taken, you lose a part of your soul," died a thousand deaths as the screen's foremost Oriental villainess; of a heart attack; in Santa Monica, Calif.^[13]

Legacy

Wong was the first Asian actress to find great acclaim in American films. Unfortunately she was one of the last for a very long while. It took until the 1990s for fellow Asian actresses such as Lucy Lui and Sandra Oh to receive any form of attention from the American public. However, no actress of Asian descent since Wong has been able to reach such acclaim, fame, stardom and status. During her lifetime, Wong was famous around the world, especially in Europe. In France Wong was a sensation. Her hairstyle and dance moves were copied automatically. Said of her, "She was the one American star who spoke to the French people, more than Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford or Mary Pickford, the top American actresses of the time. But ironically she's the one who's now forgotten."^[21] Lucy Liu in trench coat. ... Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and a three-time Emmy Award-nominated Canadian actress. ... For a specific analysis of the population of France, see Demographics of France. ... Greta redirects here. ... For other persons named Joan Crawford, see Joan Crawford (disambiguation). ... Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists in 1919. ...

Unfortunately many silent films are lost forever. Many of Wong's lesser-known silents are lost;^[2] however, many of her films have survived and made it to DVD including Outside the Law (1921), The Toll of the Sea, The Thief of Bagdad, Peter Pan, The Yankee Clipper (1927), and Piccadilly (1929).^[2] A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Lost film is a term used to describe any feature film that no longer exists in either studio archives or private collections. ...

In 2003–2004, two biographies and a book on her career appeared, and extremely comprehensive retrospectives of her films were held at both the Museum of Modern Art and the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York City (the latter in 2005).^[4] This article is about the museum in New York City. ... Located at the site of the former Astoria Studios (now operating as the Kaufman-Astoria Studios) in the borough of Queens in New York City (USA), the Museum of the Moving Image (originally named the Astoria Motion Picture and Television Center Foundation) was founded in 1977. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Anna May Wong: A Complete Guide to Her Film, Stage, Radio and Television Work was written by Philip Leibfried and Chei Mi Lane. Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend by Graham Russell Hodges made reference to her statement that she "died a thousand deaths." This quote is sometimes attributed to her believing in reincarnation, but others have indicated it was a wry observation on her characters dying at the end of films. Chei Mi Lane [1] lives in Saint Louis, MO (USA). ...

For her contribution to the film industry, Anna May Wong received a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 1708 Vine Street. She is also depicted larger than life as one of the four supporting pillars of the "Gateway to Hollywood" sculpture located on the southeast corner of Hollywood Blvd and La Brea Ave. Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Vine Street is a thoroughfare in Westminster London. ... ...

Filmography

Wong in early Technicolor film The Toll of the Sea (1922)

Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ... The Toll of the Sea was a motion picture produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, and released by Metro Pictures in 1922. ...

Films

See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West... Portrait in Black (1960) is a thriller released by Universal International. ... Portrait in Black (1960) is a thriller released by Universal International. ... See also: 1948 in film 1949 1950 in film 1940s in film 1950s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America Adams Rib Jolson Sings Again Pinky I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc Academy Awards Best Picture: All the... The year 1943 in film involved some significant events. ... See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ... The year 1941 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 1939 in film involved some significant events. ... See also: 1937 in film 1937 1939 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of Dorothy in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. ... Dangerous to Know is a 1938 crime film starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony Quinn. ... Dangerous to Know is a 1938 crime film starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony Quinn. ... See also: 1936 in film 1937 category:1937 films 1938 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US. May 7 - Shall We Dance premieres in the US. Top grossing films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Conquest Damaged Lives... Daughter of Shanghai was a 1937 American motion picture directed by Robert Florey, written by Gladys Unger and Garnett Weston, and starring Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn. ... Daughter of Shanghai was a 1937 American motion picture directed by Robert Florey, written by Gladys Unger and Garnett Weston, and starring Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn. ... See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ... See also: 1932 in film 1933 1934 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events British Film Institute founded. ... See also: 1931 in film 1932 1933 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Shirley Temples film career begins Disney released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film. ... VHS cover of Shanghai Express Shanghai Express is a 1932 movie of the Pre-Code era starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. ... VHS cover of Shanghai Express Shanghai Express is a 1932 movie of the Pre-Code era starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. ... // Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore City Lights starring Charles Chaplin Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring Fredric March Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul Best Actor: Wallace Beery - The Champ Best Actor: Fredric... Daughter of the Dragon is a 1931 movie directed by Lloyd Corrigan and starring Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy, Sessue Hayakawa as Ah Kee and Warner Oland as Dr. Fu Manchu. ... See also: 1929 in film 1930 1931 in film 1930s in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films The Indians Are Coming Madam Satan Der Blaue Engel Academy Awards Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal Studios Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee... See also: 1928 in film 1929 1930 in film 1920s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events The days of the silent film were numbered. ... Piccadilly (1929) is a silent British film directed by Ewald André Dupont, written by Arnold Bennett and starring Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray and Jameson Thomas. ... See also: 1927 in film 1928 1929 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. ... Across to Singapore is a 1928 silent film by director William Nigh starring Joan Crawford and Ramon Novarro. ... See also: 1926 in film 1927 1928 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres. ... // August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. ... A Trip to Chinatown is a musical comedy in three acts by Charles H. Hoyt with music by Percy Gaunt. ... See also: 1924 in film 1925 1926 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films Ben-Hur His People The Unholy Three The Freshman Movies released Movies released in 1925 include: Ben-Hur, starring Ramon Novarro. ... See also: 1923 in film 1924 1925 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. ... Captain Hook fends off the crocodile in the first film version of Peter Pan Peter Pan was a silent movie released in 1924 by Paramount Pictures, the first film adaptation of the play by J.M. Barrie. ... This is about the 1924 film starring Douglas Fairbanks. ... This is about the 1924 film starring Douglas Fairbanks. ... See also: 1922 in film 1923 1924 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers. ... See also: 1921 in film 1922 1923 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 26 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely... The Toll of the Sea was a motion picture produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, and released by Metro Pictures in 1922. ... The Toll of the Sea was a motion picture produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, and released by Metro Pictures in 1922. ... See also: 1920 in film 1921 1922 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. ... See also: 1918 in film 1919 1920 in film years in film film // Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture. ...

Television

See also: 1960 in television, other events of 1961, 1962 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1961-62 American network television schedule. ... The Barbara Stanwyck Show was an anthology dramatic television series which ran on NBC in 1960 and 1961. ... See also: 1959 in television, other events of 1960, 1961 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1960-61 American network television schedule. ... This article is about the lawman; Wyatt Earp is also the name of a card game. ... See also: 1958 in television, other events of 1959, 1960 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1959-60 American network television schedule. ... Adventures in Paradise was an ABC television series which ran from 1959 until 1961. ... Climax! (a. ... Climax! (a. ... Climax! (a. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1956. ... See also: 1950 in television, other events of 1951, 1952 in television and the list of years in television. // Events May 28 - The US Supreme Court upholds the FCCs approval of the CBS color television system. ...

References

Notes

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Further Reading

External links

• The Anna May Wong Society
• Anna May Wong at the Internet Movie Database
• Anna May Wong at the Internet Broadway Database
• Anna May Wong Documentary Home
• Anna May Wong at Silent Era People
• Anna May Wong Photo Galleries at Silent Ladies & Gents
• Anna May Wong Tobacco Cards at Virtual History
• Anna May Wong Daily LiveJournal community

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