CONTENTS

  1. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  2. PREFACE
  3. Prologue
  4. PART ONE: FUN IN A CHINESE LAUNDRY
  5. 1. Year of the Dragon
  6. 2. Chinatown
  7. 3. The Laundryman
  8. 4. Fun in a Chinese Laundry
  9. 5. Anna
  10. 6. Curious Chinese Child
  11. PART TWO: BECOMING ANNA MAY
  12. 7. The Red Lantern
  13. 8. Anna May
  14. 9. Madame Butterfly in Technicolor
  15. 10. Hollywood Babylon
  16. 11. The Thief of Bagdad
  17. 12. Her Own Company
  18. 13. Vaudeville
  19. 14. 1927
  20. PART THREE: “ORIENTALLY YOURS”
  21. 15. Weimar Berlin
  22. 16. “Orientally Yours”
  23. 17. Conversation with AMW
  24. 18. The Vamp
  25. 19. Piccadilly
  26. 20. The Circle of Chalk
  27. 21. The First Word
  28. PART FOUR: DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON
  29. 22. On the Spot
  30. 23. Daughter of the Dragon
  31. 24. Shanghai Express
  32. 25. To Be Kissed, or Not
  33. 26. Not So Good Earth
  34. PART FIVE: CHINA
  35. 27. Transpacific Interlude
  36. 28. Shanghai
  37. 29. Chinese Alice in Shanghailand
  38. 30. Fragrant Harbor
  39. 31. Chinese Gestures
  40. 32. The Dust of the Earth
  41. 33. At the Palace of the Dragon Lady
  42. PART SIX: THE BIG NOWHERE
  43. 34. These Foolish Things
  44. 35. Daughter of Shanghai
  45. 36. Your Name in Chinese
  46. 37. Goddess of Mercy
  47. 38. Will the Real Lady from Chungking Please Stand Up?
  48. 39. The Big Nowhere
  49. 40. Ready for Close-Up
  50. Epilogue: Anna May Wong on the Money
  51. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  52. NOTES
  53. SELECTED ANNA MAY WONG FILMOGRAPHY
  54. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  55. INDEX