LEADER 00000cam 2200697Mi 4500 001 ocn795120409 003 OCoLC 005 20160518075857.7 006 m o d 007 cr |n|---||||| 008 120611s2012 cc a ob 001 0beng d 019 809317689 020 9789882208902|q(electronic bk.) 020 9882208908|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)795120409|z(OCoLC)809317689 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dOCLCQ|dN$T|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dJSTOR|dP@ U|dOCLCA|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dCN8ML|dOCLCQ|erda 043 n-us--- 049 GTKE 050 4 PN2287.W66|bH63 2012eb 082 04 791.4302|a791.43028|a791.43028092|223 100 1 Hodges, Graham Russell,|d1946- 245 10 Anna May Wong :|bfrom laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend /|cGraham Russell Gao Hodges. 250 2nd ed. 264 1 Hong Kong :|bHong Kong University Press, HKU,|c2012. 300 1 online resource (315 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 600 10 Wong, Anna May,|d1905-1961. 600 17 Wong, Anna May,|d1905-1961|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00250378 650 0 Motion picture actors and actresses|zUnited States |vBiography. 650 0 Chinese American women|vBiography. 650 4 Wong, Anna May. 650 4 Fine Arts. 650 7 PERFORMING ARTS|xActing & Auditioning.|2bisacsh 650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY|xEntertainment & Performing Arts.|2bisacsh 650 7 Chinese American women.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00857242 650 7 Motion picture actors and actresses.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01027096 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 653 Multi-User. 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 776 08 |iPrint version:|aHodges, Graham Russell Gao.|tAnna May Wong : From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend. |dHong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, ©2012 |z9789888139637 914 ocn795120409 994 93|bGTK
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