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Wong, Anna May (1905-1961)
 

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Delicately beautiful Chinese-American actress (real name Luong Liu Tsong), a star in Hollywood from the silent days, who occasionally appeared in British films.

The first of the latter was E.A.Dupont's Piccadilly (1929, filmed as silent, sound added), an expressionist-influenced crime thriller, and she starred in the film version of the long-running stage musical, Chu-Chin-Chow (d. Walter Forde, 1934).

Brian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of British Cinema

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Thumbnail image of Chu-Chin-Chow (1934)Chu-Chin-Chow (1934)

Arabian Nights-inspired musical starring Anna May Wong

Thumbnail image of Piccadilly (1929)Piccadilly (1929)

Late silent classic of envy, desire and murder in a London nightclub

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