#annamaywong

[alejandromogollo]

HISTORY IN THE MAKING. Michelle Yeoh’s win, the first asian woman ever to win Best Actress, had me in tears. It made me think of Anna May Wong, the first Asian American film star in Old Hollywood and the obstacles she had to endure in her career. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer refused to consider her for the leading role in the film version of Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth. They instead cast Luise Rainer to play it in yellowface. Some poetic justice was done last night. I know some of you also hoped for Blanchett, who I also think was astonishing in TAR, so my heart was parted in two, really. What did you think of Oscar night? #Oscars #oscars2023 #michelleyeoh #annamaywong #alejandromogolloart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpu7QKHoqw5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wongliutsong]

“Anna May Wong is finally having her moment. The silent film actor and Hollywood’s first Chinese American movie star is not only featured on a new commemorative US quarter, she’s also back on the big screen as the inspiration for the self-assured Lady Fay Zhu in Damien Chazelle’s current entry in the Oscar race, the ’20s industry tale Babylon. ⠀ For Li Jun Li, who plays Babylon’s Lady Fay, Wong was “a lone warrior”: “There were no others like her. She was isolated but obstinate in her fight against discrimination and typecasting.” Despite everything, Wong was the first Asian American to star in her own television series and the first to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With a Gemma Chan–fronted biopic also in the works, her star is only poised to get brighter.” ⠀ Read more: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/anna-may-wongs-lasting-legacy-awards-insider ⠀ @vanityfair @babylonmovie @lijunli @gemmachan ⠀ ⁣Will you be watching Babylon? I have seen an advance screening of the film & have shared my thoughts with minimal spoilers in previous posts. Please keep it mind that it is not a biopic. I predict I will be getting more questions about AMW & more followers once the film is officially released in theaters - which I would welcome with open arms. 😊 .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #turnerclassicmovies #lijunli #oldhollywoodglamour #oldhollywoodglam #retrohollywood #oldhollywoodactress #goldenageofhollywood #gemmachan #oldhollywoodmovies #oldhollywood #oldhollywoodstars #babylonmovie #annamaywongforever #oldhollywoodglamour #annamaywongstyle #annamaywonglives #annamaywongrealness #goldenera #annamaywong #classicmovies #annamaywongpic #oldmovies #annamaywong💎 #annamaywongfeature #annamaywongtribute #annamaywong✨ #annamaywonginspired #oldcinema #annamaywongactress #uscurrency https://www.instagram.com/p/CmZXb7BsJCT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[quinnptbs]

i watched Babylon , and Li jun Li as Lady Fay was inspired by Anna May Wong, who is also a sapphic icon????? I had to do quick sketch of the first Chinese-American in Hollywood.

[biglisbonnews]

Dolce & Gabbana is trying to rehab its China image by dressing the wrong demographic As the 80th Golden Globe Awards got underway at the Beverly Hilton in California on Jan. 10, Hollywood types, including Chinese American actress Li Jun Li, made their way down the red carpet.Read more...

[talkingsilents]

Actress Anna May Wong is now the first Asian American to be featured on United States currency. Considered the first major Asian American movie star, she was also the first Asian American actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was in one of the first Technicolor films, “The Toll if the Sea” from 1922. #annamaywong #asianamerican #asianamericanactress #chineseamerican #silentfilm #silentfilmactress #silentfilmactor #silentmovies #classicmovies #cinema https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj6URvEvkLs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[designnurd]

Side 2 of the Hell Babes Mural painted on the building from Interview with a Vampire, across from @goldengatetheatre in the @transgenderdistrict 🕵🏽‍♂️🎙🧛🏻‍♂️ 🍀👸🏼Murray Antoinette 🗯 #LetTheSmokeShake! 💎👩🏻‍💼Tackie Onassis 🗯 #DecriminalizePoverty! 🎎🎭 Anime Wrong 🗯 #HousingForAll! ⚓️💛 Sailor Venus Xtravaganza 🗯 #TransRightsAreHumanRights! 👹🎭 Divine Comedy 🗯 #ClosePrisonsOpenSchools! 😱💃🏼Scarilyn Monroe 🗯 #Right2Choose4Every1! 🍑🐱Girtha Kitt 🗯 #UnionStrong! 🔥🍆Dante Inflagrante 🗯 #Equality4All! 🏳️‍🌈🌸🏳️‍⚧️ Thanks to @paintthevoidproject @building180 @shineonsf @wearetogethersf for @homerise_sf 💞 #MarieAntoinette #JackieO #AnnaMayWong #SailorVenus #VenusXtravaganza #DivineComedy #MarilynMonroe #EarthaKitt #Inflagrante #goldengatetheatre #transgenderdistrict 👹💋🔥 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfrr22yvKQ_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[world-time-traveler]

Just finished reading this biography of the Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong. It such a fascinating read and she seemed to have been such a fascinating, lovely and beautiful woman who was given such second rate roles because of her race. Her life seemed so interesting but tragically unlucky in love. Her legacy may not seem much but she paved the road for the future of Asian Americans in Hollywood. I hope someday soon there will be more roles and movies with better and deeper meanings than the average rom-com or teenage film for Asians in America. I think if I known about her when I was younger I would’ve felt proud to being a Chinese-American growing up in Florida with extremely small population in minorities especially East Asians. I’m proud to call Anna May Wong as a role model. If you ever come across this book you should definitely pick it up to read it. #annamaywong #annamaywongbook #chineseamerican #chineseamericanactress #grahamrussellgaohodges #hongkonguniversitypress https://www.instagram.com/p/CejHPWzOBNt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[minoukatze]

Face no. 26: Anna May Wong, a fantastic Jazz Age actress who deserves more respect and acclaim than she got. #annamaywong #jazzage #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #minisketchbook #face #portrait #graphite #pencil #pencilart #portraitdrawing #flapper #oldhollywood (at Bucks County, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeeFiniL4b5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ameliechabannes]

✨CARVED IN STONE✨

Anna May Wong will soon be featured on ⚡️U.S. quarters!!!⚡️• a loving thought to Unladylike productions founder & Prod.Exe who snatched her from oblivion many years ago & included her in our first film series, proud to have visually revive her journey #2danimation #artlover #historynerd #annamaywong

[annamaywong]

Not Your China Doll Book Cover Reveal

✨Book Cover Reveal of #NotYourChinaDoll - a new biography about #AnnaMayWong by Katie Gee Salisbury (@kayteesal)✨

I am excited to reveal the cover of an upcoming biography about Anna May Wong written by Katie Gee Salisbury. Some of you may simply know her by her Instagram username @kayteesal.

A backstory of how I connected with Katie: In November 2021, I stumbled upon Katie’s Twitter page while trying to figure out if an Asian woman at a Hollywood party was indeed Anna May Wong. It wasn’t. As I read her Half Caste Woman newsletter blog feverishly, I found out it was Mrs. Quon Tai Lachman. I reached out to her personally. We corresponded & connected over our love for Anna May Wong before meeting in-person in August 2022 - when I shared part of my AMW collection & notes with her. I guess we are kindred spirits in a way. Both in our mid-late 30s, we can trace our ancestry to Toisan, and share a love for film history & Anna May Wong. In December 2022, Katie asked me if I would read an early draft of Not Your China Doll. I jumped at the chance. I read the draft of her book in less than span of 1 week and was completely engrossed in the immersive world of Anna May Wong. Katie interweaves the worlds of AMW so beautifully with words and imagery of life - with its foibles. It’s a wonderful true telling of her life’s story, and debunks many of the myths about AMW. It’s well researched & she received input from people in the AMW community. I can’t wait to read this book in its final version—I only read one draft. I hope you will join me… won’t you? 😉

The book comes out in March 2024, but you can pre-order a copy now here: https://bit.ly/NotYourChinaDoll

Your thoughts on this book cover reveal?

[holley4734]

The Brightest Star: #bookreview

@GailTsukiyama #GailTsukiyama #thebrighteststar #annamaywong @HarperViaBooks @NetGalley @BloggersHut #bookblog #biblioblog @bloggingbeesRT @BiblioblogR #booktwt #booktwitter

Yet her beauty and talent isn’t enough to overcome the racism that relegates her to supporting roles as a helpless, exotic butterfly or a vicious, murderous dragon lady while Caucasian actresses in yellowface” are given starring roles portraying Asian women. Though she suffers professionally and personally, Anna May fights to win lead roles, accept risque parts, financially support her family,…

[alejandromogollo]

Jumping in this #FaceYourArt @instagram challenge with some of the portraits I’ve been creating lately. I’m quite happy with the range of characters I’ve created, from tv stars to pop music icons, Broadway stars and trailblazing old Hollywood legends. Do you agree? #lucilleball #judygarland #angelalansbury #donnamills #marilynmonroe #AnnaMayWong #dorisday #kylieminogue #Cher #AlejandroMogolloArt https://www.instagram.com/p/CiFnYz8Mqbz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wongliutsong]

The Anna May Wong Top Hat photos taken by photographer Carl Van Vechten 📷 #annamaywong #annamaywongtribute #annamaywongfan #annamaywong💎 #annamaywongactress #annamaywongforever #annamaewongfans #annamaywong✨ #annamaywongpic #annamaywongstyle #annamaywongrealness #annamaewong #chineseamericanactress #chineseamerican #asianamericanactors #screengoddess #asianamericanhistory #oldhollywood #classichollywood #黃柳霜 #wongliutsong #oldhollywoodglam #oldmovies #turnerclassicmovies #tcm #classicactress #goldenageofhollywood #carlvanvechten #vintagephotos https://www.instagram.com/p/CqCahhSsDE-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[elliscraddock]

Here's my #8throcksshuffle #8thRocks dance video with whirlwind sound effects & high tone version of this song called #AnnaMayWong #黃柳霜 by #RobertDrasnin on YouTube to pay homage to her. Rest in power, Mrs. Wong. Your legacy will live on. Also click the like, share, subscribe, & hit a notification button on my YouTube channel.

Here's a link of my dance video on YouTube:

[tomsiebert]

The image of actress Anna May Wong now graces the reverse side of the quarter, the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency. #AnnaMayWong

[thenewsfactsnow]

Historic: US Currency now feature first Asian American Anna May Wong

Historic: US Currency now feature first Asian American Anna May Wong #USCurrency #AnnaMayWong #HistoricMoments #TrendingNews #USNews

Actress Anna May Wong on Monday became the first asian american to feature in the U.S. currency. The U.S. Mint will begin shipping coins featuring As the first Asian American movie star in Hollywood, Anna May Wong fought for greater diversity and fewer stereotypical Asian American roles. Wong, who passed away in 1961, struggled to find jobs in Hollywood during the early 20th century, a time of…