{"product_id":"anna-may-wong-from-laundrymans-daughter-to-hollywood-legend-9781641608831","title":"Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnna May Wong remains one of Hollywood's best-known Chinese American actors.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Between 1919 and 1960, Anna May Wong starred in over fifty movies, sharing billing with stars such as Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Ramon Novarro, and Warner Oland. Her life, though, is the prototypical story of an immigrant's difficult path through the prejudices of American culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in Los Angeles in 1905, she was the second daughter of seven children born to a laundryman and his wife. Childhood experience fueled her fascination with Hollywood. By 1919 she secured a small part in her first film, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Lantern\u003c\/i\u003e, and she continued to act up until her death. Her most famous film roles were in \u003ci\u003eThe Toll of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Thief of Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOld San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShanghai Express\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But discrimination against Asians, in both in the film industry and society, was commonplace, and when it came time to make a film version of Pearl Buck's \u003ci\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, she was passed over for the Chinese female lead role, which was ultimately given to the white actor Luise Rainer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a narrative that recalls the pathos of life in Los Angeles's Chinese neighborhoods and the glamour of Hollywood's pleasure palaces, Graham Russell Gao Hodges recovers the life of a Hollywood legend.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Russell Gao Hodges\u003c\/b\u003e is the George Dorland Langdon Jr. Professor of History and Africana and Latin American Studies at Colgate University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTaxi! A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDavid Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Hamilton, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chicago Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642943279378,"sku":"9781641608831","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc350f2e-da67-4669-a3fb-fdb8ec910b66.jpg?v=1733074873","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anna-may-wong-from-laundrymans-daughter-to-hollywood-legend-9781641608831","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}