Anna May Wong, the iconic Chinese-American star of the 1920s and ’30s, might finally be getting the big-screen respect she deserves. Shanghai-based Fundamental Films is developing Dragon Lady about Anna May Wong, possibly starring the beautimous Chinese actress-singer Fan Bingbing.
Says the Hollywood Reporter:
Wong rose to fame with her role in 1924′s Thief of Bagdad with Douglas Fairbanks, but her career was plagued by offers to play negative stereotypes of Chinese females and was limited by American anti-miscegenation laws that prevented her from sharing an on-screen kiss with a person of another race. She appeared in Daughter of the Dragon, Daughter of Shanghai, and, with Marlene Dietrich, in Josef von Sternberg’s Shanghai Express.
Wong grew up in a poor neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is depicted in the the Four Ladies of Hollywood statues at La Brea and Sunset along with Dolores del Río, Dorothy Dandridge and Mae West.
Let’s gaze upon her magnificence in the classic pics and GIFs below, and hope that the upcoming movie will feature some of these ultra-chic looks.
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