Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend
Where: Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Ave.
212-817-7000 Price: Free
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Anna May Wong remains the ultimate Asian-American film star, having appeared in over fifty films with such legends as Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Roman Navarro, Joan Crawford, Lon Chaney, Marlene Dietrich, Sessue Hayakawa, Werner Oland, and many others. Despite being forced to play degrading roles, Wong’s global fame crystallized the image of the Asian woman in the first half of the twentieth century. Join Graham Russell Gao Hodges for a brief introduction to her life, focusing on her stage and vaudeville career, and her innumerable friendships among New York’s intellectual and artistic communities.
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Seating, as always, is “first come, first served.”
Elebash Recital Hall
For more information, call (212) 817 8471, or visit www.gothamcenter.org.
Elebash Recital Hall
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