ANNA MAY WONG: IN HER OWN WORDS | Women Make Movies | Trailer

[@suiennui1095]

So honoured to be named Anna-Mei after her.

[@abelb8612]

To Mei: Wow, you were named after her? I bet your parents loved her movies.

[@wesleysatterfield6309]

If she were 25 years old today, she'd be a major star with an impressive future. Maybe, slowly, things are improving. We do her just honor by loving her and acknowledging what she gave the industry.

[@ttp436]

Wesley Satterfield But would she though? I still don't see many Asian Chinese Actors or Actresses

[@aberizal8022]

Lucy Liu

[@hestakingit]

Abe Rizal Quite the list.

[@austinderrick5775]

Wire

[@feathersmcgraw4848]

I hope she would be but I don’t know. What I’ve heard what Lucy liu went though really pissed me off. Terrible racism on the set of Charlie’s angels.

[@OakAthainNerin]

She was beautiful!!

[@guinnberger2681]

She was a talented actress; beautiful, very, very intelligent, with a slender, elegant figure that made her look wonderful in fashionable clothes. She should have been a bigger star than she was allowed to be.

[@AQuietNight]

You always have to remember movies are a business first. Earlier film producers could be a little adventurous but once the major studios became corporations in the late 20's, actresses and actors had to be sure fire winners or they would be sent to B picture hell or dismissed altogether.

[@megshimatsu8615]

She lived in a racist country.

[@NorthKoreaUncovered]

@@megshimatsu8615 *world

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

She was a star, but not as big as she could have been. I saw this biographical film (documentary) in it's entirety. I'm white, but at the end of this film, I was in tears, because of that and because she died so young, and never married. History is amazing and for the most part forgotten and lost to time, but I am amazed by those trailblazers who were first at something important in the world, or invented something that would benefit mankind. This was a great documentary, and I had never previously heard of Anna May Wong. So thank you Yunah Hong for educating the world and preserving the memory, and for the beautiful piano soundtrack.

[@abelb8612]

To Skyline To TheSeaAndMe: And what about the nice Chinese dresses that she wore? Real classic. You don't see those anymore in Hong Kong, except during wedding ceremonies. Too bad, American moviemakers don't dare to make 'non-whites play the leading roles, even up to now. I think that is the reason why Bruce Lee made his movies in Hong Kong instead. His idea of 'Kung Fu' TV series was stolen from him and cast a white man to play his role....David Carridine.

[@gorillatrx9110]

I couldn’t agree with you more. It just seemed as if she needed someone to love and be loved but nobody would take that chance with her. The violin at the end had me in tears 😭. Sounds like she died of a broken heart 💔

[@Kraliezec]

Beautiful in looks, and a steely beautiful spirit as well.

[@williamsanders2439]

In many ways, she's a pioneer for many Asian-American actresses and artists such as Charlyne Yi, Constance Wu, Awkwafina and Ali Wong (to name just a few). Hollywood has the paradox of being ahead of the curve in social change and in dragging its collective feet (consider this years Oscars for example). While Anna May had so many stumbling blocks in her day, she STILL managed to eke out an impressive career, which we can still see on the silver screen.

[@deanadiedrich9304]

Anna was Beautiful and well spoken!

[@starrynightfall00]

I really hope someone makes a movie about her life someday. It would be so awesome to see it.

[@AdrianSGomez]

I could see her being played by Constance Wu.

[@jackie41083]

It looks like Gemma Chan will star in a biopic about her! I saw it on a friend’s social media. It’s the only reason why I looked her up on here. I am an Asian American and have sadly not heard of her. Excited!

[@844pm2]

a biopic would be amazing

[@r.htemple4144]

This is amazing. Literally found this because of an article saying that 42% of white Americans can't name an Asain-American celebrity. Made me feel guilty that I realized I was in that group. So grateful you made this and that I got to learn about her.

[@abelb8612]

The first time I paid attention to this famous actress, is thru the GOOGLE CELEBRATION page today. I think I have seen some of her old movies but never paid attention to her as an actress. Now I think that she is one of the legends of an actress. Too bad, American moviemakers are too prejudiced by not casting her as a leading lady in films that she had done. Even now, the year 2020, you don't even see Asian actors/actresses playing any leading roles here in the U.S.A. The 'white' United States is still too bigoted. It is so sad.

[@jaypee7632]

You appear to be a bigot.

[@GP-nr2fm]

What an iconic actress. She was stunningly talented and beautiful.

[@morganolfursson2560]

Happy anniversary Miss Wong, you are FAR from being forgotten and you remain my Japanese mother in law's all time heroine and role model .

[@rosie6]

She’s an icon. We won’t forget you. Your an actress❤️ A true actress

[@philipgreaves7964]

Anna May was so beautiful. So sad that She wasn't given more respect by Hollywood while She was alive.

[@jackie41083]

I saw on social media that they are making a biopic about her with Gemma Chan. Excited!

[@Wintermelin]

Her voice is exquisite and her presence is amazing. Anna May Wong, thank you for everything you did!

[@snakewhitcher4189]

She was a hell of a gal, as that one guy said. Seriously though, she was out of hand amazing

[@kimnagoya2021]

Who’s here after watching NETFLIX “Hollywood” ?

[@pmaddox]

I just finished, it was great! dang good series and story, I guess most is true that's why I am here trying to find more info....Man I sure did like it and hope they come out with a second season...:)

[@evelyntan5588]

Here after watching “Dangerous to Know.”

[@holskitchenCanada]

How nice to hear more about this wonderful woman. Thank you.

[@jarrett7774]

Who else had a good long cry after watching this? What an amazing woman.

[@everettwhite9874]

I first saw Anna May Wong in Shanghai Express and since then in a few other films. Even after her death she continues a legacy of firsts. My biggest thrill was when she was chosen as an honoree by the US Mint American Women Program in 2022. ❤

[@MarkS1356]

Her charisma jumps out of the screen in Shanghai Express. Anna May Wong is every bit the equal to the Iconic Dietrich. They don't make them like these two anymore.

[@xmiunax4385]

My google doodle tidbit for the day. What a beautiful, classy lady.

[@Valerie-gn1rr]

I find asian actresses to be so elegant. Even nowdays.

[@lordcron]

How wonderful! I never knew anything of her. I seen her in movies.Great story.

[@stuartperry1047]

She was stunning, and she dominated the screen, regardless of the part she played or the actors who appeared with her. Elegant and stylish, her beauty and screen presence are timeless.

[@terryvideo]

who's here because of the google doodle?

[@Mrneonsean]

*ME* 😃

[@techfrank2431]

You had to say huh?

[@naomiturner3957]

Me too

[@dlau2525]

Heard about her from a podcast, she was an amazingly strong person!

[@Casinooos]

I'm here because of reading about the Hays code on tvtropes

[@lonewolf4111]

she was so beautiful.

[@justwaiting5744]

I've been a fan since age 14. Once you first see Anna May, you can never forget her.

[@TrangPakbaby]

Like Hattie McDaniel, Anna was able to transcend racist stereotypical roles. I salute them, brilliant ladies

[@cristinavalle5266]

Great actress

[@627631]

Great actress in Shanghai Express she was fabulous ..rip Anna May Wong

[@davecsaszarable]

What a pioneer and a punk. Incredible woman. So glad I came across this

[@Llixgrijb]

What a beautiful voice she had, too (4:05).

[@2Howl]

At some point her story probably will be told in a feature length film

[@MzTeenUSA]

Yasssss Gemma Chan and Working Titles Films are working on her biopic. 🤞🏼

[@morganolfursson2560]

Asian actress are not all fabulous but when they decide to be, no other actresses in the world can hold a candle to them . Anna and Gong are the definition of excellence , dignity and class. I am lucky enough to have met Gong Li in Japan and in France for the premiere of Memoirs of a Geisha and Hannibal Rising and she is phenomenal in terms of charisma and otherworldly beautiful .

[@heinrichvon]

I love Ms. Gong.

[@angelahamlett8249]

I feel her pain. I was always drawn to her movies. I love you Anna May. R.I.P!... ♡♡♡

[@warmonger8799]

[@johnmagill3072]

Miss Anna was a tremendous Actor, very intelligent, and gorgeous. She was done so wrong for so many years.

[@isabeltowers6851]

She was ahead of her time. Truly talented and beautiful. Too bad Hollywood moguls were so restrictive and prejudice.

[@carolineorchange21]

wonderful. i enjoyed this immensely.

[@junjiebu2616]

She look alike Hana Mae Lee (the actress of Pitch Perfect) .

[@ralphbenites1312]

I found a quarter with her likeness on it had to find out who she was.she’s very beautiful actress.probably one of the first Chinese actress of that time.

[@devlieg72]

Part of this is not true. Wong was a third generation Chinese-American. Both her father's and mother's family had been in the U.S. since 1855. Also note that in her movies Wong speaks with a Mid-Atlantic accent and not a Western accent. She was a wonder actress.

[@allisonhaskell5440]

It showed her father was actually in China .. now her step fathers Might of been in the US but her birth father was in China , she said in Bio she only been to China once and visit him once .. she called him Pappy… but she initially said saw her father once , and her sister and brother were with her

[@mdunawaym]

It's funny, but I had never heard of her until this morning when I heard her name mentioned in an episode of Green Acres. Now I'll look much deeper into her career and character!

[@heinrichvon]

What a beautiful woman!

[@curtisblanco4029]

She is sooo beautiful.

[@OOICU812]

She was such a beautiful woman.

[@Cyberdrill]

who's here after watching Hollywood Netflix?

[@reekhavoc2932]

Can't wait to collect her quarter design!

[@johnmcgrew7128]

Anna May Wong was one of the most beautiful women in the world.

[@faithrevivalchurch123]

Wow what a strong woman and actress!

[@WomenMakeMovies]

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[@teacupalice]

It’s annoying that whoever is holding her documentary she made called my china film hostage doesn’t share it, I would love to watch it but whoever owns it has never made it public, I’m sure she would have wanted people to see it.

[@huekaix7265]

I realize now that amazing Asian women dont get enough reconizsation and it's really sad because they do amazing things the first poc women to be elected for Congress was Asian but it's like America in general tries to cover up the outstanding things they accomplish. As a poc I will support all poc women because yall really queens ❤❤👍🏾

[@phoenixrich149]

Wow!....And I do mean....Wow!

[@divashalo242]

"something that was different about her?" "don't want to call it an obstacle?" let's call it for what it is - she wasn't a star like she should've been b/c she she was an asian american actress in a racist institution

[@jaypee7632]

How many European or african actors were in chinese or Japanese cinema during this period?

[@00RoxPink]

Youre right we should always seek to lower ourselves to the level of the worst example we can find so we feel we arent overexerting ourselves 👍🏻

[@cheliae8560]

Amazing.

[@anisesuonborai6453]

Shanghai Express sounds fun I wanna try that

[@annettebca]

Wonderful!

[@ravindertalwar553]

Life is just to Love and to be Loved 💓💜 Love alone can Conquer the World.

[@anthonyjin367]

respect

[@lowellthomasjr.468]

She reminds me of Ms. Alice Yang...one of my most BRILLIANT, gifted and talented flute protoges...she wanted (after a couple of months of lessons) to go and play CHRISTmas duets with me on the San Antonio River ! "We can make MONEY...you'll see...people will give us TIPS!" LOL

[@Ecoean]

She's amazing at acting, but most importantly, she's amazing at facing adversity!

[@lindseym2811]

I keep thinking they're saying, Anime-Wong

[@jonkc3635]

Lindsey lol

[@SakuraMoonflower]

LMAO, SAME! XD

[@santinocastillo9348]

Wow..Master Chan was tryin to halla.😎

[@takhau921]

There were talks about a biopic based on her life, and for one reason or other that project sadly fell apart...I wish that a movie studio would be brave enough to take on this project, I'll be first in line to see it.

[@Grey_7]

anna may annamay anime

[@bray8398]

anime wrong

[@lucybai6087]

banger ahh interview no cap

[@韓国J]

she was born over a hundred years ago. this is crazy!

[@LPJack02]

RIP Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 - February 3, 1961), aged 56 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@susanralph274]

1:02 what the hell does he mean by 'she never embarasses me' he just embarrassed ME

[@JloveLamar]

I believe he means when he sees someone playing a stereotypical role in films, he gets embarrassed by it and because of it. Because of the humanity she brought to the roles, watching her on screen does not embarrass him. This is me speaking as an African-American and how I used to feel watching Blacks in stereotypical roles.

[@avaranabraham8507]

She was a legend and later influenced other Asian American celebrities to join the business

[@pharaohkingsley2603]

AWESOME

[@Jenwales1]

Here after reading Toksvig's Almanac. 😁

[@HappyFunTimeMedia]

Anna May.... Anna May... Ani me..... Anime

[@ToughXArmy69]

Ross Hunter at Universal made many great hits: Pillow Talk, Imitation of Life, Back Street, etc that kept Universal in Business. Universal in the late 50's and early 60's was a small studio not the powerhouse it is oday. Ross Hunter cast leading ladies such as Susan Hayward , Doris Day, Lana Turner but also stars of yesterday such as Constance Bennett, Myrna Loy, etc. One stand out casting was Anna May Wong in Hunter's production of Portrait in Black. Sadly Ms. Wong died soon after.

[@刁太犬讲話]

She will be on the US Quarter coin now

[@LowKey201]

Georgous

[@saadtoor1886]

who is here cuz ur doing hbd project :]

[@mynameisbenL]

Man i love anime

[@texasnewbie8276]

...good old hollywood in action

[@starbuono3333]

Anna hadnt seen her father in a long time , and all he gets is a handshake ?!

[@torinoherrera]

Google Doodle gave her the minimal respect she deserves in January 2020.

[@Lowness125-r6m]

see you on the US Quarter

[@johnmilonas9143]

What a life.

[@gatheringleaves]

She was treated better in China than in her own home country, shameful

[@MrJm323]

Oh, really? ....This short documentary doesn't go into enough detail. She apparently was despised by the KuoMinTang (Nationalist Party) - connected press. When she landed in Hong Kong, she was brought to tears by a jeering mob (which may have been organized by an agitating KMT-connected press). It had nothing to do with politics; and she was, ironically, a KMT sympathizer. It had to do with her early roles in the 1920s when she was depicted much more sexually and, at least in the opinion of KMT-affiliated journalists, in a way that the KMT thought was demeaning to a proper modern Chinese woman. She also didn't speak Mandarin, but a dialect which her ancestors spoke (from Canton - but I don't remember if it was Cantonese; it started with a "T"). Of course, it was the Nationalists who made Mandarin mandatory throughout China in the schools. The fact that she needed translators in places like Shanghai may have driven home the point to her that she was NOT Chinese after all. (China had changed significantly from the time her grandfather had left; and she was very much an American woman.) She even complained that the "Chinese" (the KMT press particularly) thought that she was too American; yet many Americans thought she was too Chinese.

[@heidiw3615]

sadly... it was worse. Chinese people and government thought she was a shame, since the roles she played in movies were mostly bad representation and stereotypes of Chinese people. So they considered her a disgrace.

[@parlophonman]

@@MrJm323 Thank you so much for this interesting information ! Have you ever heard Anna May Wong singing ? Here you can : kzbin.info/www/bejne/onvKopZoh7irrtk

[@gatheringleaves]

@@MrJm323 Oh wow, I never knew any of this

[@gatheringleaves]

@@heidiw3615 I didn't know about any of this part of her story

[@sunitathind8440]

Trailblazer

[@thatchacre5763]

Back then China was still a free country.

[@dangelo1369]

What's ironic is that 10 years after her death, Bruce Lee leaves Hollywood to become an international star as Anna May Wong did 40 years earlier. How shameful that performers of color and different ethnicities have to leave their home country to become stars in their own right as they have to do in the U.S. Bruce Lee, Anna May Wong and Josephine Baker to name 3.

[@gabriellebernard198]

By train, bus and foot....in high heels.

[@shangrila73eldorado]

i hope this movie is about anna may wong and not racism...

[@charlottep4222]

Her career was stunted by racism. You can’t talk about one and not the other. Sorry if that makes you uncomfortable.

[@MrJm323]

@@charlottep4222 ...No, you can't talk about her career without addressing the racism; but the racism was NOT the most significant factor in her career. Her determination to improve her craft and to tirelessly promote herself -- to convince others of her value to them -- WAS the most significant factor. She was not one of those "woe is me; I'm just a victim of the racist system!" type of person. As proof of this, consider how many actors and actresses from the silent era were able to successfully transition to the "talkies". MOST couldn't. Type-casting is a complaint which is very common from actors of all races. She was finally able to get some of the leading roles she desired (including playing dignified and sympathetic women doctors and private investigators), even if it wound up being only in the B-grade movies of the late '30s. Progress was slow but real. All in all, she had a very successful career; and after her ONE and only trip to China (and the shabby treatment she received from Chinese politicians -- especially Madam Chiang -- in spite of all she did for China during World War II), she finally realized how much America was her true home. Her life was, in fact, an AMERICAN success story. ....I hope that doesn't make YOU uncomfortable.

[@charlottep4222]

MrJm323 Who exactly are the “boo hoo, victims of racism?” at this time in history? The lynching victims? The segregated school children? Martin Luther King Jr and the people he protested with? The people who couldn’t vote? Who was it that was too whiney for your tastes? And Anna May Wong was successful AFTER she left America, and spent most of her career in Europe, starring in German and English films, where she was less constrained by stereotypes, since Europe has been ahead of Americans in that regard by several decades. In certain states Anna May couldn’t even attend her own premieres, or was segregated away from her white co stars. I know you probably won’t care, but this is your daily reminder that the past was only good for a select few of a select color!

[@MrJm323]

@@charlottep4222 ...."Who [is] it that [is] too whiney for your tastes?" ....Well, YOU. Not her though; and that's the point. If her acting and modelling career was mostly in America (which it was; and she died in America -- in her bed, in her house), then that should tell any person possessing commonsense that she found success IN AMERICA. Her career spanned the silent era, talkies of the Thirties and Forties, as well as television. ....She had plenty of opportunity to stay in Britain or France or Germany (yes, even in the Nazi period -- Goebbels asked her to), or go to and stay in China (which she visited once and never went back). ....She chose America. (Or, is it that America chose her? In spite of the fact that she didn't have a proper American passport and had to endure undignified treatment everytime she re-entered the U.S., she kept on returning to America. ...She finally got a proper passport when the U.S. repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act in the 1940s.) She probably should have stayed in Britain -- whose film industry is the only one which allowed her an on-screen kiss with white men (one of which even made the final edit -- not 'Piccadilly' but 'Java Head'). But, probably for reasons of family, she kept returning to Los Angeles -- where she acquired property and made her home. "Lynchings"? ....The nearest she experienced that level of violence was in ...wait for the drumroll, please ....CHINA (Hong Kong -- at the hands of local Chinese who were riled up by the KMT press). But, as for your last remark (about how the [American] past was only good for a select number of white people): The Chinese in America were not captured and brought to the country. In spite of the sporadic violence (deadly anti-Chinese riots of the American West), they kept coming in and would have done so in larger numbers if it weren't for the exclusion acts. ...This fact (and the present situation where black Africans and Arabs are risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean in rickety fishing boats to get to Europe, or Mexicans and Central Americans are crossing deserts to get to America) should cause you to pause and wonder why they'd do that considering that bad ol'e Whitey is so oppressive to 'people of color'. ....The simple fact is, things are often WORSE in the lands run by 'people of color'. Would Anna May Wong have had such opportunities if she was born and raised in Qing-dynasty China (that is to say, China BEFORE it came into contact with those wicked white people)?!? What was the status of women in China prior to contact with the wicked West? The fact is, things were damn better for the masses (even the colored masses) in America or the British Empire than for the masses of whatever color in any other place in the world. That's why so many Chinese were willing to move to America (or the British Isles or to British-controlled Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, etc.). ....They just LOVED that lynching and segregation and vote-denial, I suppose! ....(When have the ordinary Chinese been given the vote in a genuine democratic process in China? Answer: Taiwan -- only in the late '80s, Hong Kong -- in the '80s, mainland China -- NOT YET.)

[@charlottep4222]

MrJm323 Yikes honey, that’s a lot of words for “America’s past makes me uncomfy.” Also #makingwhitementypeparagraphs and #unlikeyoui’mcompletelyunoffended:anovel

[@rococo9342]

169cmの長身に長い手足、小顔に漆黒の黒髪。綺麗な口元。西洋の女優に見劣りするどころか、全く遜色のない女優さん。もう少し遅く生まれていたらもっと沢山の役が出来たでしょう。

[@marievilla8861]

Tired of the "Who's here" comments 🥴

[@papajohnsc9151]

anime wong

[@mickeyxoxo5363]

Was her mother white

[@heinrichvon]

No. Both parents were Asian. She was third-generation Asian-American.

[@ceemays]

heinrichvon she was 2nd generation

[@Yourmom-kz7wm]

@@heinrichvon Chinese American

[@heinrichvon]

@@ceemays Her parents were born in the US

[@MJ-hd7nr]

PBS Asian Americans History

[@kingaevsd4935]

who is here for that one ap world assignment 🤫🧏‍♀️

[@kellyhiggins4234]

Such a great piece of entertainment history thanks to Goggle answering questions such as mine I could be lead to my favorite place KZbin, to then find that yes KZbin had a little video with this person or persons is the most important because we can see these people we enquire as well as hear them as if we are right there it's the greatest thrill! Either way it sure beats having to suffer through fake News , reality shows, The Voice & stupid Americas got talent, mindless comedic shows where a gsy couple or gsy person in general is always the brunt of all jokes & theory to not one entertainment show not one although I can see why , we have no great talent the days of Carol Burnett, Sonny & Cher , Elvis , Yee Haw, Laugh In.,Wolf man Jack, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavet never or shows like Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock and yarda, yarda, yarda. LOL- I'm exhausted....😆😆😆😆