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By : Graham Russell Gao Hodges
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Anna May Wong was perhaps the best known Chinese American actress during Hollywood's golden age, a free spirit and embodiment of the flapper era much like Louise Brooks. She starred in over fifty movies between 1919 and 1960, sharing the screen with such luminaries as Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Marlene Dietrich.Born in Los Angeles in 1905, Wong was the second daughter of six children born to a laundryman and his wife. Obsessed with film at a young age, she managed to secure a small part in a 1919 drama about the Boxer Rebellion. Her most famous film roles were in "The Thief of Baghdad," "Old San Francisco," and "Shanghai Express" opposite Dietrich. Despite these successes, instances of overt racism plagued Wong's career. When it came time to make a film version of Pearl Buck's "The Good Earth," she was passed over for the Austrian-born actress, Luise Rainer. In a narrative that recalls both the gritty life in Los Angeles's working-class Chinese neighborhoods and the glamour of .
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Tittle : Anna May Wong: From Laundryman?s Daughter to Hollywood Legend
Author : Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Pages : 316 pages
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
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ISBN-10 : 9888139630
ISBN-13 : 9789888139637
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A promise to love and to protectIs sealed by the special thread of Rakhi.Learn how this lovey tradition beganWith Amma, Klaka and little Kiki.How Vishnu taught arrogant Bali a lesson;A story about Indra, the God of lightning.Learn the power of this special thread and howTagore used it to stop brothers from fighting..
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Tittle : Amma Tell Me about Raksha Bandhan!
Author : Bhakti Mathur
Pages : 32 pages
Publisher : Anjana Publishing
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ISBN-10 : 9887905984
ISBN-13 : 9789887905981
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