Anna May Wong visits Shanghai, China

1936

9min

Anna May Wong's vlog in Shanghai, May 1936. Footage shot (but ultimately unused) for the Hearst Metrotone newsreel series: the American star arrives aboard a Dollar Line ship on the Huangpu River, checks in at the iconic Park Hotel, tours the Star Motion Picture Studio and the set of the film Diamond (金刚钻), meets Miss Butterfly Wu, makes a brief stop at the flower market...