- Title Pages
- Dedication
- 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
- Selected Bibliography
- Articles by Anna May Wong
- Selected Interviews and Articles
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Fiction and Poetry
- Printed Primary Sources
- Photography Collections
- Secondary Sources
- Index
- [UNTITLED]
Seeking Stardom
Seeking Stardom
- Chapter:
- (p.27) Two Seeking Stardom
- Source:
- Anna May Wong
- Author(s):
Graham Russell Gao Hodges
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
This chapter covers Wong's rise to Hollywood stardom while hampered by yellow face competition and rules against mixed race romance on screen. It discusses her flapper persona, mixed race romances and struggles conservative family life. It discusses her stardom in Toll of the Sea, Thief of Bagdad and Peter Pan with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Betty Bronson. It also shows her frustrations with film parts and determination to seek fuller life and career in Europe
Keywords: Thief of Bagdad, Toll of the Sea, Flapper, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr, Miscegenation and Film
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- 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
- Selected Bibliography
- Articles by Anna May Wong
- Selected Interviews and Articles
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Fiction and Poetry
- Printed Primary Sources
- Photography Collections
- Secondary Sources
- Index
- [UNTITLED]