Help my brain is trying to get me to start a second #BarbieMovie #sewing project 😭 Please note that my first project, a recreation of the #AnnaMayWong Barbie dress, is currently stalled at the "I cut out fabric for the mockup and haven't sewn a stitch nor bought fashion fabric" stage.

But!!! How cool would it be if I ALSO could make a Ken-inspired outfit?

#ShanghaiExpress has a lot of shots that are beautifully composed and lit, including when #MarleneDietrich (Madeline/#ShangaiLily) disarms #AnnaMayWong (#HuiFei) from behind by pulling Anna's arms apart by her wrists.

The rage in Hui's face is matched in intensity by the look of fierce and instinctive protection in Lilly's.

Lilly's right cheek is partly framed by Hui's hair, Hui's head turned left 🔥🔥🔥

The way Lilly immediately turns away may be due to lesbian miscegenation being illegal.

A portrait of Anna May Wong, 20th Century actress and first Asian American movie star. Drawn with Krita in 2022
#annamaywong #portrait #krita #DigitalArt #asianamerican

104 years ago:
The Red Lantern (US)
Mahlee and Blanche Sackville are half-sisters, Blanche the daughter of an Englishman and his wife, Mahlee of the Englishman and his Chinese mistress. Mahlee rejects her people and attempts to find a life for herself among the Europeans. But she finds the color line impossible to pass and returns to ...
1919-05-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/263275
#TheRedLantern #AlbertCapellani #AnnaMayWong #PreCode #ClassicMovies

89 years ago:
Chu Chin Chow (UK)
Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.
1934-05-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/181649
#ChuChinChow #AnnaMayWong #ClassicMovies

Very cool!

#Barbie introduces #AnnaMayWong doll https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/barbie-introduces-anna-may-wong-doll-rcna79558
>“A lot of Asian actors today are where they are because of the things she fought so hard for in Hollywood,” the actress’ niece, Anna Wong, said. “Her legacy is part of history.”

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The latest quarter in the American Women Quarters Program is #AnnaMayWong, a trailblazer in the early age of cinema who pushed back against America’s penchant for casting Asian people in negative stereotypes.

“In this rise of anti-Asian hate telling us that we are enemies and we don’t belong here, having an Asian American woman’s face on the quarter really signifies we do belong here.” #news #PositiveNews #AAPI https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-19/anna-may-wong-coin-first-asian-american-on-united-states-currency-quarter

I just watched Java Head (J. Walter Ruben, 1934) and rated it 6/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Head_%281934_film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #JavaHead #AnnaMayWong

#CriterionChannel #MarleneDietrich #AnnaMayWong 🚂 🗡️ https://boxd.it/4aYykB

74 years ago:
Impact (US)
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
1949-03-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/25503
#Impact #BrianDonlevy #EllaRaines #AnnaMayWong #UnitedArtists #ClassicFilm

💖 Anna May Wong (1905 – 1961) Chinese-American actress 🎭
#AnnaMayWong #oldhollywood

How #film star #AnnaMayWong paved the way for #Asian #representation at the #Oscars

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/anna-may-wong-niece-oscars-1.6777534

American Women Quarters
#AnnaMayWong
#AmericanWomenQuartersProgram #USCurrency #Quarters #ClassicHollywood #SilentFilmStar

Sessue Hayakawa and Anna May Wong with a reel of film. 🎞️

keywords #sessuehayakawa #annamaywong #1930s #oldhollywood #classichollywood #cinema #hollywood #film

A 1930 photo of #AnnaMayWong by photographer #ManRay.

Wong is often considered to be the first Chinese-American Hollywood movie star, as well as the first Chinese-American actress to gain international recognition. In 1951, Wong made history again with her television show “The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong,” the first-ever U.S. television show starring an Asian-American series lead.

A 1930 photo of Anna May Wong by photographer Man Ray.

Wong is often considered to be the first Chinese-American Hollywood movie star, as well as the first Chinese-American actress to gain international recognition. In 1951, Wong made history again with her television show “The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong,” the first-ever U.S. television show starring an Asian-American series lead. #AnnaMayWong

A 1930 photo of Anna May Wong by photographer Man Ray.

Wong is often considered to be the first Chinese-American Hollywood movie star, as well as the first Chinese-American actress to gain international recognition. In 1951, Wong made history again with her television show “The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong,” the first-ever U.S. television show starring an Asian-American series lead. #AnnaMayWong

"Anna May Wong's life began on Jan 3, 1905 at 351 Flower Street, a few blocks away from #ChinatownLA," Graham Russell Gao Hodges (2012). https://books.google.com/books?id=3ld9_F6aQlYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false #AnnaMayWong

Image from “Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words” documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rdjiMN_NSs

Today is the birthday of the great Anna May Wong, who made her starring role debut at 17 in the red-and-green silent film The Toll of the Sea in 1922 - over a century ago!

One of my movie-watching highlights of 2022 was a monthlong celebration of her work on TCM, including Old San Francisco (1927), Picadilly (1929), Daughter of the Dragon (1931), Shanghai Express (1932), and Lady from Chungkung (1942) in which she plays an underground resistance fighter.
#AnnaMayWong #ChineseAmerican #Hollywood

💖 Happy Birthday Anna May Wong - Born Jan 03, 1905 🎂

💖 Anna May Wong (1905 – 1961) Chinese American actress 💫

#annamaywong #oldhollywood #happybirthday