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On her 35th, we’re serving you her boldest, baddest, most unforgettable fashion moments on film. Here are visual stories ...
Men in top hats dance gracefully, and acrobats perform fire hoop tricks. After a tap dance performance, the lights go out and Yee takes to the stage. Yang says that Yee had a strong stage presence and ...
Anna May Wong was born on January 3, 1905, in Los Angeles, to second-generation Chinese Americans—a family that had moved to the United States from Taishan in the Guangdong province of China ...
Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong By Katie Gee Salisbury (Dutton; 480 pages; $32) Evocative language and vivid details of old Hollywood distinguish this lively ...
Wong Sam Sing, Anna May’s father, was born just northeast of Sacramento, where his father ran two shops during the Gold Rush. Lee Gon Toy and Wong Sam Sing married in SF in 1901, then moved to LA.
Turns out, the Nelson-Atkins has exhibited the picture of Wong, taken by photographer Carl Van Vechten, a few times: Dec. 6, 1992 to January 10, 1993; March 8 to June 15, 2008; May 15 to October ...
Turns out, the Nelson-Atkins has exhibited the picture of Wong, taken by photographer Carl Van Vechten, a few times: Dec. 6, 1992 to January 10, 1993; March 8 to June 15, 2008; May 15 to October ...