Hollywood Party / Daughter of Shanghai - Harvard Film Archive

Tuesday | November 7, 2006 9:00 pm

Hollywood Party

Directed by Roy Rowland

Daughter of Shanghai

Directed by Robert Florey

Screening on Film

Hollywood Party

Directed by Roy Rowland.
With Clark Gable, Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown.
US, 1937, 35mm, black & white, 21 min.

This rare Technicolor footage of Wong shows the actress modeling fashions acquired during her recent trip to China.

Daughter of Shanghai

Directed by Robert Florey.
With Philip Ahn, Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Anthony Quinn, Anna May Wong.
US, 1937, 35mm, black & white, 61 min.
Print source: Library of Congress

This action-packed thriller is about a woman trying to avenge her murdered father and destroy a gang of immigrant smugglers. It is unusual for its time, featuring two top-billed Asian co-stars (Wong and Ahn).

September 26 – November 15, 2006

Centennial Starlets: Anna May Wong and Janet Gaynor

August 21–October 19

The Cold Heart is More Precious than Diamonds. The Cinema of Graham Greene

September 11–October 30

João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

September 12

Marathon '77 All-Night Movie Marathon

September 18–November 15

Marie Antoinette and Friends, Three Films by Sofia Coppola