Anna May Wong
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Wong Liu Tsong, known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain inte
Wong in 1935
Anna May Wong seated in her mother's lap, c. 1905
This is a duplicate copy of the Certificate of Identity issued to actress Anna May Wong.
Wong (holding child) with Beatrice Bentley in The Toll of the Sea (1922)
Shanghai Express (film)
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Shanghai Express is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a group of train passengers held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg and stars Marlene Die
Anna May Wong
…was featured in films of the early sound era, and went on to appear in Daughter of the Dragon (1931), with Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's Shanghai Express (1932), Java Head (1934), and Daughter of Shanghai (1937). In 1935, Wong was dealt the most severe disappointment of her career, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer…
Original theatrical poster
Shanghai Express ad in The Film Daily, 1932
Shanghai Express ad in The Film Daily, 1932
L to R: Marlene Dietrich, Warner Oland, Clive Brook