Anna May Wong, the preeminent Chinese American movie star of her day. After rising to stardom in Douglas Fairbanks’s blockbuster The Thief of Bagdad (1924), and performing in acclaimed films in Berlin, Paris, and London, she returned to Hollywood, where she spoke out about the industry’s racism, and used her new stature to reshape Asian American representation in film. To celebrate the publication of Katie Gee Salisbury’s debut biography Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong, which showcases the vibrant, radical life of this groundbreaking artist, join Salisbury and New Yorker writer Mayukh Sen for an extended introduction before a screening of Robert Florey’s 1937 Wong-showcase Daughter of Shanghai.

A trio of films featuring Wong—Chu Chin Chow, Piccadilly, and The Toll of the Sea—will also stream on Metrograph At Home from March 1-April 1 with special video introductions from Salisbury.

 

 

Pre-screening discussion with author Katie Gee Salisbury and writer Mayukh Sen
Thursday, March 14