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  1. Aug 30, 2023 · One of the earliest Asian-American Hollywood stars, Anna May Wong, has recently inspired a new biographical release titled Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American...

  2. May 7, 2024 · Daughter of Shanghai (1937) allowed Wong a happy ending with a Korean American male lead, which was unusual for her oeuvre. During World War II , she made Bombs over Burama (1942) and Lady from...

  3. Apr 17, 2024 · For example, she was in “The Daughter of Shanghai,” the first movie with Asian American actors playing a leading romantic couple, alongside Philip Ahn, her childhood friend who paved his own Hollywood path as a Korean American actor.

  4. Apr 4, 2024 · In the 1932 classic Shanghai Express, Wong is a sardonic and fearless sex worker who enjoys the company of a libidinous gal pal, played by Marlene Dietrich. The pair’s chemistry is the stuff of...

  5. Jun 5, 2024 · “Daughter of Shanghai” is a 1937 American crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring Anna May Wong, Charles Bickford and Buster Crabbe. Unusually for the time, East Asian American actors played the lead roles.

  6. May 30, 2024 · Revered by Chinese-American actors as their godmother, the name Tsai Chin, however, has remained largely unknown to most Chinese until recently, when the film Daughter of Shanghai brought her legendary life story to big screens across China.

  7. Sep 12, 2023 · Created as a star vehicle for Anna May Wong, the B-movie thriller Daughter of Shanghai (1937) is notable for featuring two Asian American actors as sympathetic leads. Wong and Philip Ahn, Hollywood’s first Asian American G-man, unmask white villainy in their investigation of a smuggling ring of undocumented immigrants.

  8. May 29, 2024 · A year later, Hollywood tried to make amends by casting her as the heroine in Daughter of Shanghai, a film costarring Korean-American actor Philip Ahn. “It’s rare to see two Asian-American...

  9. Mar 15, 2024 · Daughter of Shanghai 1937 ★★★ Watched Mar 15 , 2024 David Ezell’s review published on Letterboxd:

  10. Jun 3, 2024 · Tsai Chin chats on set with Chen Miao, director of the film, Daughter of Shanghai. [Photo/Mtime] "I heard about Tsai Chin a long time ago and Daughter of Shanghai gave me a deeper understanding of this legendary woman.