Screening & Guest Presentation "Anna May Wong Frosted Yellow Willows Her Life, Times, and Legend"

With disarming sensuality and commanding screen presence, Anna May Wong defined the role of the “Dragon Lady.” Narrated by Nancy Kwan, Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times, and Legend is a story about a Chinese American woman who endured many hardships and heartches to become an international film star.  From humble beginnings in a Chinese laundry, she went on to star in pictures such as Technicolor's Toll of the Sea (1922), E. A. Dupont's Piccadilly (1929) and Josef von Sternberg's Shanghai Express (1932) with Marlene Dietrich.  Never one to rest on her laurels, Anna would utilize her fame to aid her country and the country of her ancestors during times of war.  Her body of work establishes her as a true pioneer of early cinema.  (50 min.)

The screening will be presented by the director, Elaine Mae Woo.  Elaine's background is in domestic and international marketing and sales for various American corporations and companies.  She studied at U. C. Berkeley and San Francisco State University in the mid-1960s and has been taking film and new media courses at UCLA Extension since 1994.  She considers herself a documentarian of Asians in Hollywood from circa 1900 to 1940.

Website: www.anna-may-wong.com
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Flyer Photos Courtesy: Elaine Mae Woo

Anna May Wong Screening Flyer (pdf)