Anna May Wong[electronic resource] :...
Hodges, Graham Russell, (1946-)

 

  • Anna May Wong[electronic resource] :from laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 791.43/028/092
    書名/作者: Anna May Wong : from laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend // Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
    作者: Hodges, Graham Russell,
    出版者: Hong Kong, China : : Hong Kong University Press,, 2012
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xxvi, 271 p.) : : ill.
    附註: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
    標題: Motion picture actors and actresses - Interviews. - United States
    ISBN: 9789882208902 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9789888139637 (pbk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-264) and index.
    內容註: 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.
    摘要、提要註: 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 prototypical story of an immigrant's difficult path through America. Born in Los Angeles in 1905, she was the second daughter of eight children born to a laundryman and his wife. Growing up in LosAngeles fuelled her fascination with Hollywood, and in 1919 she secureda small part in her first film, The Red Lantern with Alla Nazimova. Her most famous film roles were in Toll of the Sea, Piccadilly, The Thiefof Bagdad, Daughter of the Dragon, and most importantly, Shanghai Express, opposite Dietrich. Anna May Wong was an international celebrity whose friendships with intellectuals and artistsincluded the famed Chinese actress Butterfly Wu, Walter Benjamin, Carl Van Vechten, Paul Robeson, Edward Steichen, and Mei Lan Fan. Even though Anna May Wong made many landmark films, discrimination against Asians in Hollywood insured that she was passed over for the lead role in the film version of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth. Apparently Wong was "too Asian" for the role. TheBritish Film Institute recently released a newly restored version of Wong's classic film Piccadilly and the world will, once again, thrill tothe artistry of this great actress. Graham Hodges' biography of Anna May Wong rediscovers one of Hollywood's most legendary actresses and is a must for film lovers.
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