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Anything But SilentAnna May Wong in
SONG (1928)
Thursday, May 28th at 7:30 PM
With live accompaniment by Ben Model
And discussion with Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll
Anna May Wong’s first role abroad was written expressly for her and was directed by star-maker Richard Eichberg. Wong plays Song, a woman rescued from the violent clutches of two libertines by Jack (Heinrich George), a cabaret performer who brings her into his act as a knife-thrower. Though Song proves devoted, Jack chases money and a past love — until a series of complications make him see her true loyalty and strength. Wong delivers a beautifully nuanced performance, that showcased the depth and emotional complexity she was rarely allowed to explore in Hollywood’s limited, stereotyped roles. (Germany, 1928, 104 mins, Silent with English intertitles | Dir. Richard Eichberg)
Author Katie Gee Salisbury has spoken and written about Anna May Wong on MSNBC, in the New York Times and in Vanity Fair. She also writes the newsletter Half-Caste Woman. She was a 2021 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship finalist and gave the TED Talk “As American as Chop Suey.” A fifth-generation Chinese American from Southern California, she now lives in Brooklyn. Not Your China Doll is her first book.
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Event Venue
Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave,Huntington,NY,United States
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