Hollywood on Parade, King of Chinatown September 26, 2006

Hollywood on Parade
Directed by Lewis Lewyn
1933, 35mm, b/w, 20 min.
With Anna May Wong, Eddie Kane

Wong recites a Chinese poem in this revue-style short.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

King of Chinatown
Directed by Nick Grinde
US 1939, 16mm, b/w, 60 min.
With Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Anthony Quinn

This gangster film is also a tribute to Dr. Margaret “Mom” Chung, the first American-born Chinese female physician and founder of the first clinic in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Based on Chung, Wong’s character is a surgeon who saves a mobster’s life.

Official Website: http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2006fall/starlets.html#parade