Anna May Wong : in her own words / a film by Yunah Hong.

"Anna May Wong knew she wanted to be a movie star from the time she was a young girl--and by 17 she became one. A third generation Chinese-American, she went on to make dozens of films in Hollywood and Europe. She was one of the few actors to successfully transition from silent to sound cinema, co-s...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Women Make Movies (Firm)
Other Authors: Hong, Yunah
Ly, Doan
Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961
Language:English
Published: New York : Women Make Movies, 2011.
Subjects:
Wong, Anna May, > 1905-1961.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Chinese American women > Biography.
Chinese Americans in mass media.
Asian Americans in motion pictures.
Motion picture industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
In her own words.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"Anna May Wong knew she wanted to be a movie star from the time she was a young girl--and by 17 she became one. A third generation Chinese-American, she went on to make dozens of films in Hollywood and Europe. She was one of the few actors to successfully transition from silent to sound cinema, co-starring with Marlene Dietrich, Anthony Quinn and Douglas Fairbanks along the way. She was glamorous, talented and cosmopolitan -- yet she spent most of her career typecast either as a painted doll or a scheming dragon lady. For years, older generations of Chinese-Americans frowned upon the types of roles she played; but today a younger generation of Asian Americans sees her as a pioneering artist, who succeeded in a hostile environment that hasn't altogether changed. Yunah Hong's engrossing documentary is an entertaining and imaginative survey of Wong's career, exploring the impact Wong had on images of Asian American women in Hollywood, both then and now. Excerpts from Wong's films, archival photographs and interviews enhance this richly detailed picture of a woman and her times."--Container.
Note:Videorecording.
Call Number:PN2287.W56 A55 2011 VideoDVD
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Doan Ly (as Anna May Wong)